Teams 14 Runners-up Wigan | Winners St Helens | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
The 1953 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
Contents
- Background
- Round 1 First Leg
- Round 1 Second Leg
- Round 2 Quarter Finals
- Round 3 Semi Finals
- Teams and scorers
- The road to success
- References
1953 was the forty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St Helens won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 16-8.
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 42,793 and receipts were £6,918.
The attendance was again a record, albeit only beating the previous record by about 250.
Sport in general was now at its height of popularity, brought about by the ending of the Second World War, the new peace, the new affluence and more free time. Rugby League was no exception and this particulat attendance record would never be broken.
Background
Overall, the number of teams entering this year’s competition remained the same as last year’s total of 14
The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round. There was also one bye but no “blank” fixture” in the second round.
As last season, all the first round matches of the competition will be played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties – and the remainder of the rounds remaining on straight forward knock-out basis.
Round 1 - First Leg
Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs
Round 1 – Second Leg
Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
The first club named in each of the first round ties played the first leg at home.
The scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs.