Teams 14 Runners-up Workington Town | Winners Widnes | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
The 1979 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
Contents
1979 was the sixty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 11-0
The match was played at The Willows, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6887 and receipts were £7100.00
After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, winner in 1977, and runners-up in 1978 and now again in 1979; not a bad eight year record.
Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the number of participating clubs, this resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.
Round 1
Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 Clubs
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 = one (1) point