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 Feb | Widnes | Batley | 26-4 |
15 Feb | Workington Town | Swinton | 10-7 |
15 Feb | York | 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 Feb | Oldham | 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
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 .