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1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
StructureFloodlit knockout championship
Teams22
WinnersCastleford
Runners-upLeigh

1976 was the twelfth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.

Castleford won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 12-4 (away from home on the opponent's own ground)
The match was played at Hilton Park, Leigh, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 5,402, and the receipts were £2.793
Castleford had won the first three BBC2 Floodlit Trophy finals, this brought the wins up to four

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two.
The format remained as used in last season's tournament, i.e. as a knock-out competition from the preliminary round through to the final.
The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.

Competition and Results[1][2]

Preliminary Round

Involved 6 matches and 12 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P Sun 29 Aug 1976 Rochdale Hornets 2-5 Widnes Athletic Grounds [3]
P Wed 8 Sep 1976 Halifax 19-25 Hull F.C. Thrum Hall [4]
P Tue 14 Sep 1976 Hull Kingston Rovers 19-12 Dewsbury Craven Park (1)
P Tue 14 Sep 1976 Leigh 11-10 Warrington Hilton Park [5]
P Tue 14 Sep 1976 Wakefield Trinity 20-5 Bramley Belle Vue [6]
P Tue 14 Sep 1976 Whitehaven 25-11 Barrow Recreation Ground 1

Round 1 - First Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 28 Sep 1976 Huddersfield 5-2 Wakefield Trinity Fartown [7]
2 Tue 28 Sep 1976 Leigh 22-18 Salford Hilton Park
3 Tue 5 Oct 1976 Castleford 16-8 Hull Kingston Rovers Wheldon Road
4 Tue 5 Oct 1976 Keighley 2-16 Hull F.C. Lawkholme Lane [4]
5 Tue 5 Oct 1976 Whitehaven 3-21 Oldham Recreation Ground
6 Tue 12 Oct 1976 Widnes 13-14 Wigan Naughton Park 2 [3][8]
7 Tue 19 Oct 1976 Leeds 22-10 New Hunslet Headingley
8 Tue 26 Oct 1976 Swinton 15-22 St. Helens Station Road 1,265 [9]

Round 2 -Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 2 Nov 1976 Hull F.C. 6-0 Oldham Boulevard [4]
2 Tue 9 Nov 1976 Leeds 2-17 Castleford Headingley
3 Tue 16 Nov 1976 Huddersfield 9-7 St. Helens Fartown 1,787 [7][9]
4 Tue 23 Nov 1976 Leigh 12-5 Wigan Hilton Park 2 [8]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 30 Nov 1976 Leigh 19-10 Huddersfield Hilton Park [7]
2 Tue 7 Dec 1976 Hull F.C. 8-15 Castleford Boulevard [4]

Final


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
F Tuesday 14 December 1976 Leigh 4-12 Castleford Hilton Park 5,402 2.793 2 3 [10][11]

Teams and Scorers[10]

Castleford № Leigh
teams
Geoff Wraith 1 Mick Hogan
Steve Fenton 2 A. Prescott
John Joyner 3 Mick Stacey
Philip Johnson 4 John Woods
Jamie Walsh 5 Joseph "Joe" Walsh
Bruce Burton 6 John Taylor
Gary Stephens 7 Cliff Sayer
Paul Kahn 8 David "Dave" Chisnall
Robert Spurr 9 Kevin Ashcroft
Alan Dickinson 10 Geoff Fletcher
Malcolm "Mal" Reilly 11 Dave Macko
Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd 12 Paul Grimes
Steve 'Knocker' Norton 13 Dennis Boyd
Malcolm "Mal" Reilly Coach Kevin Ashcroft
12 score 4
0 HT 1
Scorers
Tries
Jamie Walsh (1) T
Bruce Burton (1) T
Goals
Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd (3) G
Drop Goals
DG Kevin Ashcroft (1)
Referee J E Jackson (Pudsey)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Leigh 22
Salford 18
Leigh 12
Wigan 5
Widnes 13
Wigan 14
Leigh 19
Huddersfield 10
Huddersfield 5
Wakefield Trinity 2
Huddersfield 9
St. Helens 7
Swinton 16
St. Helens 22
Leigh 4
Castleford 12
Keighley 2
Hull F.C. 16
Hull F.C. 6
Oldham 0
Whitehaven 3
Oldham 21
Hull F.C. 8
Castleford 15
Leeds 22
New Hunslet 10
Leeds 2
Castleford 17
Castleford 16
Hull Kingston Rovers 8

Notes and comments

1 * Whitehaven, who joined the competition in season 1973–74, play their first game at home in the competition - they also win their first game in the competition
2 * This match was televised
3 * Hilton Park was the home ground of Leigh from 1947 to 2008. The final capacity was in the region of 11,000, much less than the record attendance of 31,326, set in 1953 for a Challenge Cup match v St. Helens

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was a knock-out competition sponsored by the BBC and between rugby league clubs, entrance to which was conditional upon the club having floodlights. Most matches were played on an evening, and those of which the second half was televised, were played on a Tuesday evening.
Despite the competition being named as 'Floodlit', many matches took place during the afternoons and not under floodlights, and several of the entrants, including Barrow and Bramley did not have adequate lighting. And, when in 1973, due to the world oil crisis, the government restricted the use of floodlights in sport, all the matches, including the Trophy final, had to be played in the afternoon rather than at night.
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused by inclement weather)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" matches".
  3. ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  5. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
  7. ^ a b c "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  9. ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  10. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  11. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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