Teams 14 Runners-up Leigh | Winners Wigan | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
The 1949 Lancashire Cup competition was the 37th Rugby League Lancashire Cup. In the final, Wigan beat Leigh 20-7 to win the trophy. Thirty-five thousand people attended the match, which took place at Wilderspool, Warrington with receipts of £4,751. The attendance was the second-highest to date for the competition (for further information see Rugby league county cups). This was the fourth of Wigan’s record-breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.
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Background
Overall, 14 teams entered this competition, the same number as in 1948, with Whitehaven being newly elected into the Rugby League at the start of the 1949–50 season, replacing the prior season's junior/amateur club entrant. No junior/amateur club took part during the 1949–50 season. The same pre-war fixture format was retained, with no bye, but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The second round contained one bye, but no "blank" fixture. As in the 1948–49 competition, all the first round matches were played on the basis of two legged (home and away) ties, and the remainder of the rounds on straight forward knock-out basis.
Round 1
7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) involving 14 clubs.
Round 1 – Second Leg
7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) involving 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg.
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
3 matches (with one bye) involving 7 clubs.
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
2 matches involving 4 clubs.
Teams and scorers
Scoring: Try = three (3) points; Goal = two (2) points; Drop goal = two (2) points
Tournament bracket
All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis. The first club named in the first round played the first leg at home. The scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs.