1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | |
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Structure | Floodlit knockout championship |
Teams | 22 |
Winners | Salford |
Runners-up | Warrington |
The 1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the tenth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held. A new name was put on the trophy when Salford won by beating Warrington by the score of 10-5 in a replay. The final was played at The Willows, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 4,473, receipts were £1913 and the score 0-0. The replay was at Wilderspool. The attendance was 5,778, receipts were £2434 and the score 10-5. This was the first (and only) floodlit final to require a replay after a drawn first match.
Background
[edit]This season saw New Hunslet join the competition, which increased the number of entrants by one, to a new high total of twenty-two. The format remained the same as the last season with the preliminary round (generally) played on a two-legged home and away basis and the rest of the tournament being played on a knock-out basis. The exceptions to the two-legged preliminary rounds were the two matches where the four clubs had agreed to play a sudden-death match to avoid fixture congestion. The preliminary round now involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.
Competition and results
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Involved six matches and 12 clubs. Huddersfield, Castleford, Hull and Keighley agreed to play one leg only; the four other ties were played over two legs.
First leg
[edit]Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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P1 | Tue 10 Sep 1974 | Oldham | 8-7 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Watersheddings | 1,381 | ||||||
P1 | Wed 11 Sep 1974 | Huddersfield | 12-4 | Castleford | Fartown | 656 | [1] | |||||
P1 | Tue 17 Sep 1974 | Hull F.C. | 12-2 | Keighley | Boulevard | 1,500 | [2] | |||||
P1 | Tue 17 Sep 1974 | St. Helens | 21-12 | Wakefield Trinity | Knowsley Road | 3,272 | 1 | [3][4] | ||||
P1 | Tue 17 Sep 1974 | Widnes | 15-13 | Barrow | Naughton Park | 3,000 | [5] | |||||
P1 | Tue 24 Sep 1974 | Leigh | 19-5 | Bramley | Hilton Park | 2,000 |
Second leg
[edit]Involved 4 matches and the same 8 Clubs in reverse fixtures (the other two matches were on a single leg basis)
Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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P2 | Tue 17 Sep 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19-11 | Oldham | Craven Park (1) | 26-19 | 2,252 | |||||
P2 | Tue 24 Sep 1974 | Wakefield Trinity | 18-15 | St. Helens | Belle Vue | 30-36 | 2,583 | [3][4] | ||||
P2 | Tue 1 Oct 1974 | Barrow | 3-8 | Widnes | Craven Park | 16-23 | 870 | [5] | ||||
P2 | Wed 2 Oct 1974 | Bramley | 15-9 | Leigh | McLaren Field | 20-28 | 1.100 |
First round
[edit]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 | Tue 1 Oct 1974 | Warrington | 10-5 | Swinton | Wilderspool | 3,552 | [6] | ||||
2 | Tue 8 Oct 1974 | Halifax | 15-4 | Whitehaven | Thrum Hall | 750 | |||||
3 | Tue 15 Oct 1974 | St. Helens | 30-2 | Leeds | Knowsley Road | 3,576 | 4 | [4] | |||
4 | Tue 22 Oct 1974 | Dewsbury | 8-14 | Leigh | Crown Flatt | 1,400 | 5 | ||||
5 | Wed 23 Oct 1974 | New Hunslet | 12-5 | Widnes | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | 1,250 | 6 | [5] | |||
6 | Tue 29 Oct 1974 | Salford | 16-2 | Huddersfield | The Willows | 2,926 | [1] | ||||
7 | Wed 30 Oct 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 20-10 | Wigan | Craven Park (1) | 2,009 | [7] | ||||
8 | Wed 30 Oct 1974 | Rochdale Hornets | 14-4 | Hull F.C. | Athletic Grounds | 780 | [2] |
Second Round
[edit]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 | Tue 5 Nov 1974 | Warrington | 36-17 | New Hunslet | Wilderspool | 2,144 | [6] | ||||
2 | Tue 12 Nov 1974 | St. Helens | 7-11 | Salford | Knowsley Road | 4,474 | 7 | [4] | |||
3 | Tue 19 Nov 1974 | Leigh | 8-0 | Rochdale Hornets | Hilton Park | 2,000 | |||||
4 | Tue 26 Nov 1974 | Halifax | 24-28 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Thrum Hall | 752 |
Semi-finals
[edit]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 | Tue 3 Dec 1974 | Salford | 27-10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | The Willows | 3,727 | 3 | ||||
2 | Tue 10 Dec 1974 | Warrington | 32-0 | Leigh | Wilderspool | 2,495 | 3 | [6] |
Final
[edit]Salford | No | Warrington |
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Teams | ||
Paul Charlton | 1 | Derek Whitehead |
Keith Fielding | 2 | Dave Sutton |
Chris Hesketh | 3 | Dave Cunliffe |
Gordon Graham | 4 | Alan Whittle |
Maurice Richards | 5 | John Bevan |
Tom Brophy | 6 | Wilf Briggs |
Peter Banner | 7 | Parry Gordon |
Mike Coulman | 8 | David "Dave" Chisnall |
Ellis Devlin | 9 | Kevin Ashcroft |
Alan Grice | 10 | Gilly Wright |
John Knighton | 11 | Wayne Gaskell |
Colin Dixon | 12 | Tommy Conroy |
Eric Prescott | 13 | Barry Philbin |
Subs | ||
John Taylor (for Brophy) | 14 | John Lowe (for Cunliffe) |
Graham MacKay | 15 | Peter Jewitt (for Philbin) |
Les Bettinson | Coach | Alex Murphy |
Replay
[edit]An unusual occurrence, a "seven point try", was scored by Salford in the replay. Following the try scored by winger Keith Fielding, successfully converted by David Watkins, a further penalty was awarded because Fielding had been fouled after scoring. Watkins kicked the penalty goal to give Salford a 7–0 lead.
28 January 1975
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Warrington | 5 – 10 | Salford |
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Tries: Bevan Goals: Whitehead |
[8] |
Tries: Fielding, Richards Goals: Watkins (2) |
Warrington | No | Salford |
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Teams | ||
Dave Cunliffe | 1 | Frank Stead |
Derek Whitehead | 2 | Keith Fielding |
Billy Pickup | 3 | David Watkins |
Alan Whittle | 4 | Chris Hesketh |
John Bevan | 5 | Maurice Richards |
Derek Noonan | 6 | Ken Gill |
Parry Gordon | 7 | Peter Banner |
David "Dave" Chisnall | 8 | Alan Grice |
Kevin Ashcroft | 9 | Peter Walker |
Robert "Bobby" Wanbon | 10 | Graham MacKay |
Tommy Conroy | 11 | Colin Dixon |
Mike Nicholas | 12 | John Knighton |
Barry Philbin | 13 | Eric Prescott |
Subs | ||
Wilf Briggs (for Noonan) | 14 | |
Brian Brady (for Nicholas) | 15 | |
Alex Murphy | Coach | Les Bettinson |
The road to success
[edit]This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leeds | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hull Kingston Rovers | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Halifax | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Whitehaven | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Halifax | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hull Kingston Rovers | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hull Kingston Rovers | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 0 (10) | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Hunslet | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Hunslet | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dewsbury | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 4 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
- ^ a b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ^ a b "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
- ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b Winstanley & Ryding (1975), pp. 237–240.
- ^ The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbooks and Rugby League Project gives the attendance as 4,473 but the John Player Yearbook 1975–76 as 4,479.
- ^ The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbooks and Rugby League Project gives the attendance as 5,778 but the John Player Yearbook 1975–76 as 5,748.
References
[edit]- Winstanley, Jack; Ryding, Malcolm (1975). John Player Rugby League Yearbook. 1975-76. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-362-00223-2.
- Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.80 1974–1975. League Publications. pp. 12–13.
External links
[edit]- "BBC Floodlit Trophy 1974/75". Rugby League Project.