1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy
1975–76 League Cup | |
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Structure | National knockout championship |
Teams | 32 |
Winners | Widnes |
Runners-up | Hull F.C. |
This was the fifth season for the League Cup, known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.
Widnes won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 19-13 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,035 and receipts were £6275.
Background
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.
Competition and results
Round 1 - First round
[4] Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Fri 26 Sep 1975 | Castleford | 26-15 | York | Wheldon Road | ||||||
2 | Fri 26 Sep 1975 | Mayfield | 3-53 | Salford | The Willows | 3449 | 1, 2, 3 | ||||
3 | Sat 27 Sep 1975 | Barrow | 16-9 | Pilkington Recs | Craven Park | 612 | 4 | ||||
4 | Sat 27 Sep 1975 | Wigan | 30-7 | Keighley | Central Park | [2] | |||||
5 | Sat 27 Sep 1975 | Workington Town | 16-9 | Bramley | Derwent Park | ||||||
6 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Batley | 18-9 | Whitehaven | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
7 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Blackpool Borough | 11-36 | St. Helens | Borough Park | [5] | |||||
8 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Bradford Northern | 12-32 | Wakefield Trinity | Odsal | [6] | |||||
9 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Doncaster | 12-23 | Hull F.C. | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | [7] | |||||
10 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Huddersfield | 20-12 | Warrington | Fartown | [8][9] | |||||
11 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 33-10 | Rochdale Hornets | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
12 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Huyton | 14-20 | Oldham | Alt Park, Huyton | ||||||
13 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Leigh | 12-5 | Featherstone Rovers | Hilton Park | ||||||
14 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | New Hunslet | 28-8 | Halifax | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | 5 | |||||
15 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Swinton | 7-23 | Leeds | Station Road | ||||||
16 | Sun 28 Sep 1975 | Widnes | 27-12 | Dewsbury | Naughton Park | [10] |
Round 2 - Second round
[11] Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Fri 7 Nov 1975 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 23-8 | Leigh | Craven Park (1) | 6 | |||||
2 | Sat 8 Nov 1975 | Wigan | 5-18 | Widnes | Central Park | [2][10] | |||||
3 | Sun 9 Nov 1975 | Huddersfield | 14-5 | Barrow | Fartown | [9] | |||||
4 | Sun 9 Nov 1975 | Hull F.C. | 9-9 | Leeds | Boulevard | [7] | |||||
5 | Sun 9 Nov 1975 | St. Helens | 47-9 | Batley | Knowsley Road | [5] | |||||
6 | Sun 9 Nov 1975 | Salford | 46-3 | Oldham | The Willows | ||||||
7 | Sun 9 Nov 1975 | Wakefield Trinity | 14-24 | Castleford | Belle Vue | [6] | |||||
8 | Sun 9 Nov 1975 | Workington Town | 23-6 | New Hunslet | Derwent Park |
Round 2 - Second round replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Thu 13 Nov 1975 | Leeds | 11-23 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | [7] |
Round 3 - Quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 22 Nov 1975 | Hull F.C. | 9-8 | St. Helens | Boulevard | [5][7] | |||||
2 | Sun 23 Nov 1975 | Huddersfield | 10-19 | Castleford | Fartown | [9] | |||||
3 | Sun 23 Nov 1975 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 14-18 | Widnes | Craven Park (1) | [10] | |||||
4 | Sun 23 Nov 1975 | Salford | 16-8 | Workington Town | The Willows |
Round 4 – Semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 29 Nov 1975 | Castleford | 9-17 | Widnes | Wheldon Road | [10] | |||||
2 | Sat 13 Dec 1975 | Salford | 14-22 | Hull F.C. | The Willows | [7] |
Final
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 24 January 1976 | Widnes | 19-13 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | 9035 | 6275 | 7 | [7][10][12][13] |
Teams and scorers
Widnes | № | Hull |
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teams | ||
Ray Dutton | 1 | Mike Stephenson[1] |
Alan Prescott[2] | 2 | Alf Macklin[3] |
Derek "Mick" George[4] | 3 | George Clark[5] |
Mal Aspey | 4 | Steve Portz[6] |
David Jenkins[7] | 5 | Paul Hunter[8] |
Eric Hughes | 6 | Brian Hancock[9] |
Reg Bowden[10] | 7 | Ken Foulkes[11] |
Jim Mills | 8 | Bill Ramsey |
Keith Elwell | 9 | Peter Flanagan |
John Wood | 10 | Alan Wardell[12] |
John Foran[13] | 11 | Keith Boxall[14] |
Barry Sheridan[15] | 12 | Malcolm Walker[16] |
Mick Adams | 13 | Mick Crane |
? Not used | 14 | ? Not used |
? Not used | 15 | Chris Davidson[17] (for Ken Foulkes) |
Coach | ||
19 | score | 13 |
8 | HT | 8 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
David Jenkins (2) | T | Paul Hunter (1) |
Reg Bowden (1) | T | Mick Crane (2) |
Mick Adams (1) | T | |
Goals | ||
Ray Dutton (3) | G | Keith Boxhall (2) |
Drop Goals | ||
Reg Bowden (1) | DG | |
Referee | J. V. Moss (Manchester) | |
Man of the match | Reg Bowden - Widnes - scrum-half | |
Competition Sponsor | Player's №6 |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
Prize money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-
Finish Position | Cash Prize | No. receiving prize | Total Cash |
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Winner | ? | 1 | |
Runner-up | ? | 1 | |
semi-finalist | ? | 2 | |
loser in Rd 3 | ? | 4 | ? |
loser in Rd 2 | ? | 8 | ? |
Loser in Rd 1 | ? | 16 | ? |
Loser in Prelim Round | ? | ? | ? |
Grand Total |
The road to success
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pilkington Recs | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
York | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull Kingston Rovers | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull Kingston Rovers | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull Kingston Rovers | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Keighley | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewsbury | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayfield | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Huyton | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bramley | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hunslet | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hunslet | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Halifax | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Doncaster | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 9 (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeds | 9 (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeds | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Blackpool Borough | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Batley | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Batley | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Whitehaven | 9 |
Notes and comments
1 * Mayfield are a Junior (amateur) club from Rochdale
2 * Although Mayfield were drawn at home, the match was moved to Salford
3 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbooks 1990-1991 [12] and 1991-92[13] and Wigan official archives[2] give the score as 3-57, but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77[3] give it as 3-53
4 * Pilkington Recs are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens, home ground was City Road until they moved to Ruskin Drive from 2011-12
5 * Wigan official archives[2] gives the score as 25-8 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] gives it as 28-8
6 * Wigan official archives[2] gives the score as 23-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77[3] give it as 23-8
7 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.
General information for those unfamiliar
The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup. As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup"
The competition ran from 1971–72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams. The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sport
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 usually taking place in late January
The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.
See also
- 1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season
- 1975 Lancashire Cup
- 1975 Yorkshire Cup
- Player's No.6 Trophy
- Rugby league county cups
References
- ^ a b c d "Rugby League Project".
- ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ a b c Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.
- ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 1 results".
- ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^ a b "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
- ^ a b c d e f "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- ^ a b c "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 2 on results".
- ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
- ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ "Widnes Stat Attack archived results".
- ^ "Hull RLFC official stats".