1968–69 Rugby Football League season | |
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League | Northern Rugby Football League |
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The 1968–69 Rugby Football League season was the 74th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
[edit]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
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | |
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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
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Leeds | 32 | |||||||||||||
Oldham | 12 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 18 | |||||||||||||
Workington | 10 | |||||||||||||
Workington | 11 | |||||||||||||
Leigh | 9 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 22 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 12 | |||||||||||||
Wigan | 26 | |||||||||||||
Widnes | 10 | |||||||||||||
Wigan | 21 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 26 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 13 | |||||||||||||
York | 7 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 16 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 14 | |||||||||||||
Swinton | 9 | |||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 5 | |||||||||||||
Swinton | 8 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 50 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 14 | |||||||||||||
Hull | 10 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 18 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 6 | |||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 16 | |||||||||||||
Hull KR | 5 | |||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 4 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 47 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 25 | |||||||||||||
Keighley | 7 | |||||||||||||
Final
[edit]24 May 1969
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Leeds | 16 – 14 | Castleford |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Wigan who beat St. Helens 7-4 in the final.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "1968-69 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
Sources
[edit]- Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.74 1968–1969. League Publications.
- 1968-69 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website