1976–77 Player's No.6 Trophy Explained

1976–77 Player's No.6 Trophy
Structure:National knockout championship
Season Champs:Castleford
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Blackpool Borough
Prevseason Link:1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy
Prevseason Year:1975–76
Nextseason Link:1977–78 Player's No.6 Trophy
Nextseason Year:1977–78
No Of Teams:32

The 1976–77 Player's No.6 Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the sixth season that the competition was staged, which was once again known as the Player's No.6 Trophy because of its sponsorship.

Castleford won the final, beating Second Division side Blackpool Borough by the score of 25–15. The match was played at The Willows, Salford. The attendance was 4,512 and receipts were £2,919.

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-two. For the second season there were no drawn matches in the competition.[1] [2] [3]

Competition and results

Round 1 - First Round

[4] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

width=10 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=110 abbr="Date"Fixture Datewidth=150 abbr="Home Team"Home Teamwidth=5 abbr="space" width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=5 abbr="space" width=150 abbr="Away Team" Away Teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Rec" Recwidth=20 abbr="Notes" Noteswidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 23 Oct 1976Hull F.C.18-5WarringtonBoulevard[5] [6]
2Sat 23 Oct 1976Leeds34-10Rochdale HornetsHeadingley
3Sun 24 Oct 1976Blackpool Borough16-15BarrowBorough Park
4Sun 24 Oct 1976Bradford Northern23-18HuddersfieldOdsal
5Sun 24 Oct 1976Bramley33-5DewsburyMcLaren Field
6Sun 24 Oct 1976Featherstone Rovers43-13WhitehavenPost Office Road
7Sun 24 Oct 1976Ovenden4-24HalifaxThrum Hall36801, 2
8Sun 24 Oct 1976Hull Kingston Rovers7-12St. HelensCraven Park (1)5984[7]
9Sun 24 Oct 1976Huyton6-8YorkAlt Park, Huyton
10Sun 24 Oct 1976Leigh29-7SwintonHilton Park
11Sun 24 Oct 1976New Hunslet10-24CastlefordElland Road Greyhound Stadium
12Sun 24 Oct 1976Oldham17-9BatleyWatersheddings
13Sun 24 Oct 1976Ace Caravans15-39SalfordThe Willows30373, 4, 5
14Sun 24 Oct 1976Wakefield Trinity8-10WidnesBelle Vue[8] [9]
15Sun 24 Oct 1976Wigan33-0KeighleyCentral Park
16Sun 24 Oct 1976Workington Town45-15DoncasterDerwent Park

Round 2 - Second Round

[10] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

width=10 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=110 abbr="Date"Fixture Datewidth=150 abbr="Home Team"Home Teamwidth=5 abbr="space" width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=5 abbr="space" width=150 abbr="Away Team" Away Teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Rec" Recwidth=20 abbr="Notes" Noteswidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 6 Nov 1976Leeds18-17SalfordHeadingley
2Sat 6 Nov 1976St. Helens18-22CastlefordKnowsley Road2691
3Sun 7 Nov 1976Blackpool Borough7-3HalifaxBorough Park
4Sun 7 Nov 1976Hull F.C.19-5Bradford NorthernBoulevard
5Sun 7 Nov 1976Oldham13-28LeighWatersheddings6
6Sun 7 Nov 1976Widnes10-0Featherstone RoversNaughton Park
7Sun 7 Nov 1976Workington Town17-13BramleyDerwent Park
8Sun 7 Nov 1976York8-7WiganClarence Street65037

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

[10] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

width=10 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=110 abbr="Date"Fixture Datewidth=150 abbr="Home Team"Home Teamwidth=5 abbr="space" width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=5 abbr="space" width=150 abbr="Away Team" Away Teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Rec" Recwidth=20 abbr="Notes" Noteswidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 20 Dec 1976Leeds14-20CastlefordHeadingley
2Sun 21 Dec 1976Leigh17-12Hull F.C.Hilton Park
3Sun 21 Dec 1976Widnes13-10YorkNaughton Park
4Sun 21 Dec 1976Workington Town5-11Blackpool BoroughDerwent Park

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

[10] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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1Sat 27 Dec 1976Castleford15-10Widnes8
2Sat 11 Dec 1976Blackpool Borough15-5LeighBorough Park8

Final

Teams and scorers

[11] [12]

width=280 abbr=winnerCastlefordwidth=60 abbr="Number"No.width=280 abbr=runner-upBlackpool Borough
teams
Geoffrey Wraith1Doug Reynolds
Steve Fenton2Doug Robinson
John Joyner3John Heritage
Philip Johnson4Paul Machen
Trevor Briggs5Phil Pitman
Bruce Burton6Ged Marsh
Gary Stephens7Jackie Newall
Paul Kahn8James "Jim"/"Jimmy" Hamilton
Robert Spurr9Howard Allen
Alan Dickinson10Joe Egan
Mal Reilly11Paul Gamble
Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd12Ken Groves
Steve 'Knocker' Norton13Malcolm Pattinson
? Not used14Cliff Lamb (for Phil Pitman)
? Not used15Phil Hurst (for Ken Groves)
CoachJim Crellin

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season was as follows:[13]

width=100 abbr="Finish Position" Finish Positionwidth=110 abbr="Cash Prize"Cash Prizewidth=50 abbr="No. receiving prize"No. receiving prizewidth=100 abbr="Total Cash"Total Cash
Winner£6,0001£6,000
Runner-up£3,0001£3,000
Semi-finalist£1,5002£3,000
Loser in Rd 3£7004£2,800
Loser in Rd 2£5508£4,400
Loser in Rd 1£40016£6,400
Grand Total£25,600

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes

1 * Ovenden are a Junior (amateur) club from Halifax
2 * Ovenden were drawn at home but chose to give away home advantage
3 * Ace Caravans were a Junior (amateur) club from Hull
4 * Ace Caravans were drawn at home but chose to give away home advantage
5 * The Rothmans Yearbooks 1990-91[11] and 1991-92[12] gave the attendance as 3,037 but The News of the World/Empire News annual 1977–78[2] gave it as 3,680
6 * The News of the World/Empire News annual 1977–78[2] gives the score as 13-25 but other sources including RUGBYLEAGUEprojects,[1] Wigan official archives[3] give the score as 13-28
7 * Wigan's (No. 4) Bill Francis & York's (No. 11) Gary Hetherington were both sent off for fighting in the 78th Minute
8 * Wigan official website[10] states incorrectly that the match date was Saturday 27 November
9 * The Willows was the home ground of Salford with a final capacity of 11,363 which included 2,500 seats. The record attendance was 26,470 on the 13 February 1937 in the Challenge Cup first round match vs Warr

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Book: Frank Butler and Patrick Collins. News of the World Football Annual 1977–78 - 91st year. 1977. News of the World Ltd.
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results. 2014-07-12. 2014-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199. dead.
  4. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player round 1 archived results.
  5. Web site: HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results.
  6. Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2014-02-02 .
  7. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  8. Web site: Wakefield until I die.
  9. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  10. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player round 2 onwards results.
  11. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. 1990. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617851 X.
  12. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  13. Book: Fletcher . Raymond . Howes . David . Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93 . 1992 . Headline Publishing Group . London . 978-0-7472-7906-8 . 396.

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