1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy

1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy National knockout championship Leeds Winners Salford 1971–72 Player's No.6 Trophy 1971–72 1973–74 Player's No.6 Trophy 1973–74 32 This was the second season of the League Cup, which was known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons. Leeds won the trophy by beating Salford 12–7 in the final. The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield. The attendance was 10,102 and receipts were £4563. Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-two. Competition and results Rugby League Project https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/regal-trophy/results.htmlFrank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1973-74 - 87th year 1973 News of the World LtdWigan "Cherry and White" Players Trophy results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2018 Round 1 - First Round Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 22 Sep 1972Hull Kingston Rovers20-10CastlefordCraven Park (1)2Sat 23 Sep 1972Batley26-3HunsletMount Pleasant3Sat 23 Sep 1972Bramley26-5Pilkington RecsMcLaren Field6161, 24Sat 23 Sep 1972Halifax20-22St. HelensThrum Hall2446Saints 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 dead5Sat 23 Sep 1972Leigh10-9Workington TownHilton Park6Sat 23 Sep 1972Whitehaven11-16Featherstone RoversRecreation Ground7Sun 24 Sep 1972Barrow2-17SalfordCraven Park8Sun 24 Sep 1972Blackpool Borough9-51LeedsBorough Park39Sun 24 Sep 1972Bradford Northern32-6Rochdale HornetsOdsal10Sun 24 Sep 1972Dewsbury22-4Dewsbury CelticCrown Flatt1897411Sun 24 Sep 1972Doncaster7-22WidnesBentley Road Stadium/TattersfieldWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=189612Sun 24 Sep 1972Huddersfield23-15WarringtonFartownHuddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201972-73.pdfWarrington 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 13Sun 24 Sep 1972Hull F.C.17-10OldhamBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results https://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/197214Sun 24 Sep 1972Swinton29-10HuytonStation Road15Sun 24 Sep 1972Wigan10-34Wakefield TrinityCentral Park5 J. C. Lindley and D. W. Armitage 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973 1973 Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee 0 35617852 8Wakefield until I die http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.htmlWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 2014-07-12 2014-02-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead16Sun 24 Sep 1972York21-13KeighleyClarence Street Round 2 - Second Round Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 24 Nov 1972Hull F.C.9-4Wakefield TrinityBoulevard2Fri 24 Nov 1972St. Helens24-8Featherstone RoversKnowsley Road480063Fri 24 Nov 1972Salford19-3DewsburyThe Willows4Sat 25 Nov 1972Leeds21-3LeighHeadingley5Sun 26 Nov 1972Bradford Northern35-17YorkOdsal6Sun 26 Nov 1972Hull Kingston Rovers25-5BramleyCraven Park (1)7Sun 26 Nov 1972Swinton19-11HuddersfieldStation Road8Sun 26 Nov 1972Widnes21-8BatleyNaughton Park Round 3 -Quarter Finals Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 8 Dec 1972Hull Kingston RoversASwintonCraven Park (1)72Sat 9 Dec 1972St. Helens10-3WidnesKnowsley Road3Sun 10 Dec 1972Hull F.C.18-18LeedsBoulevard84Sun 10 Dec 1972Salford39-2Bradford NorthernThe Willows9 Round 3 -Quarter Finals - Replays Involved 2 matches with 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 13 Dec 1972Hull Kingston Rovers30-6SwintonCraven Park (1)2Tue 12 Dec 1972Leeds37-5Hull F.C.Headingley Round 4 – Semi-Finals Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 30 Dec 1972Hull Kingston Rovers13-15SalfordCraven Park (1)2Sat 13 Jan 1973Leeds19-0St. HelensHeadingley5854 Final Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 24 March 1973Leeds12-7SalfordFartown10102456310Raymond 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 Leeds№Salford teams John Holmes1Paul CharltonAlan Smith2Anthony "Tony" CollobySyd Hynes3David WatkinsLes Dyl4Chris HeskethJohn Atkinson5Maurice RichardsAlan Hardisty6Ken GillKeith Hepworth7Peter BannerTerry Clawson8John WardTony Fisher9Terry RamshawDavid Jeanes10Graham MackayBob Haigh11Alan GricePhil Cookson12William KirkbrideGraham Eccles13Colin DixonDavid Ward (for Terry Clawson)14xPhil Ward (for Ken Gill)xFred Pickup (for Tony Fisher)15Doug Davies (for Alan Grice)Coach 12score710HT5 Scorers Tries John Atkinson (2)TColin Dixon (1) Goals John Holmes (1)GDavid Watkins (2)Terry Clawson (2)G Referee William "Billy" H. Thompson (Huddersfield)Man of the matchKeith Hepworth - Leeds - shCompetition SponsorPlayer's №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£5,0001£5,000Runner-up£2,5001£2,500Semi-finalist£1,0002£2,000Loser in Rd 3£4504£1,800Loser in Rd 2£3008£2,400Loser in Rd 1£15016£2,400Grand Total£16,100 The road to success First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final Hull F.C. 17 Oldham 10 Wigan 10 Wakefield Trinity 34 Blackpool Borough 9 Leeds 51 Leigh 10 Workington Town 9 Halifax 20 St. Helens 22 Whitehaven 11 Featherstone Rovers 16 Doncaster 7 Widnes 22 Batley 26 Hunslet 3 Hull Kingston Rovers 20 Castleford 10 Bramley 26 Pilkington Recs 5 Swinton 29 Huyton 10 Huddersfield 23 Warrington 15 Barrow 2 Salford 17 Dewsbury 22 Dewsbury Celtic 4 Bradford Northern 32 Rochdale Hornets 6 York 21 Keighley 13 Hull F.C. 9 Wakefield Trinity 4 Leeds 21 Leigh 3 St. Helens 24 Featherstone Rovers 8 Widnes 21 Batley 8 Hull Kingston Rovers 25 Bramley 5 Swinton 19 Huddersfield 11 Salford 19 Dewsbury 3 Bradford Northern 35 York 17 Hull F.C. 18 (5) Leeds 18 (37) St. Helens 10 Widnes 3 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 Swinton 6 Salford 39 Bradford Northern 2 Leeds 19 St. Helens 0 Hull Kingston Rovers 13 Salford 15 Leeds 12 Salford 7 Notes and comments 1 * 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 2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992, and RUGBYLEAGUEproject give the score as 26–5 but News of the World Football Annual 1973–74 gives the score as 28–5 3 * highest score to date 4 * Dewsbury Celtic are a Junior (amateur) club from Dewsbury, home ground is Crow Nest Park 5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives score as 10–28 but the Wigan official archives and 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973 and Wakefield until I die all give the score as 10–34 6 * News of the World Football Annual 1973–74 gives score as 24–3 but both RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives give it as 24–8 7 * Abandoned after 22 Minutes due to Fog with the score at 4–2 - Result declared void 8 * NO mention on Hull official website of any replay 9 * News of the World Football Annual 1973–74 gives the score as 30–2 but both RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives give it as 39–2 10 * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991–92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games. Due to lack of maintenance, terrace closures and finally major storm damage closing one of the stands in 1986, the final ground capacity had been reduced to just a few thousands although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup semi-final on 19 April 1947 when a crowd of 35,136 saw Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 21–0. See also 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season 1972 Lancashire Cup 1972 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:1972 in English rugby league Category:1973 in English rugby league Category:Regal Trophy