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Rugby league season

1927–28 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	13
Champions	Swinton
Runners-up	Wigan
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

The 1927–28 Lancashire Cup competition was the 20th competition in the history of this regional rugby league event and the final was a repeat of the 1925–26 Lancashire Cup Final, with Swinton beating Wigan by 5–2. The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts £1,275.

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition dropped back to 13 due to no amateur participation. This resulted in the competition running with 3 byes in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att

1	Sat 8 October 1927	Oldham	20–9	Wigan Highfield	Watersheddings
2	Sat 8 October 1927	St Helens Recs	41–5	Broughton Rangers	City Road
3	Sat 8 October 1927	St. Helens	7–13	Swinton	Knowsley Road	15,000
4	Sat 8 October 1927	Widnes	10–8	Rochdale Hornets	Lowerhouse Lane
5	Sat 8 October 1927	Wigan	21–8	Leigh	Central Park
6		Salford		bye
7		Barrow		bye
8		Warrington		bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att

1	Mon 17 October 1927	Salford	0–0	Barrow	The Willows
2	Mon 17 October 1927	Warrington	16–2	Widnes	Wilderspool
3	Wed 19 October 1927	St Helens Recs	7–10	Wigan	City Road
4	Wed 19 October 1927	Swinton	18–9	Oldham	Chorley Road ground	8,000
Replay
5	Thu 20 October 1927	Barrow	2–5	Salford	Little Park, Roose

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att

1	Wed 2 November 1927	Swinton	10–3	Salford	Chorley Road ground	7,000
2	Wed 2 November 1927	Wigan	12–5	Warrington	Central Park

Final

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

	Saturday 19 November 1927	Swinton		5–2		Wigan	Watersheddings	22,000	£1,275	1

Teams and scorers

Swinton	№	Wigan

	teams
Jack Pearson	1	Jim Sullivan
Frank Evans	2
Hector Halsall (c)	3
Jack Evans	4
Chris Brockbank	5
Billo Rees	6
Bryn Evans	7
Miller Strong	8
Henry Blewer	9
Bert Morris	10
Martin Hodgson	11
Dick Cracknell	12
Fred Beswick	13

5	score	2
5	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Fred Beswick (1)	T
	Goals
Bert Morris (1)	G	Jim Sullivan (1)
	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

St. Helens	7

Swinton	13
		Swinton	18

		Oldham	9
Oldham	20

Wigan Highfield	9
				Swinton	10

				Salford	3
Salford

bye
		Salford	0(5)

		Barrow	0(2)
Barrow

bye
						Swinton	5

						Wigan	2
St Helens Recs	41

Broughton Rangers	5
		St Helens Recs	7

		Wigan	10
Wigan	21

Leigh	8
				Wigan	12

				Warrington	5
Warrington

bye
		Warrington	16

		Widnes	2
Widnes	10

Rochdale Hornets	8

Notes

1 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham from 1889 to 1997. The ground, at one time, also housed a greyhound track.

References

"Rugby League Project".
"Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1927–28".
^ "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1927–28".
^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
^ "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1927".
Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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