1971–72 Challenge Cup

Rugby league competition 1971–72 Challenge Cup 89,495 BBC 1971–72 St Helens 16px St. Helens Winners Leeds 16px Leeds St Helens 16px Kel Coslett Lance Todd Trophy 1970–71 Challenge Cup 1970–71 1972–73 Challenge Cup 1972–73 The 1971–72 Challenge Cup was the 71st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by St. Helens and Leeds at Wembley. First round Date Team one Team two Score29 Jan Bramley Pilkington Recs 19-529 Jan Dewsbury Celtic Featherstone Rovers 2-3429 Jan Doncaster Wakefield Trinity 3-529 Jan Huyton Halifax 4-729 Jan Leeds Widnes 17-829 Jan Leigh Workington Town 19-429 Jan Oldham St Helens 6-829 Jan Swinton Blackpool 33-1229 Jan Whitehaven Castleford 0-1730 Jan Barrow Hunslet 24-630 Jan Bradford Northern Keighley 17-230 Jan Dewsbury Huddersfield 4-1730 Jan Salford Wigan 12-1630 Jan Warrington Batley 30-730 Jan York Rochdale Hornets 13-503 Feb Hull FC Hull Kingston Rovers 7-5 Second round Date Team one Team two Score19 Feb Castleford Warrington 8-819 Feb Halifax Featherstone Rovers 11-520 Feb Barrow York 9-920 Feb Bramley Bradford Northern 8-520 Feb Hull FC Leeds 5-1620 Feb Leigh Swinton 3-420 Feb St Helens Huddersfield 32-920 Feb Wakefield Trinity Wigan 6-523 Feb - replayWarrington Castleford 11-523 Feb - replayYork Barrow 15-3 Quarter-finals Date Team one Team two Score04 Mar Bramley Warrington 7-1404 Mar York St Helens 5-3205 Mar Halifax Swinton 9-805 Mar Leeds Wakefield Trinity 11-5 Semi-finals Date Team one Team two Score08 Apr Leeds Halifax 16-315 Apr St Helens Warrington 10-1019 Apr - replaySt Helens Warrington 10-6 Final The final was played on Saturday 13 May 1972, in front of a crowd of 89,495. After leading 12-6 at half time, St Helens beat Leeds 16-13.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 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 The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Saints’ Kel Coslett.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 199 St Helens scorers were Les Jones (1 try), Graham Rees (1 try), and Kel Coslett (5 goals). This was St Helens’ fourth Cup final win in eight Final appearances.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 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 13 May 1972 St Helens 16 – 13 Leeds Try Rees, JonesGoals Coslett (4) DG Coslett Try Cookson Goals Clawson (5) Wembley, London 89,495 Eric Lawrinson (Warrington) Kel Coslett 1 Geoff Pimblett 2 Les Jones 3 Billy Benyon 4 Johnny Walsh 5Frank Wilson 6 Ken Kelly 7 Jeff Heaton 8 Graham Rees 9 Les Greenall 10 John Stephens 11 John Mantle 12 Eric Chisnall 13 Kel Coslett (c)Substitutes: 14 Alan Whittle (unused) 15 Kelvin Earl (unused)Coach: Jim Challinor 1 John Holmes 2 Alan Smith 3 Syd Hynes 4 Les Dyl 5 John Atkinson 6 Alan Hardisty (c)http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS285963949&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 "Rugby League." Times [London, England] 13 May 1972 Times Digital Archives 7 Keith Hepworth 8 Terry Clawson 9 Tony Fisher 10 Bill Ramsey 11Bob Haigh 12 Phil Cookson 13 Ray BattenSubstitutes: 14 John Langley 15 Graham Eccles (unused)Coach: Derek Turner References External links Challenge Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20140122043124/http://www.thechallengecup.com/ 2014-01-22 Challenge Cup 1971/72 results at Rugby League Project Category:Challenge Cup Challenge Cup