1976–77 Player's No.6 Trophy

1976–77 Player's No.6 Trophy National knockout championship Castleford Winners Blackpool Borough 1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy 1975–76 1977–78 Player's No.6 Trophy 1977–78 32 The 1976–77 Player's No.6 Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the sixth season that the competition was staged, which was once again known as the Player's No.6 Trophy because of its sponsorship. Castleford won the final, beating Second Division side Blackpool Borough by the score of 25–15. The match was played at The Willows, Salford. The attendance was 4,512 and receipts were £2,919. Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-two. For the second season there were no drawn matches in the competition.Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/regal-trophy/results.htmlFrank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1977–78 - 91st year 1977 News of the World LtdWigan "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 dead Competition and results Round 1 - First Round Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player round 1 archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2189 Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 23 Oct 1976Hull F.C.18-5WarringtonBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/1976Warrington 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 2Sat 23 Oct 1976Leeds34-10Rochdale HornetsHeadingley3Sun 24 Oct 1976Blackpool Borough16-15BarrowBorough Park4Sun 24 Oct 1976Bradford Northern23-18HuddersfieldOdsal5Sun 24 Oct 1976Bramley33-5DewsburyMcLaren Field6Sun 24 Oct 1976Featherstone Rovers43-13WhitehavenPost Office Road7Sun 24 Oct 1976Ovenden4-24HalifaxThrum Hall36801, 28Sun 24 Oct 1976Hull Kingston Rovers7-12St. HelensCraven Park (1)5984Saints 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 dead9Sun 24 Oct 1976Huyton6-8YorkAlt Park, Huyton10Sun 24 Oct 1976Leigh29-7SwintonHilton Park11Sun 24 Oct 1976New Hunslet10-24CastlefordElland Road Greyhound Stadium12Sun 24 Oct 1976Oldham17-9BatleyWatersheddings13Sun 24 Oct 1976Ace Caravans15-39SalfordThe Willows30373, 4, 514Sun 24 Oct 1976Wakefield Trinity8-10WidnesBelle VueWakefield until I die http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.htmlWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=189615Sun 24 Oct 1976Wigan33-0KeighleyCentral Park16Sun 24 Oct 1976Workington Town45-15DoncasterDerwent Park Round 2 - Second Round Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player round 2 onwards results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2191 Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 6 Nov 1976Leeds18-17SalfordHeadingley2Sat 6 Nov 1976St. Helens18-22CastlefordKnowsley Road26913Sun 7 Nov 1976Blackpool Borough7-3HalifaxBorough Park4Sun 7 Nov 1976Hull F.C.19-5Bradford NorthernBoulevard5Sun 7 Nov 1976Oldham13-28LeighWatersheddings66Sun 7 Nov 1976Widnes10-0Featherstone RoversNaughton Park7Sun 7 Nov 1976Workington Town17-13BramleyDerwent Park8Sun 7 Nov 1976York8-7WiganClarence Street65037 Round 3 -Quarter Finals Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 20 Dec 1976Leeds14-20CastlefordHeadingley2Sun 21 Dec 1976Leigh17-12Hull F.C.Hilton Park3Sun 21 Dec 1976Widnes13-10YorkNaughton Park4Sun 21 Dec 1976Workington Town5-11Blackpool BoroughDerwent Park Round 4 – Semi-Finals Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 27 Dec 1976Castleford15-10WidnesWheldon Road 82Sat 11 Dec 1976Blackpool Borough15-5LeighBorough Park8 Final 22 January 1977 Castleford 25 – 15 Blackpool Borough Burton, Johnson, Joyner, Stephens, Wraith Lloyd (5) Machen, Allen, Egan Egan (3) The Willows, Salford 4,512 Mick Naughton (Widnes) Gary Stephens and Howard Allen (awarded jointly)Cotter Garrett No time for fairy tales The Observer 23 January 1977 London 20 476361417 Teams and scorers Raymond 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 CastlefordNo.Blackpool Borough teams Geoffrey Wraith1Doug ReynoldsSteve Fenton2Doug RobinsonJohn Joyner3John HeritagePhilip Johnson4Paul MachenTrevor Briggs5Phil PitmanBruce Burton6Ged MarshGary Stephens7Jackie NewallPaul Kahn8Jimmy HamiltonRobert Spurr9Howard AllenAlan Dickinson10Joe EganMal Reilly11Paul GambleGeoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd12Ken GrovesSteve 'Knocker' Norton13Malcolm Pattinson? Not used14Cliff Lamb (for Phil Pitman)? Not used15Phil Hurst (for Ken Groves)Coach Jim Crellin 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£7004£2,800Loser in Rd 2£5508£4,400Loser in Rd 1£40016£6,400Grand Total£25,600 The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final Leeds 34 Rochdale Hornets 10 Ace Caravans 15 Salford 39 Hull Kingston Rovers 7 St. Helens 12 New Hunslet 10 Castleford 24 Wakefield Trinity 8 Widnes 10 Featherstone Rovers 43 Whitehaven 13 Huyton 6 York 8 Wigan 33 Keighley 0 Workington Town 45 Doncaster 15 Bramley 22 Dewsbury 5 Blackpool Borough 16 Barrow 15 Ovenden 4 Halifax 24 Oldham 17 Batley 9 Leigh 29 Swinton 7 Hull F.C. 18 Warrington 5 Bradford Northern 23 Huddersfield 18 Leeds 18 Salford 17 St. Helens 18 Castleford 22 Widnes 10 Featherstone Rovers 0 York 8 Wigan 7 Workington Town 17 Bramley 13 Blackpool Borough 7 Halifax 3 Oldham 13 Leigh 28 Hull F.C. 19 Bradford Northern 5 Leeds 14 Castleford 20 Widnes 13 York 10 Workington Town 5 Blackpool Borough 11 Leigh 17 Hull F.C. 12 Castleford 15 Widnes 10 Blackpool Borough 15 Leigh 5 Castleford 25 Blackpool Borough 15 Notes 1 * Ovenden are a Junior (amateur) club from Halifax 2 * Ovenden were drawn at home but chose to give away home advantage 3 * Ace Caravans were a Junior (amateur) club from Hull 4 * Ace Caravans were drawn at home but chose to give away home advantage 5 * The Rothmans Yearbooks 1990-91 and 1991-92 gave the attendance as 3,037 but The News of the World/Empire News annual 1977–78 gave it as 3,680 6 * The News of the World/Empire News annual 1977–78 gives the score as 13-25 but other sources including RUGBYLEAGUEprojects, Wigan official archives give the score as 13-28 7 * Wigan's ce (No. 4) Bill Francis & York's sr (No. 11) Gary Hetherington were both sent off for fighting in the 78th Minute 8 * Wigan official website states incorrectly that the match date was Saturday 27 November 9 * The Willows was the home ground of Salford with a final capacity of 11,363 which included 2,500 seats. The record attendance was 26,470 on the 13 February 1937 in the Challenge Cup first round match vs Warr See also 1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season 1976 Lancashire Cup 1976 Yorkshire Cup Player's No.6 Trophy Rugby league county cups References External links https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/players-no-6-trophy-1976-77/results.html Players No 6 Trophy 1976/77 Rugby League Project Super League Show Rewind: Vintage Castleford 'rock' Blackpool at the Willows https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-league/35686698 BBC Sport Category:1976 in English rugby league Category:1977 in English rugby league Category:Regal Trophy