1968–69 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1968–69 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League leeds 16 Leeds Champions leeds 16 Leeds League Leaders leeds 16 Bev Risman 345 wigan 16 Bill Francis 40 1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season 1967–68 1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season 1969–70 The 1968–69 Rugby Football League season was the 74th season of rugby league football. Season summary Leeds had finished the regular season as League leaders for the third season in a row. They then won their second Championship when they beat Castleford 16-14 in the Championship Final. Bev Risman was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match. The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who beat Salford 11-6 in the final. St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Championship TeamPldWDLPts1Leeds342923602St. Helens342725563Wigan342527524Castleford342428505Swinton3423011466Salford3419510437Featherstone Rovers3421112438Workington Town3421013429Leigh34194114210Hull Kingston Rovers34200144011York34200144012Wakefield Trinity34191143913Hull34183133914Widnes34191143915Keighley34181153716Oldham34180163617Warrington34171163518Halifax34162163419Bradford Northern34160183220Barrow34131202721Rochdale Hornets34130212622Dewsbury34121212523Hunslet34110232224Doncaster34110232225Huddersfield3491241926Batley3481251727Huyton3480261628Bramley3470271429Blackpool Borough3470271430Whitehaven34612713   Champions   Play-offs Play-offs no Leeds 32 Oldham 12 Workington 11 Leigh 9 Wigan 26 Widnes 10 Salford 13 York 7 Swinton 9 Wakefield Trinity 5 Castleford 14 Hull 10 Featherstone Rovers 16 Hull KR 5 St Helens 25 Keighley 7 Leeds 18 Workington 10 Wigan 21 Salford 26 Swinton 8 Castleford 50 Featherstone Rovers 4 St Helens 47 Leeds 22 Salford 12 Castleford 18 St Helens 6 Leeds 16 Castleford 14 Final 24 May 1969 Leeds 16 – 14 Castleford Cowan, Atkinson Risman (4), Ramsey Hardisty, Dickinson Redfearn (3), Hardisty Odsal Stadium, Bradford 28,442 Billy Thompson (Huddersfield) Bev Risman Leeds 16-14 Castleford https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=127089 Rugby League Records 4 May 2025 LeedsNumberCastleford Teams Bev Risman1Derek EdwardsRon Cowan2Trevor BriggsSyd Hynes3Keith HoweBernard Watson4Tony ThomasJohn Atkinson5Alan LowndesMick Shoebottom6Alan HardistyBarry Seabourne7Keith HepworthMick Clark8Dennis HartleyTony Crosby9Clive DickinsonKenny Eyre10Johnny WardMick Joyce11Mick RedfearnBill Ramsey12Brian LockwoodRay Batten13Mal ReillySubsJohn Langley (for Seabourne)14Trevor BedfordDavid Hick (for Clark)15Frank Fox (for Reilly)Joe WarhamCoachDerek Turner Challenge Cup 1968–69 Challenge Cup Castleford beat Salford 11-6 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 97,939. Salford were captained by David Watkins. This was Castleford’s second Cup Final win in two Final appearances. This is Salford’s most recent appearance in a Challenge Cup Final.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 County cups 1968–69 Lancashire Cup 1968–69 Yorkshire Cup St. Helens beat Oldham 30–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 22–11 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1968–69 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Wigan who beat St. Helens 7-4 in the final.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=389 1968-69 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826212233/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=389 2009-08-26 live References Sources Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.74 1968–1969 League Publications 1968-69 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1968 in English rugby league Category:1969 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons