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1968–69 Northern Rugby Football League season

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1968–69 Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
Champions Leeds
League Leaders Leeds
Top point-scorer(s) Bev Risman 345
Top try-scorer(s) Bill Francis 40

The 1968–69 Rugby Football League season was the 74th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

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Leeds had finished the regular season as League leaders for the third season in a row. They then won their second Championship when they beat Castleford 16-14 in the Championship Final. Bev Risman was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.

The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who beat Salford 11-6 in the final.

St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League.

Championship

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Team Pld W D L Pts
1 Leeds 34 29 2 3 60
2 St. Helens 34 27 2 5 56
3 Wigan 34 25 2 7 52
4 Castleford 34 24 2 8 50
5 Swinton 34 23 0 11 46
6 Salford 34 19 5 10 43
7 Featherstone Rovers 34 21 1 12 43
8 Workington Town 34 21 0 13 42
9 Leigh 34 19 4 11 42
10 Hull Kingston Rovers 34 20 0 14 40
11 York 34 20 0 14 40
12 Wakefield Trinity 34 19 1 14 39
13 Hull 34 18 3 13 39
14 Widnes 34 19 1 14 39
15 Keighley 34 18 1 15 37
16 Oldham 34 18 0 16 36
17 Warrington 34 17 1 16 35
18 Halifax 34 16 2 16 34
19 Bradford Northern 34 16 0 18 32
20 Barrow 34 13 1 20 27
21 Rochdale Hornets 34 13 0 21 26
22 Dewsbury 34 12 1 21 25
23 Hunslet 34 11 0 23 22
24 Doncaster 34 11 0 23 22
25 Huddersfield 34 9 1 24 19
26 Batley 34 8 1 25 17
27 Huyton 34 8 0 26 16
28 Bramley 34 7 0 27 14
29 Blackpool Borough 34 7 0 27 14
30 Whitehaven 34 6 1 27 13
 

Champions

 

Play-offs

Play-offs

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Leeds32
 
 
 
Oldham12
 
Leeds18
 
 
 
Workington10
 
Workington11
 
 
 
Leigh9
 
Leeds22
 
 
 
Salford12
 
Wigan26
 
 
 
Widnes10
 
Wigan21
 
 
 
Salford26
 
Salford13
 
 
 
York7
 
Leeds16
 
 
 
Castleford14
 
Swinton9
 
 
 
Wakefield Trinity5
 
Swinton8
 
 
 
Castleford50
 
Castleford14
 
 
 
Hull10
 
Castleford18
 
 
 
St Helens6
 
Featherstone Rovers16
 
 
 
Hull KR5
 
Featherstone Rovers4
 
 
 
St Helens47
 
St Helens25
 
 
Keighley7
 

Final

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24 May 1969
Leeds 16 – 14 Castleford
Tries: Cowan, Atkinson
Goals: Risman (4), Ramsey
 Tries: Hardisty, Dickinson
Goals: Redfearn (3), Hardisty
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Attendance: 28,442
Referee: Billy Thompson (Huddersfield)
Player of the Match: Bev Risman

Challenge Cup

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Main article: 1968–69 Challenge Cup

Castleford beat Salford 11-6 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 97,939. Salford were captained by David Watkins.

This was Castleford’s second Cup Final win in two Final appearances.

This is Salford’s most recent appearance in a Challenge Cup Final.[1]

County cups

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Main article: 1968–69 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1968–69 Yorkshire Cup

St. Helens beat Oldham 30–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 22–11 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

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Main article: 1968–69 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Wigan who beat St. Helens 7-4 in the final.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. ^ "1968-69 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

Sources

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