1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

August 2016 August 2016 1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Floodlit knockout championship Castleford Winners Leigh 1975–76 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1975–76 1977–78 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1977–78 22 The 1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the twelfth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held. Castleford won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 12-4 (away from home on the opponent's own ground) The match was played at Hilton Park, Leigh, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 5,402, and the receipts were £2.793 Castleford had won the first three BBC2 Floodlit Trophy finals, this brought the wins up to four Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two. The format remained as used in last season's tournament, i.e. 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 Rugby League Project https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/bbc-floodlit-trophy/results.htmlWigan "Cherry and White" matches http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2188 Preliminary round Involved 6 matches and 12 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefPSun 29 Aug 1976Rochdale Hornets2-5WidnesAthletic GroundsWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896PWed 8 Sep 1976Halifax19-25Hull F.C.Thrum HallHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results https://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/1976PTue 14 Sep 1976Hull Kingston Rovers19-12DewsburyCraven Park (1)PTue 14 Sep 1976Leigh11-10WarringtonHilton ParkWarrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 2 February 2014 dmy PTue 14 Sep 1976Wakefield Trinity20-5BramleyBelle VueI'm Wakefield 'til I die... http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.htmlPTue 14 Sep 1976Whitehaven25-11BarrowRecreation Ground1 Round 1 – first round Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 28 Sep 1976Huddersfield5-2Wakefield TrinityFartownHuddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201975-76.pdf2Tue 28 Sep 1976Leigh22-18SalfordHilton Park3Tue 5 Oct 1976Castleford16-8Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road 4Tue 5 Oct 1976Keighley2-16Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane5Tue 5 Oct 1976Whitehaven3-21OldhamRecreation Ground6Tue 12 Oct 1976Widnes13-14WiganNaughton Park2Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 6 April 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead7Tue 19 Oct 1976Leeds22-10New HunsletHeadingley8Tue 26 Oct 1976Swinton15-22St. HelensStation Road1,265Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 6 April 2014 2 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead Round 2 – quarter finals Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 2 Nov 1976Hull F.C.6-0OldhamBoulevard2Tue 9 Nov 1976Leeds2-17CastlefordHeadingley3Tue 16 Nov 1976Huddersfield9-7St. HelensFartown1,7874Tue 23 Nov 1976Leigh12-5WiganHilton Park2 Round 3 – semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 30 Nov 1976Leigh19-10HuddersfieldHilton Park2Tue 7 Dec 1976Hull F.C.8-15CastlefordBoulevard Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefFTuesday 14 December 1976Leigh4-12CastlefordHilton Park5,4022.7932 3Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 XRaymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Castleford№Leigh teams Geoff Wraith1Mick HoganSteve Fenton2Alan PrescottJohn Joyner3Mick StaceyPhilip Johnson4John WoodsJamie Walsh5Joe WalshBruce Burton6John TaylorGary Stephens7Cliff SayerPaul Kahn8Dave ChisnallRobert Spurr9Kevin AshcroftAlan Dickinson10Geoff FletcherMalcolm "Mal" Reilly11Dave MackoGeoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd12Paul GrimesSteve 'Knocker' Norton13Dennis BoydMalcolm "Mal" ReillyCoachKevin Ashcroft 12score40HT1 Scorers Tries Jamie Walsh (1)TJoe Walsh (1)Bruce Burton (1)T Goals Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd (3)G Drop Goals DGKevin Ashcroft (1)RefereeJ E Jackson (Pudsey) Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures First round Second round Semi-finals Final Leigh 22 Salford 18 Widnes 13 Wigan 14 Huddersfield 5 Wakefield Trinity 2 Swinton 16 St. Helens 22 Keighley 2 Hull F.C. 16 Whitehaven 3 Oldham 21 Leeds 22 New Hunslet 10 Castleford 16 Hull Kingston Rovers 8 Leigh 12 Wigan 5 Huddersfield 9 St. Helens 7 Hull F.C. 6 Oldham 0 Leeds 2 Castleford 17 Leigh 19 Huddersfield 10 Hull F.C. 8 Castleford 15 Leigh 4 Castleford 12 Notes and comments 1 * Whitehaven, who joined the competition in season 1973–74, play their first game at home in the competition - they also win their first game in the competition 2 * This match was televised 3 * Hilton Park was the home ground of Leigh from 1947 to 2008. The final capacity was in the region of 11,000, much less than the record attendance of 31,326, set in 1953 for a Challenge Cup match v St. Helens See also 1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season 1976 Lancashire Cup 1976 Yorkshire Cup BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Rugby league county cups References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Huddersfield R L Heritage BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Category:BBC2 Floodlit Trophy