1974–75 Rugby League Premiership

1974–75 Premiership National knockout championship Leeds Winners St Helens 1975–76 Rugby League Premiership 1975–76 The 1974–75 Rugby League Premiership was the inaugural edition of the end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy/summary.html Premiership title Rugby League Project The winners were Leeds. First round Date Home team Score Away team Attendance25 April 1975 Castleford 37–7 Wakefield Trinity 2,91525 April 1975 St Helens 42–5 Oldham 3,70026 April 1975 Bradford Northern 22–14 Warrington 3,08426 April 1975 Wigan 19–17 Swinton 4,21927 April 1975 Dewsbury 8–9 Keighley 2,70027 April 1975Date taken from the John Player Yearbook. Rugby League Project gives the date of this match as 24 April 1975 Featherstone Rovers 8–27 Leeds 3,00027 April 1975 Huddersfield 18–35 Hull Kingston Rovers 2,99427 April 1975 Widnes 12–20 Salford 7,200 Second round Date Home team Score Away team Attendance29 April 1975 Leeds 28–8 Castleford 6,31629 April 1975 Wigan 35–17 Salford 4,51430 April 1975 Hull Kingston Rovers 29–10 Keighley 4,8611 May 1975 Bradford Northern 5–5 St Helens 5,590 Replay Date Home team Score Away team Attendance2 May 1975 St Helens 14-5 Bradford Northern 7,000 Semi finals 4 May 1975 Leeds 18 – 8 Hull Kingston Rovers Dyl, Smith, Mason, Batten Holmes (3) Millward, Sullivan Fox Headingley, Leeds 7,417 Winstanley Ryding 1975 178–179 4 May 1975 Wigan 16 – 22 St Helens Gregory, Irving Fairbairn (5) Pimblett, Wilson, Walsh, Chisnall Coslett (5) Central Park, Wigan 13,900 Winstanley Ryding 1975 178–179 Final 17 May 1975 Leeds 26 – 11 St Helens Atkinson (2), Mason, Hynes, Smith Holmes (2), Marshall (3) Hynes Jones, Mathias, Heaton Coslett Central Park, Wigan 14,531 W. H. Thompson (Huddersfield) Mel Mason Winstanley Ryding 1975 176–177 1 John Holmes 342 Alan Smith3 Syd Hynes (c) 404 Les Dyl5 John Atkinson6 Mel Mason7 Keith Hepworth8 Roy Dickinson9 David Ward10 Steve Pitchford11 Phil Cookson12 Ray Batten13 Bob HaighSubstitutes:14 David Marshall 3415 Graham Eccles 40Coach: Roy Francis 1 Geoff Pimblett2 Les Jones3 Frank Wilson4 David Hull5 Roy Mathias6 John Walsh7 Jeff Heaton 8 John Warlow 89 Tony Karalius10 John Mantle 3211 George Nicholls12 Eric Chisnall13 Kel Coslett (c)Substitutes:14 Ken Gwilliam 3215 Eddie Cunningham 8Coach: Eric Ashton Notes References John Player Rugby League Yearbook. 1975-76 Winstanley Jack Ryding Malcolm 1975 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-362-00223-2 http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy-1974-75/results.html Premiership Trophy 1974/75 Rugby League Project Category:1975 in English rugby league