1967–68 Lancashire Cup


1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan,, St. Helens drew 2-2 with Warrington. At half time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2-0.

The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0-2.
In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13-10

The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the half time score was 3-3

The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0

This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.

The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 14 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 18 Aug 1967St. Helens7-4Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road6,000
2Fri 18 Aug 1967Widnes9-12SwintonNaughton Park
3Sat 19 Aug 1967Oldham17-11LeighWatersheddings
4Sat 19 Aug 1967Warrington17-10Blackpool BoroughWilderspool
5Sat 19 Aug 1967Whitehaven10-13Liverpool CityRecreation Ground
6Sat 19 Aug 1967Wigan14-18SalfordCentral Park
7Sat 19 Aug 1967Workington Town35-6BarrowDerwent Park
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Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches and 7 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 04 Sep 1967Workington Town33-0SalfordDerwent Park
2Wed 06 Sep 1967Warrington14-5Liverpool CityWilderspool
3Thu 07 Sep 1967Swinton11-8OldhamStation Road
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Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 16 Sep 1967Workington Town13-23WarringtonDerwent Park
2Tue 19 Sep 1967Swinton8-12St. HelensStation Road10,733

Final

Final – Replay

Teams and Scorers

St. Helens№Warrington
teams
Frank Barrow1Keith Affleck
Tom van Vollenhoven2John Coupe
Billy Benyon3Jackie Melling
Alan Whittle4Peter Harvey
Tony Barrow5Brian Glover
Peter Douglas6Willie Aspinall
Tommy Bishop7Parry Gordon
John Warlow8Kevin Ashcroft
Bill Sayer9Dave Harrison
Cliff Watson10Brian Brady
Brian Hogan11Ken Parr
John Mantle12Barry Briggs
Kel Coslett13Ray Clarke
Peter Gartland14Joe Pickavance
Tony Karalius15?
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2score2
0HT2
Scorers
Goals
Kel Coslett G
Drop Goals
DGWillie Aspinall -
RefereeG. Fred Lindop
ReplayReplayReplay
Frank Barrow1Tommy Conroy
Tom van Vollenhoven2John Coupe
Wilf Smith3Jackie Melling
Billy Benyon4Bill Allen
Les Jones5Brian Glover
Peter Douglas6Tony Scahill
Tommy Bishop7Parry Gordon
John Warlow8Kevin Ashcroft
Bill Sayer9Dave Harrison
Cliff Watson10Joe Price
Eric Chisnall11Barry Briggs
Kel Coslett12Ken Parr
John Houghton 13Ray Clarke
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15-
Cliff EvansCoachJoe Egan
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3HT3
Scorers
Tries
Les Jones TJackie Melling
John Warlow TParry Gordon
Eric Chisnall T
Goals
John Houghton TBill Allen
RefereeG. Fred Lindop

- Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

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