1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy

1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy
1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	32
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Hull F.C.
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

This was the fifth season for the League Cup, known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 19–13 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,035 and receipts were £6275.

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.

Competition and results

^[1]^[2]^[3]

Round 1 - First round

^[4] Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 26 Sep 1975	Castleford	26-15	York	Wheldon Road
2	Fri 26 Sep 1975	Mayfield	3-53	Salford	The Willows	3449	1, 2, 3
3	Sat 27 Sep 1975	Barrow	16-9	Pilkington Recs	Craven Park	612	4
4	Sat 27 Sep 1975	Wigan	30-7	Keighley	Central Park			^[2]
5	Sat 27 Sep 1975	Workington Town	16-9	Bramley	Derwent Park
6	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Batley	18-9	Whitehaven	Mount Pleasant
7	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Blackpool Borough	11-36	St. Helens	Borough Park			^[5]
8	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Bradford Northern	12-32	Wakefield Trinity	Odsal			^[6]
9	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Doncaster	12-23	Hull F.C.	Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield			^[7]
10	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Huddersfield	20-12	Warrington	Fartown			^[8]^[9]
11	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Hull Kingston Rovers	33-10	Rochdale Hornets	Craven Park (1)
12	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Huyton	14-20	Oldham	Alt Park, Huyton
13	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Leigh	12-5	Featherstone Rovers	Hilton Park
14	Sun 28 Sep 1975	New Hunslet	28-8	Halifax	Elland Road Greyhound Stadium		5
15	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Swinton	7-23	Leeds	Station Road
16	Sun 28 Sep 1975	Widnes	27-12	Dewsbury	Naughton Park			^[10]

Round 2 - Second round

^[11] Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 7 Nov 1975	Hull Kingston Rovers	23-8	Leigh	Craven Park (1)	6
2	Sat 8 Nov 1975	Wigan	5-18	Widnes	Central Park		^[2]^[10]
3	Sun 9 Nov 1975	Huddersfield	14-5	Barrow	Fartown		^[9]
4	Sun 9 Nov 1975	Hull F.C.	9-9	Leeds	Boulevard		^[7]
5	Sun 9 Nov 1975	St. Helens	47-9	Batley	Knowsley Road		^[5]
6	Sun 9 Nov 1975	Salford	46-3	Oldham	The Willows
7	Sun 9 Nov 1975	Wakefield Trinity	14-24	Castleford	Belle Vue		^[6]
8	Sun 9 Nov 1975	Workington Town	23-6	New Hunslet	Derwent Park

Round 2 - Second round replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Thu 13 Nov 1975	Leeds		11-23		Hull F.C.	Headingley				^[7]

Round 3 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 22 Nov 1975	Hull F.C.	9-8	St. Helens	Boulevard	^[5]^[7]
2	Sun 23 Nov 1975	Huddersfield	10-19	Castleford	Fartown	^[9]
3	Sun 23 Nov 1975	Hull Kingston Rovers	14-18	Widnes	Craven Park (1)	^[10]
4	Sun 23 Nov 1975	Salford	16-8	Workington Town	The Willows

^[11]

Round 4 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 29 Nov 1975	Castleford	9-17	Widnes	Wheldon Road	^[10]
2	Sat 13 Dec 1975	Salford	14-22	Hull F.C.	The Willows	^[7]

^[11]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 24 January 1976	Widnes		19-13		Hull F.C.	Headingley	9035	6275	7	^[7]^[10]^[12]^[13]

Teams and scorers

^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Widnes	No.	Hull

	teams
Ray Dutton	1	Mike Stephenson [1]
Alan Prescott [2]	2	Alf Macklin [3]
Derek "Mick" George [4]	3	George Clark [5]
Mal Aspey	4	Steve Portz [6]
David Jenkins [7]	5	Paul Hunter [8]
Eric Hughes	6	Brian Hancock [9]
Reg Bowden [10]	7	Ken Foulkes [11]
Jim Mills	8	Bill Ramsey
Keith Elwell	9	Peter Flanagan
John Wood	10	Alan Wardell [12]
John Foran [13]	11	Keith Boxall [14]
Barry Sheridan [15]	12	Malcolm Walker [16]
Mick Adams	13	Mick Crane
? Not used	14	? Not used
? Not used	15	Chris Davidson [17] (for Ken Foulkes)
	Coach

19	score	13
8	HT	8

	Scorers
	Tries
David Jenkins (2)	T	Paul Hunter (1)
Reg Bowden (1)	T	Mick Crane (2)
Mick Adams (1)	T
	Goals
Ray Dutton (3)	G	Keith Boxhall (2)
	Drop Goals
Reg Bowden (1)	DG

Referee		J. V. Moss (Manchester)
Man of the match		Reg Bowden - Widnes - scrum-half
Competition Sponsor		Player's No.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:^[16]

Finish Position	Cash Prize	No. receiving prize	Total Cash
Winner	£6,000	1	£6,000
Runner-up	£3,000	1	£3,000
Semi-finalist	£1,500	2	£3,000
Loser in Rd 3	£600	4	£2,400
Loser in Rd 2	£450	8	£3,600
Loser in Rd 1	£300	16	£4,800
Grand Total			£22,800

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round		Second round		Third round		Semi-finals		Final

Huddersfield	20

Warrington	12
		Huddersfield	14

		Barrow	5
Barrow	16

Pilkington Recs	9
				Huddersfield	10

				Castleford	19
Bradford Northern	12

Wakefield Trinity	32
		Wakefield Trinity	14

		Castleford	24
Castleford	26

York	15
						Castleford	9

						Widnes	17
Hull Kingston Rovers	33

Rochdale Hornets	10
		Hull Kingston Rovers	23

		Leigh	8
Leigh	12

Featherstone Rovers	5
				Hull Kingston Rovers	14

				Widnes	18
Wigan	30

Keighley	7
		Wigan	5

		Widnes	18
Widnes	27

Dewsbury	12
								Widnes	19

								Hull F.C.	13
Mayfield	3

Salford	53
		Salford	46

		Oldham	3
Huyton	14

Oldham	20
				Salford	16

				Workington Town	8
Workington Town	16

Bramley	9
		Workington Town	23

		New Hunslet	6
New Hunslet	28

Halifax	8
						Salford	14

						Hull F.C.	22
Doncaster	12

Hull F.C.	23
		Hull F.C.	9 (23)

		Leeds	9 (11)
Swinton	7

Leeds	23
				Hull F.C.	9

				St. Helens	8
Blackpool Borough	11

St. Helens	36
		St. Helens	47

		Batley	9
Batley	18

Whitehaven	9

Notes and comments

1 * Mayfield are a Junior (amateur) club from Rochdale
2 * Although Mayfield were drawn at home, the match was moved to Salford
3 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbooks 1990-1991 ^[12] and 1991-92^[13] and Wigan official archives^[2] give the score as 3-57, but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects^[1] and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77^[3] give it as 3-53
4 * 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
5 * Wigan official archives^[2] gives the score as 25-8 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects^[1] gives it as 28-8
6 * Wigan official archives^[2] gives the score as 23-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects^[1] and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77^[3] give it as 23-8
7 * 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rugby League Project".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
^ ^a ^b ^c Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.
^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 1 results".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 2 on results".
^ ^a ^b ^c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
^ ^a ^b ^c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ "Widnes Stat Attack archived results".
^ "Hull RLFC official stats".
^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1992). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-7472-7906-8.

External links

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[CherryMisc-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".

[NOTW1976–77Misc-3] Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.

[CherryJPR1Misc-4] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 1 results".

[SaintsMisc-5] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

[WakefieldTIDMisc-6] "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."

[HullMisc-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".

[WiresMisc-8] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.

[HuddHeritageMisc-9] "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).

[ChemicsMisc-10] "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

[CherryJPR2Misc-11] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Round 2 on results".

[Roth1990-91Misc-12] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

[Roth1991-92Misc-13] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[WidnesArchivesJPFMisc-14] "Widnes Stat Attack archived results".

[HullStatsJPFMisc-15] "Hull RLFC official stats".

[16] Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1992). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-7472-7906-8.

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