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1964–65 Lancashire Cup

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1964–65 was the fifty-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

1964–65 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersSt. Helens
Runners-upSwinton

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 12-4

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 17,383 and receipts were £3,393

This was the fifth of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the fifth of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.
It is also the fourth time in the last five years that Swinton have been defeated finalists.

Background

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With again no invitation to a junior club this season, 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

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Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Friday 4 September 1964 Whitehaven 10-31 Oldham Recreation Ground
2 Saturday 5 September 1964 Barrow 10-5 Blackpool Borough Craven Park
3 Saturday 5 September 1964 Leigh 10-13 Warrington Hilton Park [2]
4 Saturday 5 September 1964 Liverpool City 11-41 St. Helens Mill Yard, Knotty Ash 3,500 [3]
5 Saturday 5 September 1964 Widnes 33-0 Rochdale Hornets Naughton Park [4]
6 Saturday 5 September 1964 Wigan 36-6 Salford Central Park [5]
7 Saturday 5 September 1964 Workington Town 2-6 Swinton Derwent Park
8 blank blank

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Monday 14 September 1964 Barrow 11-22 St. Helens Craven Park 8,125 [3]
2 Monday 14 September 1964 Swinton 11-5 Wigan Station Road 13,422 [5]
3 Monday 21 September 1964 Warrington 19-4 Oldham Wilderspool [2]
4 Widnes bye [4]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tuesday 29 September 1964 Warrington 8-10 St. Helens Wilderspool 19,258 [2][3]
2 Wednesday 30 September 1964 Swinton 11-7 Widnes Station Road 9,250 [4]

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 24 October 1964 St. Helens 12-4 Swinton Central Park 17,383 £3,393 1 [3][6]

Teams and scorers

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St. Helens No. Swinton
teams
Frank Barrow[7] 1 Ken Gowers (c)
Tom Pimblett[8] 2 David Harries
Keith Northey[9] 3 Bob Fleet
Billy Benyon 4 Alan Buckley
Len Killeen 5 John Speed
Peter Harvey[10] 6 George Parkinson
Alex Murphy 7 Graham Williams
John Tembey 8 Harold Bate
Bob Dagnall 9 Derek Clarke
John Warlow 10 Ken Halliwell
Ray French 11 Graham Rees
Mervyn Hicks 12 Barry Simpson
Doug Laughton 13 Derek Hurt
Tony Barrow (non-playing substitute) 14 Billy Davies
Cliff Watson 15 Albert Cartwright
12 score 4
5 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Billy Benyon (1) T
Mervyn Hicks (1) T
T
Goals
Len Kileen (3) G Ken Gowers (2)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee E. Clay (Leeds)

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

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The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Leigh 10
Warrington 13
Warrington 19
Oldham 4
Whitehaven 10
Oldham 31
Warrington 8
St. Helens 10
Barrow 10
Blackpool Borough 5
Barrow 11
St. Helens 22
Liverpool City 11
St. Helens 41
St. Helens 12
Swinton 4
Workington Town 2
Swinton 6
Swinton 11
Wigan 5
Wigan 36
Salford 6
Swinton 11
Widnes 7
Widnes 33
Rochdale Hornets 0
Widnes
bye
blank
blank

Notes and comments

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1 * 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Lancashire Cup - Results - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Saints Heritage Society". www.saints.org.uk.
  4. ^ a b c Lines, Chris. "Widnes RLFC History | The story of the Chemics / Vikings". Widnes RLFC History.
  5. ^ a b "Wigan Warriors Rugby League Fan Site - www.cherryandwhite.co.uk". wigan.rlfans.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. ^ "Saints Heritage Society". www.saints.org.uk.
  8. ^ "Saints Heritage Society". www.saints.org.uk.
  9. ^ "Saints Heritage Society". www.saints.org.uk.
  10. ^ "Saints Heritage Society". www.saints.org.uk.
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