1990 Lancashire Cup

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1990 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 17
Winners Widnes
Runners-up Salford
< 1989 Seasons 1991 >

The 1990 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-eighth occasion on which the completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.00.

Background

The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results[1][2]

Preliminary Round

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 19 Aug 1990 Rochdale Hornets 12-41 Salford Spotland 2049 1

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 26 Aug 1990 Carlisle 38-18 Workington Town Gifford Park 1104
2 Sun 26 Aug 1990 Fulham 50-0 Runcorn Highfield Crystal Palace NSC 623 2
3 Sun 26 Aug 1990 Leigh 26-6 Swinton Hilton Park 3137
4 Sun 26 Aug 1990 St Helens 56-24 Trafford Borough Knowsley Road 4827 [3]
5 Sun 26 Aug 1990 Salford 27-24 Oldham The Willows 4236
6 Sun 26 Aug 1990 Warrington 36-8 Chorley Borough (2) Wilderspool 3143 [4]
7 Sun 26 Aug 1990 Whitehaven 6-70 Widnes Recreation Ground 4054 [5]
8 Sun 26 Aug 1990 Wigan 70-8 Barrow Central Park 8377 [6]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 7 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 02 Sep 1990 Carlisle 7-28 Warrington Gifford Park 1596 [4]
2 Sun 02 Sep 1990 Leigh 40-8 Fulham Hilton Park 2909
3 Sun 02 Sep 1990 Salford 21-7 St Helens The Willows 5574 [3]
4 Sun 02 Sep 1990 Widnes 24-22 Wigan Naughton Park 14035 [5][6]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 12 Sep 1990 Salford 16-7 Leigh The Willows 6939
2 Wed 12 Sep 1990 Widnes 20-4 Warrington Naughton Park 11708 3 [4][5]

Final


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 September 1990 Widnes 24-18 Salford Central Park 7485 36867 4 [5][7]

Teams and Scorers[5][7]

Widnes Salford
teams
Alan Tait 1 Steve Gibson
Darren Wright 2 xTex Evans
Andy Currier 3 Martin Birkett
Jonathan Davies 4 Peter Williams
Martin Offiah 5 Adrian Hadley
Tony Myler (c) 6 David Fell
David Hulme 7 Steve Kerry
Kurt Sorensen 8 Ian Sherratt
Phil McKenzie 9 Mark Lee
Chris Ashurst[1] 10 Chris Whiteley
Richard Eyres 11 Arthur Bradshaw
Emosi Koloto 12 Ian Blease (c)
Les Holliday 13 Andrew Burgess
John Devereux 14 Frank Cassidy (for Steve Kerry 72mins)
David Smith (for Chris Ashurst 31mins) 15 Shane Hansen (for Chris Whiteley 31mins)
Doug Laughton Coach Kevin Tamati
24 score 18
12 HT 12
Scorers
Tries
Andy Currier (1) T Peter Williams (1)
Tony Myler (1) T Ian Blease (1)
David Smith (1) T David Fell (1)
Martin Offiah (1) T
Goals
Jonathan Davies (4) G Steve Kerry (3)
Referee Alan Burke (Oldham)
Man of the match David Fell - Salford - Stand-off/Five-eighth
sponsored by Greenall Whitley
Competition Sponsor Greenalls

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
                       
Whitehaven 6
Widnes 70
Widnes 24
Wigan 22
Wigan 70
Barrow 8
Widnes 20
Warrington 4
Carlisle 38
Workington Town 18
Carlisle 7
Warrington 28
Warrington 36
Chorley Borough (2) 8
Widnes 24
Salford 18
Salford 27
Oldham 24
Salford 21
St Helens 7
St Helens 56
Trafford Borough 24
Salford 16
Leigh 7
Leigh 26
Swinton 6
Leigh 40
Fulham 8
Fulham 50
Runcorn Highfield 0

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-1993
3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives[5] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 12,028
4 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

See also

References

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