1990–91 Lancashire Cup

The 1990–91 Lancashire Cup was the 78th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final.

Background
The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.

This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs.

Preliminary round
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

First round
Involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Second round
Involved four matches and eight clubs

Semi-finals
Involved two matches and four clubs

Final
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.

The road to success
(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)

Notes and comments
1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground

2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985 and 1993

3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives - RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 12,028.