1975–76 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

August 2016 August 2016 1975–76 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Floodlit knockout championship St. Helens Winners Dewsbury 1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1974–75 1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1976–77 22 The 1975–76 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the eleventh occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Dewsbury by the score of 22-2 The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside. The attendance was 3,858, and the receipts were £1,747 Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two. The format was again changed slightly, in that the preliminary round as well as the remainder of the tournament was played on a knock-out basis. The preliminary round now involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/bbc-floodlit-trophy/results.htmlWigan "Cherry and White" matches http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2144 Preliminary round Involved 6 matches and 12 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefPSun 14 Sep 1975Dewsbury7-3Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt1I'm Wakefield 'til I die... http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.htmlPSun 14 Sep 1975Halifax6-32BramleyThrum HallPTue 23 Sep 1975Swinton6-12WarringtonStation RoadWarrington 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 PWed 24 Sep 1975Leeds21-10CastlefordHeadingleyPTue 30 Sep 1975Wigan14-14SalfordCentral ParkWigan "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 deadPWed 8 Oct 1975Rochdale Hornets7-15St. HelensAthletic Grounds805Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1975-76 https://saints.org.uk/saints/matches.php?season=1975%7E76 Preliminary round – replays Involved 4 matches and the same 8 Clubs in reverse fixtures (the other two matches were on a single leg basis) Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRTue 7 Oct 1975Salford19-25WiganThe Willows Round 1 – first round Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 30 Sep 1975Oldham16-10WidnesWatersheddingsWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18962Tue 7 Oct 1975Dewsbury22-10KeighleyCrown Flatt3Tue 7 Oct 1975Hull Kingston Rovers11-12HuddersfieldCraven Park (1)Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201975-76.pdf4Tue 14 Oct 1975Barrow12-7LeighCraven Park (1)5Tue 21 Oct 1975Hull F.C.18-11BramleyBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19756Tue 21 Oct 1975New Hunslet9-10LeedsElland Road Greyhound Stadium7Wed 22 Oct 1975St. Helens38-10WhitehavenKnowsley Road2,6008Tue 28 Oct 1975Warrington8-14WiganWilderspool2 Round 2 – quarter finals Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 4 Nov 1975Leeds17-10WiganHeadingley22Tue 11 Nov 1975Oldham9-11DewsburyWatersheddings3Tue 18 Nov 1975St. Helens36-13Hull F.C.Knowsley Road2,5004Tue 25 Nov 1975Barrow14-0HuddersfieldCraven Park Round 3 – semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 2 Dec 1975St. Helens11-9BarrowKnowsley Road2.0002Tue 9 Dec 1975Dewsbury7-0LeedsCrown Flatt Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefFTuesday 16 December 1975St. Helens22-2DewsburyKnowsley Road3,85817472 3 4Raymond 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 St. Helens№Dewsbury teams Geoff Pimblett1John LangleyLes Jones2John HegartyBilly Benyon3Graham ChalkleyDavid Hull4Ian SimpsonRoy Mathias5Garry MitchellFrank Wilson6Nigel StephensonJeff Heaton7Alan BatesJohn Mantle8Harry BeverleyAnthony "Tony" Karalius9Ray PriceMel James10Steve HankinsGeorge Nicholls11Steve HalloranEric Chisnall12Graham BellKel Coslett13Jeff GrayshonSubsDavid Eckersley14Stephen LeeGraham Liptrot15Phil ArtisEric AshtonCoachDave Cox 22score211HT0 Scorers Tries Billy Benyon (1)TDavid Hull (1)TRoy Mathias (2)TFrank Wilson (1)T Goals Kel Coslett (1)GNigel Stephenson (1)Geoff Pimblett (2)G Drop Goals Jeff Heaton (1)DGRefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield) 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 First round Second round Semi-finals Final St Helens 38 Whitehaven 10 Hull F.C. 18 Bramley 11 Barrow 12 Leigh 7 Hull Kingston Rovers 11 Huddersfield 12 Oldham 16 Widnes 10 Dewsbury 22 Keighley 10 New Hunslet 9 Leeds 10 Warrington 8 Wigan 14 St Helens 36 Hull F.C. 13 Barrow 14 Huddersfield 0 Oldham 9 Dewsbury 11 Leeds 17 Wigan 10 St Helens 11 Barrow 9 Dewsbury 7 Leeds 0 St Helens 22 Dewsbury 2 Notes and comments 1 * Dewsbury, who joined the competition in season 1973–74, win their first game in the competition 2 * This match was televised 3 * The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 and 1991-92 and the RUGBYLEAGUEprojects gives the attendance as 3,858 but theofficial St. Helens archives give it as 3,850 4 * 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 1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season 1975 Lancashire Cup 1975 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