1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy

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1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams32
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.

Contents

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

[1] [2] [3]

Round 1 - First round

[4] Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 26 Sep 1975 Castleford 26-15 York Wheldon Road
2Fri 26 Sep 1975Mayfield3-53 Salford The Willows 34491, 2, 3
3Sat 27 Sep 1975 Barrow 16-9 Pilkington Recs Craven Park 6124
4Sat 27 Sep 1975 Wigan 30-7 Keighley Central Park [2]
5Sat 27 Sep 1975 Workington Town 16-9 Bramley Derwent Park
6Sun 28 Sep 1975 Batley 18-9 Whitehaven Mount Pleasant
7Sun 28 Sep 1975 Blackpool Borough 11-36 St. Helens Borough Park [5]
8Sun 28 Sep 1975 Bradford Northern 12-32 Wakefield Trinity Odsal [6]
9Sun 28 Sep 1975 Doncaster 12-23 Hull F.C. Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield [7]
10Sun 28 Sep 1975 Huddersfield 20-12 Warrington Fartown [8] [9]
11Sun 28 Sep 1975 Hull Kingston Rovers 33-10 Rochdale Hornets Craven Park (1)
12Sun 28 Sep 1975 Huyton 14-20 Oldham Alt Park, Huyton
13Sun 28 Sep 1975 Leigh 12-5 Featherstone Rovers Hilton Park
14Sun 28 Sep 1975 New Hunslet 28-8 Halifax Elland Road Greyhound Stadium5
15Sun 28 Sep 1975 Swinton 7-23 Leeds Station Road
16Sun 28 Sep 1975 Widnes 27-12 Dewsbury Naughton Park [10]

Round 2 - Second round

[11] Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 7 Nov 1975 Hull Kingston Rovers 23-8 Leigh Craven Park (1) 6
2Sat 8 Nov 1975 Wigan 5-18 Widnes Central Park [2] [10]
3Sun 9 Nov 1975 Huddersfield 14-5 Barrow Fartown [9]
4Sun 9 Nov 1975 Hull F.C. 9-9 Leeds Boulevard [7]
5Sun 9 Nov 1975 St. Helens 47-9 Batley Knowsley Road [5]
6Sun 9 Nov 1975 Salford 46-3 Oldham The Willows
7Sun 9 Nov 1975 Wakefield Trinity 14-24 Castleford Belle Vue [6]
8Sun 9 Nov 1975 Workington Town 23-6 New Hunslet Derwent Park

Round 2 - Second round replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Thu 13 Nov 1975 Leeds 11-23 Hull F.C. Headingley [7]

Round 3 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 22 Nov 1975 Hull F.C. 9-8 St. Helens Boulevard [5] [7]
2Sun 23 Nov 1975 Huddersfield 10-19 Castleford Fartown [9]
3Sun 23 Nov 1975 Hull Kingston Rovers 14-18 Widnes Craven Park (1) [10]
4Sun 23 Nov 1975 Salford 16-8 Workington Town The Willows

[11]

Round 4 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 29 Nov 1975 Castleford 9-17 Widnes Wheldon Road [10]
2Sat 13 Dec 1975 Salford 14-22 Hull F.C. The Willows [7]

[11]

Final

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
Saturday 24 January 1976 Widnes 19-13 Hull F.C. Headingley 903562757 [7] [10] [12] [13]

Teams and scorers

[12] [13] [14] [15]

Widnes No. Hull
teams
Ray Dutton 1 Mike Stephenson
Alan Prescott 2 Alf Macklin
Mick George 3 George Clark
Mal Aspey 4 Steve Portz
David Jenkins 5 Paul Hunter
Eric Hughes 6 Brian Hancock
Reg Bowden 7 Ken Foulkes
Jim Mills 8 Bill Ramsey
Keith Elwell 9 Peter Flanagan
John Wood 10 Alan Wardell
John Foran 11 Keith Boxall
Barry Sheridan 12 Malcolm Walker
Mick Adams 13 Mick Crane
? Not used14? Not used
? Not used15 Chris Davidson (for Ken Foulkes)
Coach
19score13
8HT8
Scorers
Tries
David Jenkins (2)TPaul Hunter (1)
Reg Bowden (1)TMick Crane (2)
Mick Adams (1)T
Goals
Ray Dutton (3)GKeith Boxhall (2)
Drop Goals
Reg Bowden (1)DG
RefereeJ. V. Moss (Manchester)
Man of the match Reg Bowden - Widnes - scrum-half
Competition Sponsor Player's No.6

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season was as follows: [16]

Finish PositionCash PrizeNo. receiving prizeTotal Cash
Winner£6,0001£6,000
Runner-up£3,0001£3,000
Semi-finalist£1,5002£3,000
Loser in Rd 3£6004£2,400
Loser in Rd 2£4508£3,600
Loser in Rd 1£30016£4,800
Grand Total£22,800

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 to 2012
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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. 1 2 3 Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.
  4. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 1 results".
  5. 1 2 3 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  6. 1 2 "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  8. ↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  9. 1 2 3 "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  11. 1 2 3 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 2 on results".
  12. 1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN   0 35617851 X.
  13. 1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN   0 35617852 8.
  14. ↑ "Widnes Stat Attack archived results".
  15. ↑ "Hull RLFC official stats".
  16. ↑ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1992). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 396. ISBN   978-0-7472-7906-8.
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