The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
This season, Chorley Borough (see note 1) joined the league, bringing the total number of entrants up to 17.
The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any "blank" or "dummy" fixtures or any byes.
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the reformed and newly named Trafford Borough The half time score was 2-6 in favour of Trafford Borough 3 * Match played at Leigh's Hilton Park 4 * Match played at Carlisle United's Brunton Park 5 * This was the 25th successive defeat for Runcorn Highfield 6 * The venue is given by RUGBYLEAGUEproject as Chiswick Poly Sports Grd - Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–91[5] gives the venue as Claremont Road stadium which, at that date, was the home ground of Hendon F.C.
The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan