1975–76 Challenge Cup Explained

1975–76 Challenge Cup
Duration:5 Rounds
No Of Teams:32
Highest Attendance:89,982
Tv:BBC
Season:1975–76
Season Champs: St Helens
Season Champ Name:Winners
Second Place: Widnes
Mvp: Geoff Pimblett
Mvp Link:Lance Todd Trophy
Prevseason Link:1974–75 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:1974–75
Nextseason Link:1976–77 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:1976–77

The 1975–76 Challenge Cup was the 75th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.The final was contested by St Helens and Widnes at Wembley.

St Helens beat Widnes 20–5 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,982.[1]

The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was St Helens, Geoff Pimblett.[2]

This was St Helens’ fifth Cup final win in eight Final appearances.[3]

First round

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14 Feb Castleford Salford 3-25
14 Feb Huddersfield Leeds 10-34
15 Feb Bramley Wigan 5-10
15 Feb Doncaster Barrow 13-9
15 Feb Featherstone Rovers Wakefield Trinity 23-9
15 Feb Halifax Keighley 9-13
15 Feb Hull FC St Helens 3-5
15 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Whitehaven 21-12
15 Feb Huyton Oldham 4-16
15 Feb Leigh Pointer Panthers 37-8
15 Feb New Hunslet Blackpool 17-12
15 Feb Rochdale Hornets Bradford Northern 2-15
15 Feb Warrington Leigh Miners W. 16-12
15 FebWidnes Batley 26-4
15 FebWorkington Town Swinton 10-7
15 FebYork Dewsbury 25-15

Second round

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28 Feb Leeds Bradford Northern 30-12
29 Feb Featherstone Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers 25-10
29 Feb Keighley Workington Town 17-12
29 Feb Leigh Doncaster 29-6
29 Feb New Hunslet Warrington 4-17
29 FebOldham York 6-5
29 Feb Salford St Helens 11-17
29 Feb Widnes Wigan 7-5

Quarter-finals

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13 Mar Warrington Widnes 0-6
14 Mar Featherstone Rovers Leeds 33-7
14 Mar Keighley Leigh 13-7
14 Mar St Helens Oldham 17-9

Semi-finals

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27 Mar Widnes Featherstone Rovers 15-9
03 Apr Keighley St Helens 4-5

Final

FB 1Geoff Pimblett
RW 2Les Jones
RC 3Eddie Cunningham
LC 4Derek Noonan
LW 5Roy Mathias
SO 6
SH 7Jeff Heaton
PR 8
HK 9Tony Karalius
PR 10Kel Coslett (c)
SR 11Eric Chisnall
SR 12George Nicholls
LF 13David Hull
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15
Coach:
Eric Ashton
FB 1Ray Dutton
RW 2
RC 3Eric Hughes
LC 4Mick George
LW 5Dave Jenkins
SO 6David Eckersley
SH 7Reg Bowden (c)
PR 8Nick Nelson
HK 9Keith Elwell
PR 10John Wood
SR 11
SR 12Mick Adams
LF 13Doug Laughton
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15
Coach:
Frank Myler

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. Book: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. Raymond. Fletcher. David. Howes. 1995. Headline Book Publishing . London . 0-7472-7817-2. 199 .
  3. 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 .