Wigan won the trophy by beating Belle Vue Rangers by the score of 10–7 The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
Overall, the number of teams entering this year's competition increased by one with the invitation to Lancashire Amateurs (a junior/amateur club) bringing the total up to 14.
As last season, all the first round matches of the competition will be played on the basis of two legged, home and away ties.
The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham 2 * The official St. Helens archive show as attendance of 16,000 (with 17,000 for the second leg at home) RUGBY LEAGUE projects[1] show it as 17,000 3 * Leigh's first Lancashire Cup match at the newly completed purpose build stadium 4 * 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.