1974–75 Challenge Cup Explained
1974–75 Challenge Cup |
Duration: | 5 Rounds |
No Of Teams: | 32 |
Highest Attendance: | 85,098 |
Tv: | BBC |
Season: | 1974–75 |
Season Champs: | Widnes |
Season Champ Name: | Winners |
Second Place: | Warrington |
Mvp: | Ray Dutton |
Mvp Link: | Lance Todd Trophy |
Prevseason Link: | 1973–74 Challenge Cup |
Prevseason Year: | 1973–74 |
Nextseason Link: | 1975–76 Challenge Cup |
Nextseason Year: | 1975–76 |
The 1974–75 Challenge Cup was the 74th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.The final was contested by Widnes and Warrington at Wembley.
Widnes beat Warrington 14–7 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,098.[1]
The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Widnes, Ray Dutton.[2]
This was Widnes’ fourth Cup final win in sixth Final appearances.[3]
First round
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08 Feb | Castleford | Bradford Northern | 13-13 |
08 Feb | Dewsbury Celtic | Hull Kingston Rovers | 15-31 |
08 Feb | New Hunslet | Mayfield | 9-5 |
08 Feb | Whitehaven | Leeds | 7-16 |
08 Feb | Wigan | Dewsbury | 33-2 |
09 Feb | Barrow | Workington Town | 5-5 |
09 Feb - replay | Bradford Northern | Castleford | 10-7 |
09 Feb | Bramley | St Helens | 5-30 |
09 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | Salford | 7-17 |
09 Feb | Huddersfield | Rochdale Hornets | 18-21 |
09 Feb | Hull FC | Batley | 20-0 |
09 Feb | Leigh | Doncaster | 36-3 |
09 Feb | Oldham | Blackpool | 12-3 |
09 Feb | Swinton | Widnes | 4-13 |
09 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | Huyton | 33-5 |
09 Feb | Warrington | Halifax | 32-6 |
09 Feb | York | Keighley | 26-9 |
12 Feb -replay | Workington Town | Barrow | 14-3 | |
Second round
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22 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | St Helens | 13-9 |
23 Feb | Hull FC | Widnes | 12-13 |
23 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | Workington Town | 19-7 |
23 Feb | Leigh | Bradford Northern | 5-23 |
23 Feb | New Hunslet | York | 16-9 |
23 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | Oldham | 10-10 |
23 Feb | Salford | Leeds | 12-17 |
23 Feb | Wigan | Warrington | 17-24 |
26 Feb - replay | Oldham | Rochdale Hornets | 15-3 | |
Quarter-finals
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08 Mar | Leeds | Bradford Northern | 22-6 |
09 Mar | New Hunslet | Warrington | 3-23 |
09 Mar | Oldham | Widnes | 4-10 |
09 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27-10 | |
Semi-finals
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22 Mar | Warrington | Leeds | 11-4 |
05 Apr | Wakefield Trinity | Widnes | 7-13 | |
Final
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 2009-04-03 . dead .
- Book: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. Raymond. Fletcher. David. Howes. 1995. Headline Book Publishing . London . 0-7472-7817-2. 199 .
- Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 2009-04-03 . dead .