1953–54 Lancashire Cup

The 1953–54 Lancashire Cup was the forty-first occasion on which the RFL Lancashire Cup competition was held.

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 16–8.

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (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 particular attendance record would never be broken.

Background
Overall, the number of teams entering that 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 – quarterfinals
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Round 3 – semifinals
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.

Notes and comments
1 * The attendance of 42,793 was again a record, albeit only beating the previous record by about 250 This attendance record would never ever be equalled or beaten.

The receipts were also a new record, but this would only stand for 5 years.

2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 40,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2