Teams 13 Runners-up Wigan | Winners Swinton | |
Structure Regional knockout competition | ||
The 1925 Lancashire Cup was the eighteenth tournament in the history of this regional rugby league competition, and another new name was added to the trophy. This time it was the turn of Swinton, one of the founding members of the Northern Union, whose previous best had been as runners up to Oldham in 1910.
Contents
Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.
Round 1
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
Final
The final was due to be played on Saturday, 21 November 1925 but was postponed due to bad weather, in this case fog. The weather during that short period was atrocious and in fact Wigan had 5 matches postponed due to either a waterlogged pitch, a frozen pitch, fog or other bad weather in the four week period from early November to early December. The final was eventually played on Wednesday 9 December 1925 and Swinton beat Wigan by 15-11. The match was played at the Cliff, Broughton, Salford. The attendance was 15,000 and receipts £1,116.
Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points