St Helens Recs had already withdrawn from the league immediately after the end on the 1938–39 season.
The club had been struggling to survive for a few years with falling attendances and the economic depression and it was obviously not possible for the town to sustain two top teams.
Leigh lost its ground to in August 1940 when Callender's Cable and Construction Company bought the Mather Lane site to store drums etc as part of the war effort.
These are the reverse fixture from the first leg Involved 2 matches (with two byes) and 6 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points [3][4] 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 1 * The first match in the Lancashire Cup competition to be played by the new club and at this ground (of Workington AFC) 2 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium.
The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10–13.