1969–70 Lancashire Cup

The season of 1969–70 was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Swinton won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 11-2

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 13,532 and receipts were £3,651-0s-0d

Background
The total number of teams entering the competition increased by two, up to the total of 16. This was as a result of inviting two junior (or amateur) clubs, St Helens Amateurs and Maryport.

The same fixture format was retained, and due to the increase in the number of participating clubs, resulted in a full fixture list with no byes or “blank” or “dummy” fixtures.

Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no bye or “blank” fixture) and 16 clubs

Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches (with no bye) 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 = two (2) points

Notes and comments
1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Huyton's newly completed new stadium

2 * St Helens Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club

3 * Maryport a junior (or amateur) club from Cumberland  4 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959