Teams 14 Runners-up St Helens | Winners Warrington | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
The 1959 Lancashire Cup was the forty-seventh occasion on which the competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St Helens by the score of 5-4.
Contents
Background
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
Round 1
Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs
Round 1 - Replay
Involved 1 match
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Final
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 39,237 and receipts were £6,424. This is the last time the attendance at a Lancashire Cup final would approach 40,000.
Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points