1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season

1974–75 Rugby Football League season
1974–75 Rugby Football League season
League	Championship
Champions	St. Helens
Premiership	Leeds
Top point-scorer(s)	Neil Fox (333)
Top try-scorer(s)	Gerald Dunn (42)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division	Huddersfield ; Hull Kingston Rovers; Oldham ; Swinton
Relegated to Second Division	York ; Bramley ; Rochdale Hornets; Halifax
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 Rugby Football League season was the 80th season of competition between the clubs of England's Northern Rugby Football League. The season's First Division Championship featured 16 clubs and was won by St. Helens. The Challenge Cup was won by Widnes.

Rule change

Drop goals became worth one point.^[1] Drops had previously been worth two points.

Season summary

St. Helens won their seventh Championship. York, Bramley, Rochdale Hornets and Halifax were demoted to the Second Division.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Widnes who beat Warrington 14–7 in the final.

Players No.6 Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern who beat Widnes 3–2 in the final.

Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Leeds who beat St. Helens 26–11 in the final.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Salford who beat Warrington 10–5 in a replay after a 0–0 draw in the final.

2nd Division Champions were Huddersfield, and they, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Swinton were promoted to the First Division.^[2]

Widnes beat Salford 6–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Wakefield Trinity 16–13 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

League Tables

First Division Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	St. Helens	30	26	1	3	561	229	53
2	Wigan	30	21	0	9	517	341	42
3	Leeds	30	19	1	10	581	359	39
4	Featherstone Rovers	30	19	1	10	431	339	39
5	Widnes	30	18	1	11	382	305	37
6	Warrington	30	17	1	12	428	356	35
7	Bradford	30	16	1	13	393	376	33
8	Castleford	30	14	3	13	393	376	31
9	Salford	30	14	1	15	451	351	29
10	Wakefield Trinity	30	12	5	13	440	419	29
11	Keighley	30	13	0	17	300	424	26
12	Dewsbury	30	11	0	19	350	506	22
13	York	30	10	0	20	359	498	20
14	Bramley	30	9	0	21	338	493	18
15	Rochdale Hornets	30	8	0	22	219	400	16
16	Halifax	30	5	1	24	269	676	11

Second Division Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Huddersfield	26	21	0	5	489	213	42
2	Hull Kingston Rovers	26	20	1	5	628	249	41
3	Oldham	26	19	0	7	406	223	38
4	Swinton	26	17	1	8	399	254	35
5	Workington Town	26	16	0	10	371	275	32
6	Whitehaven	26	14	1	11	285	234	29
7	Huyton	26	12	2	12	301	291	26
8	Hull	26	12	1	13	344	309	25
9	Barrow	26	11	2	13	338	315	24
10	Leigh	26	11	1	14	302	348	23
11	New Hunslet	26	10	2	14	309	384	22
12	Blackpool Borough	26	7	1	18	261	417	15
13	Batley	26	4	1	21	197	520	9
14	Doncaster	26	1	1	24	147	745	3

	Champions		Promoted		Relegated

Challenge Cup

Widnes beat Warrington 14–7 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,998.^[3]

This was Widnes’ fourth Cup Final win in sixth Final appearances.^[4]

Widnes 14

Warrington 7

Wilf Briggs for No. 4 Frank Reynolds
Mike Nicholas for No. 12 Thomas Martyn

Referee: P. Geraghty (York)

Lance Todd Trophy Winner: Ray Dutton (Widnes)- Fullback

League Cup

Premiership

Sources

References

^ de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World, no. 340, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009), p. 61, ISSN 1466-0105
^ "1974-75 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[RLW-iss340-aug2009-p61-1] Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World, no. 340, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009), p. 61, ISSN 1466-0105

[2] "1974-75 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.

[3] Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

[4] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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