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1909–10 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	12
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Leigh
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The 1909–10 Lancashire Cup was the fifth year of this regional rugby league competition and for the first time the defending champions retained the trophy as Wigan beat Leigh in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by 22–5. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £296.

Background

For the third year there were 12 teams participating in the competitions so four clubs were awarded byes in the first round.

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes

1	Sat 16 October 1909	Leigh	15–3	Barrow	Mather Lane
2	Sat 16 October 1909	Rochdale Hornets	6–38	Oldham	Athletic Grounds
3	Sat 16 October 1909	Widnes	4–10	St. Helens	Lowerhouse Lane	1
4	Sat 16 October 1909	Wigan	'15–8	Warrington	Central Park
5		Salford		bye
6		Runcorn		bye
7		Swinton		bye
8		Broughton Rangers		bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue

1	Sat 30 October 1909	Leigh	13–6	Salford	Mather Lane
2	Sat 30 October 1909	Runcorn	9–5	Oldham	Canal Street
3	Sat 30 October 1909	Swinton	2–0	St. Helens	Chorley Road ground
4	Sat 30 October 1909	Wigan	16–0	Broughton Rangers	Central Park

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue

1	Sat 13 November 1909	Leigh	11–8	Runcorn	Mather Lane
2	Sat 13 November 1909	Swinton	0–8	Wigan	Chorley Road ground

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 27 November 1909	Wigan		22–5		Leigh	Wheater's Field	14000	£296	2, 3

Teams and scorers

Wigan	No.	Leigh

	teams
Jim Sharrock	1	Ellis Clarkson
Jim Leytham	2	Sam Johnson
Bert Jenkins	3	Dai Davies
Harry Price	4	Dan Isherwood (c)
Joe Miller	5	Tom Johnson
Naddy Jones	6	Mick Bolewski
Johnny Thomas	7	Frank Battersby
Dick Silcock	8	Paddy O’Neill
Dick Ramsdale	9	Aaron Lee
Tom Whittaker	10	Dick Gallop
Jo seph Topping	11	Herbert Woods
Howell de Francis	12	Edward Jones
Jack Barton	13	Harry Marsh

22	score	5
5	HT	5

	Scorers
	Tries
Joe Miller (2)	T	Sam Johnson
Jim Leytham (1)	T
Johnny Thomas (1)	T
Naddy Jones (1)	T
Howell De Francis (1)	T
	Goals
Jim Leytham (2)	G	Frank Battersby
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Final

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Notes and comments

1 The first time St Helens had won a game in the competition
2 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000
3 Joe Millar was the first player to score more than one try in the final

References

"Rugby League Project".
^ "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1909–10".
"Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1909–10".
^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
"Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1909".
Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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Background

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 3 – semifinals

Final

Teams and scorers

The road to success

Notes and comments

See also

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