1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

August 2016 August 2016 1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Floodlit knockout championship Leeds Winners St. Helens 1969–70 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1969–70 1971–72 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1971–72 18 The 1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the sixth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held. This year was another new name on the trophy - and ALSO St. Helens' third time in six years as runner-up Leeds won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 9-5 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,612 and receipts were £2,189 Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen. The format was changed slightly removing the two-legged home and away ties from the preliminary round and playing the whole competition on a knock-out basis. The preliminary round involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers to sixteen. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/bbc-floodlit-trophy/results.html Preliminary round Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefPTue 29 Sep 1970Huddersfield16-14Wakefield TrinityFartown 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 8I'm Wakefield 'til I die... http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.htmlHuddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201970-71.pdfPThu 8 Oct 1970Leigh17-0SwintonHilton Park Round 1 – first round Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 15 Sep 1970Wigan28-0KeighleyCentral ParkWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 6 April 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead2Fri 19 Sep 1970Hull Kingston Rovers25-13WarringtonCraven Park (1)Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 6 July 2010 dmy 3Tue 29 Sep 1970St. Helens14-7CastlefordKnowsley Road7000Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 6 April 2014 2 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead4Tue 6 Oct 1970Barrow6-15LeedsCraven Park5Tue 13 Oct 1970Halifax14-15Hull F.C.Thrum HallHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19706Tue 20 Oct 1970Salford2-7WidnesThe WillowsWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18967Fri 23 Oct 1970Huddersfield14-5OldhamFartown8Tue 27 Oct 1970Leigh14-5Rochdale HornetsHilton Park Round 2 – quarter finals Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 3 Nov 1970Hull Kingston Rovers18-8Hull F.C.Craven Park (1)2Tue 10 Nov 1970Widnes6-16LeedsNaughton Park3Tue 24 Nov 1970Wigan25-9HuddersfieldCentral Park14Mon 30 Nov 1970Leigh4-10St. HelensHilton Park10372 Round 3 – semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 1 Dec 1970Leeds24-2Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley2Tue 8 Dec 1970Wigan7-7St. HelensCentral Park103721 Round 3 – Semi-finals – replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRSun 13 Dec 1970St. Helens16-15WiganKnowsley Road10285 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefFTuesday 15 December 1970Leeds9-5St. HelensHeadingley7,6122,1891 2Raymond 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№St. Helens teams John Holmes1Frank BarrowAlan Smith2Les JonesSyd Hynes3Billy BenyonRonnie Cowan4Johnny WalshJohn Atkinson5Frank WilsonAnthony "Tony" Wainwright6Alan WhittleMick Shoebottom7Jeff HeatonJohn Burke8Graham ReesTony Fisher9Anthony "Tony" KaraliusEdward/Edwin "Ted" Barnard10Eric ChisnallBob Haigh11John MantleBill Ramsey12Eric PrescottRay Batten13Kel CoslettDerek TurnerCoachJim Challinor 9score57HT3 Scorers Tries Syd Hynes (1)TLes Jones (1) Goals John Holmes (2)GKel Coslett (1)Syd Hynes (1)GRefereeE. Lawrinson (Warrington) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures First round Second round Semi-finals Final Salford 2 Widnes 7 Barrow 6 Leeds 15 Hull Kingston Rovers 25 Warrington 13 Halifax 14 Hull F.C. 15 Wigan 28 Keighley 0 Huddersfield 14 Oldham 5 Leigh 14 Rochdale Hornets 5 St. Helens 14 Castleford 7 Widnes 6 Leeds 16 Hull Kingston Rovers 18 Hull F.C. 8 Wigan 25 Huddersfield 9 Leigh 4 St. Helens 10 Leeds 24 Hull Kingston Rovers 2 Wigan 7 (15) St. Helens 7 (16) Leeds 9 St. Helens 5 Notes and comments 1 * This match was televised 2 * 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 1970–71 Northern Rugby Football League season 1970 Lancashire Cup 1970 Yorkshire Cup BBC2 Floodlit 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 2 March 2012 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 2 February 2014 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 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Category:BBC2 Floodlit Trophy