1978–79 Challenge Cup

Rugby league competition 1978–79 State Express Challenge Cup 5 Rounds 32 94,218 BBC 1978–79 widnes 16px Widnes Winners Wakefield 16px Wakefield Trinity Wakefield 16px David Topliss Lance Todd Trophy 1977–78 Challenge Cup 1977–78 1979–80 Challenge Cup 1979–80 The 1978–79 Challenge Cup was the 78th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the State Express Challenge Cup due to sponsorship by State Express 555, the final was contested by Widnes and Wakefield Trinity at Wembley. Widnes won the match 12–3. Widnes beat Wakefield Trinity 12–3 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 94,218.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 This was Widnes' fifth cup final win in seven Final appearances. To date, this was Wakefield Trinity's last appearance in a Challenge Cup final. Despite being on the losing side, the Wakefield Trinity SO, David Topliss, won the Lance Todd Trophy. First round Date Team one Team two Score10 Feb Hull FC Leeds 17-611 Feb Barrow York 10-711 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers New Hunslet 23-1511 Feb Leigh Miners W. Leigh 10-2311 Feb St Helens Doncaster 34-911 Feb Salford Bramley 6-611 Feb Warrington Castleford 9-1511 Feb Widnes Workington Town 12-520 Feb Swinton Bradford Northern 2-820 Feb Wigan Halifax 9-621 Feb Huyton Keighley 2-1425 Feb Dewsbury Blackpool 13-625 Feb Rochdale Hornets Batley15-025 Feb Wakefield Trinity Featherstone Rovers 10-727 Feb - replayBramley Salford 2-228 FebOldham Ace Amateurs 23-501 MarHuddersfield Whitehaven 11-901 Mar - 2nd replaySalford Bramley 5-7 Second round Date Team one Team two Score24 Feb Widnes Wigan21-525 Feb Barrow Leigh 25-225 Feb Keighley Hull FC 12-3304 MarBradford Northern Hull Kingston Rovers 14-704 Mar Castleford Dewsbury 31-1504 Mar Huddersfield Bramley 31-1204 Mar Oldham Wakefield Trinity 7-1904 Mar Rochdale Hornets St Helens 10-11 Quarter-finals Date Team one Team two Score10 Mar Castleford St Helens 6-1011 Mar Bradford Northern Hull FC 8-811 Mar Huddersfield Widnes 0-1411 Mar Wakefield Trinity Barrow 8-514 Mar - replay Hull FC Bradford Northern 4-8 Semi-finals Date Team one Team two Score31 Mar Widnes Bradford Northern 14-1107 Apr Wakefield Trinity St Helens 9-7 Final 5 May 1979 Widnes 12 – 3 Wakefield Trinity Try: Wright, Hughes Goal: Burke (2) Drop goal: Elwell, Eckersley Try: Fletcher Wembley, London 94,218 J. E. Jackson (Pudsey)Fitzpatrick Paul Wright restores the winger's role The Guardian 7 May 1979 15 186156722 David Topliss Report FB 1 David EckersleyRW 2 Stuart WrightRC 3 Mal AspeyLC 4 Mick George 58LW 5 Mick BurkeSO 6 Eric HughesSH 7 Reg Bowden (c)PR 8 Jim MillsHK 9 Keith ElwellPR 10 Glyn ShawSR 11 Mick Adams SR 12 Alan Dearden 74LF 13 Doug LaughtonSubstitutions:IC 14 Mike O'Neill 74IC 15 David Hull 58Player-coach: Doug Laughton FB 1 Les SheardRW 2 Andy FletcherRC 3 Keith SmithLC 4 Steve DiamondLW 5 Brian JuliffSO 6 David Topliss (c)SH 7 Mike LampkowskiPR 8 John BurkeHK 9 Alan McCurrie PR 10 Trevor SkerrettSR 11 Bill AshurstSR 12 Keith RayneLF 13 Graham IdleSubstitutions:IC 14 Trevor MidgleyIC 15 Kevin RayneCoach: Bill Kirkbride References External links Challenge Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20140122043124/http://www.thechallengecup.com/ 2014-01-22 Challenge Cup 1978/79 results at Rugby League Project Category:Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Category:1979 in Welsh rugby league