1978–79 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy explained

1978–79 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
Structure:Floodlit knockout championship
Season Champs:Widnes
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:St. Helens
Prevseason Link:1977–78 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
Prevseason Year:1977–78
Nextseason Link:1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
Nextseason Year:1979–80
No Of Teams:22

The 1978–79 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the 14th staging of the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition, and was held in 1978.

Previous two times runner-up Widnes won the trophy by beating the previous year's winners and cup holders St. Helens by 13-7. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside. 10,250 fans attended, and the receipts were £7,017.

Background

This season Batley dropped out after only one season, but Bramley returned; thus the number of entrants remaining the same at twenty-two.
The format remained as a knock-out competition from the preliminary round through to the final.
The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.

Competition and results

[1] [2]

Preliminary round

Involved 6 matches and 12 clubs

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=110 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=40 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=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
PSat 26 Aug 1978Leeds47–11BramleyHeadingley100991 2
PSun 27 Aug 1978Barrow17–11OldhamCraven Park
PSun 27 Aug 1978Wigan27–10SwintonCentral Park[3]
PTue 5 Sep 1978Hull Kingston Rovers39–2New HunsletCraven Park (1)
PTue 5 Sep 1978Keighley10–0DewsburyLawkholme Lane
PTue 12 Sep 1978St. Helens13–9WarringtonKnowsley Road5,000[4] [5]

First round

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

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1Tue 26 Sep 1978Castleford20–11Wakefield Trinity3[6]
2Thu 28 Sep 1978Barrow17–5LeighCraven Park
3Tue 3 Oct 1978Halifax12–21Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall3
4Tue 3 Oct 1978Keighley15–25HuddersfieldLawkholme Lane[7]
5Tue 3 Oct 1978Widnes17–13WhitehavenNaughton Park[8]
6Tue 10 Oct 1978Leeds8–14Hull F.C.Headingley[9]
7Tue 17 Oct 1978Salford15–17St. HelensThe Willows4,6323
8Tue 24 Oct 1978Wigan13–2Rochdale HornetsCentral Park3

Second round

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

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1Tue 31 Oct 1978Barrow0–6Hull F.C.Craven Park
2Tue 7 Nov 1978St. Helens47–5CastlefordKnowsley Road4,2475
3Wed 15 Nov 1978Rochdale Hornets10–9HuddersfieldAthletic Grounds
4Tue 21 Nov 1978Hull Kingston RoversPWidnesCraven Park (1)6

Replay

Involved 1 matches and 2 clubs

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RTue 21 Nov 1978Hull Kingston Rovers10–13WidnesCraven Park (1)

Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Tue 28 Nov 1978Hull F.C.5–13St HelensBoulevard8,4283
2Tue 05 Dec 1978Rochdale HornetsPWidnesAthletic Grounds7

Replay

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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RFri 08 Dec 1978Rochdale Hornets9–26WidnesAthletic Grounds

Final

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FTuesday 12 December 1978St Helens7–13WidnesKnowsley Road10,2507,0173 8 9[10] [11]

Teams and scorers

[5] [8] [10]

width=280 abbr=winnerWidneswidth=60 abbr="Number"№width=280 abbr=runner-upSt. Helens
teams
David Eckersley1Geoff Pimblett
Stuart Wright2Les Jones
Eric Hughes3Peter Glynn
Mal Aspey4Eddie Cunningham
Peter Shaw5Roy Mathias
Mick Burke6Bill Francis
Reg Bowden 7Neil Holding
Brian Hogan8David "Dave" Chisnall
Keith Elwell9Graham Liptrot
Jim Mills10Mel James
Mick Adams11George Nicholls
Alan Dearden12John Knighton
Doug Laughton13Harry Pinner
Doug LaughtonCoachEric Ashton
13score7
8HT5
Scorers
Tries
Stuart Wright (2)TDavid "Dave" Chisnall (1)
Mick Burke (1)T
Goals
Mick Burke (2)GGeoff Pimblett (2)
RefereeJ McDonald (Wigan)
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes

1 * At the time this was the second highest score, only to be equalled about two months later in the Second round
2 * The RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] gives the attendance as 10,099 but this appears to be the attendance at the previous year's final added in error
3 * This match was televised
5 * At the time this equalled the second highest score
6 * Postponed due to pending court case brought by Wigan against the RFL[2]
7 * Postponed
8 * The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991[10] and 1991-92[11] and the RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] gives the attendance as 10,250 but the official St. Helens archives[5] give it as 10,500
9 * Knowsley Road was the home of St Helens R.F.C. from 1890 until its closure in 2010. The final capacity was 17,500 although the record attendance was 35,695 set on 26 December 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" matches.
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results. 6 April 2014. 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199. dead.
  4. 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 .
  5. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  6. Web site: I'm Wakefield 'til I die....
  7. Web site: Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage.
  8. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  9. Web site: HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results.
  10. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. 1990. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617851 X.
  11. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.

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