1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy

1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy National knockout championship Widnes Winners Hull F.C. 1974–75 Player's No.6 Trophy 1974–75 1976–77 Player's No.6 Trophy 1976–77 32 This was the fifth season for the League Cup, known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons. Widnes won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 19–13 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,035 and receipts were £6275. Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/regal-trophy/results.htmlWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3287Frank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year 1976 News of the World Ltd Round 1 - First round Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 1 results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2143 Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 26 Sep 1975Castleford26-15YorkWheldon Road 2Fri 26 Sep 1975Mayfield3-53SalfordThe Willows34491, 2, 33Sat 27 Sep 1975Barrow16-9Pilkington RecsCraven Park61244Sat 27 Sep 1975Wigan30-7KeighleyCentral Park5Sat 27 Sep 1975Workington Town16-9BramleyDerwent Park6Sun 28 Sep 1975Batley18-9WhitehavenMount Pleasant7Sun 28 Sep 1975Blackpool Borough11-36St. HelensBorough ParkSaints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2014-07-12 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead8Sun 28 Sep 1975Bradford Northern12-32Wakefield TrinityOdsalI'm Wakefield 'til I die... http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.html9Sun 28 Sep 1975Doncaster12-23Hull F.C.Bentley Road Stadium/TattersfieldHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/197510Sun 28 Sep 1975Huddersfield20-12WarringtonFartownWarrington 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 2014-02-02 Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201975-76.pdf11Sun 28 Sep 1975Hull Kingston Rovers33-10Rochdale HornetsCraven Park (1)12Sun 28 Sep 1975Huyton14-20OldhamAlt Park, Huyton13Sun 28 Sep 1975Leigh12-5Featherstone RoversHilton Park14Sun 28 Sep 1975New Hunslet28-8HalifaxElland Road Greyhound Stadium515Sun 28 Sep 1975Swinton7-23LeedsStation Road16Sun 28 Sep 1975Widnes27-12DewsburyNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896 Round 2 - Second round Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 2 on results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2143 Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 7 Nov 1975Hull Kingston Rovers23-8LeighCraven Park (1)62Sat 8 Nov 1975Wigan5-18WidnesCentral Park3Sun 9 Nov 1975Huddersfield14-5BarrowFartown4Sun 9 Nov 1975Hull F.C.9-9LeedsBoulevard5Sun 9 Nov 1975St. Helens47-9BatleyKnowsley Road6Sun 9 Nov 1975Salford46-3OldhamThe Willows7Sun 9 Nov 1975Wakefield Trinity14-24CastlefordBelle Vue8Sun 9 Nov 1975Workington Town23-6New HunsletDerwent Park Round 2 - Second round replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 13 Nov 1975Leeds11-23Hull F.C.Headingley Round 3 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 22 Nov 1975Hull F.C.9-8St. HelensBoulevard2Sun 23 Nov 1975Huddersfield10-19CastlefordFartown3Sun 23 Nov 1975Hull Kingston Rovers14-18WidnesCraven Park (1)4Sun 23 Nov 1975Salford16-8Workington TownThe Willows Round 4 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 29 Nov 1975Castleford9-17WidnesWheldon Road 2Sat 13 Dec 1975Salford14-22Hull F.C.The Willows Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 24 January 1976Widnes19-13Hull F.C.Headingley903562757Raymond 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 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Widnes Stat Attack archived results http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/fullmatch.php?fullid=2832Hull RLFC official stats http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/match/148559/widnes-vikings-13-19 WidnesNo.Hull teams Ray Dutton1Mike StephensonAlan Prescott2Alf MacklinMick George3George ClarkMal Aspey4Steve PortzDavid Jenkins5Paul HunterEric Hughes6Brian HancockReg Bowden7Ken FoulkesJim Mills8Bill RamseyKeith Elwell9Peter FlanaganJohn Wood10Alan WardellJohn Foran11Keith BoxallBarry Sheridan12Malcolm WalkerMick Adams13Mick Crane? Not used14? Not used? Not used15Chris Davidson (for Ken Foulkes)Coach 19score138HT8 Scorers Tries David Jenkins (2)TPaul Hunter (1)Reg Bowden (1)TMick Crane (2)Mick Adams (1)T Goals Ray Dutton (3)GKeith Boxhall (2) Drop Goals Reg Bowden (1)DG RefereeJ. V. Moss (Manchester)Man of the matchReg Bowden - Widnes - shCompetition SponsorPlayer's No.6 Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point Prize money As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season was as follows:Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93 1992 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7906-8 396 Finish PositionCash prizeNo. receiving prizeTotal cashWinner£6,0001£6,000Runner-up£3,0001£3,000Semi-finalist£1,5002£3,000Loser in Rd 3£6004£2,400Loser in Rd 2£4508£3,600Loser in Rd 1£30016£4,800Grand Total£22,800 The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Final Huddersfield 20 Warrington 12 Barrow 16 Pilkington Recs 9 Bradford Northern 12 Wakefield Trinity 32 Castleford 26 York 15 Hull Kingston Rovers 33 Rochdale Hornets 10 Leigh 12 Featherstone Rovers 5 Wigan 30 Keighley 7 Widnes 27 Dewsbury 12 Mayfield 3 Salford 53 Huyton 14 Oldham 20 Workington Town 16 Bramley 9 New Hunslet 28 Halifax 8 Doncaster 12 Hull F.C. 23 Swinton 7 Leeds 23 Blackpool Borough 11 St. Helens 36 Batley 18 Whitehaven 9 Huddersfield 14 Barrow 5 Wakefield Trinity 14 Castleford 24 Hull Kingston Rovers 23 Leigh 8 Wigan 5 Widnes 18 Salford 46 Oldham 3 Workington Town 23 New Hunslet 6 Hull F.C. 9 (23) Leeds 9 (11) St. Helens 47 Batley 9 Huddersfield 10 Castleford 19 Hull Kingston Rovers 14 Widnes 18 Salford 16 Workington Town 8 Hull F.C. 9 St. Helens 8 Castleford 9 Widnes 17 Salford 14 Hull F.C. 22 Widnes 19 Hull F.C. 13 Notes and comments 1 * Mayfield are a Junior (amateur) club from Rochdale 2 * Although Mayfield were drawn at home, the match was moved to Salford 3 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbooks 1990-1991 and 1991-92 and Wigan official archives give the score as 3-57, but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77 give it as 3-53 4 * Pilkington Recs are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens, home ground was City Road until they moved to Ruskin Drive from 2011 to 2012 5 * Wigan official archives gives the score as 25-8 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects gives it as 28-8 6 * Wigan official archives gives the score as 23-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77 give it as 23-8 7 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947. See also 1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season 1975 Lancashire Cup 1975 Yorkshire Cup Player's No.6 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 2012-03-02 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 2014-02-02 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 Wakefield until I die Category:1975 in English rugby league Category:1976 in English rugby league Category:Regal Trophy