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1981 Lancashire Cup

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Teams
  
16

Runners-up
  
Widnes

Winners
  
Leigh

Structure
  
Regional knockout championship

The 1981 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

Contents

1981 was the sixty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Leigh won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 8-3
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,011 and receipts were £14,029.00

Background

This season saw the introduction of two new clubs, Carlisle and Fulham, neither in Lancashire, but classed as “Western”. Thus the total number of teams entering the competition increased from 14 to a full complement of 16.
With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 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

References

1981 Lancashire Cup Wikipedia