1978–79 was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 15-13 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
The attendance was 10,020 and receipts were £6,261.00 After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, winner in 1977, and now runners-up again in 1978.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the number of participating clubs, this resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.
[1][2] Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs [5][7] Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point 1 * 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