1975–76 Challenge Cup

1975–76 Challenge Cup
Duration	5 Rounds
Number of teams	32
Highest attendance	89,982
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	St Helens
Runners-up	Widnes
Lance Todd Trophy	Geoff Pimblett
	← 1974–75; 1976–77 →;

The 1975–76 Challenge Cup was the 75th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by St Helens and Widnes at Wembley.

St Helens beat Widnes 20–5 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,982.^[1]

The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was St Helens fullback, Geoff Pimblett.^[2]

This was St Helens’ fifth Cup final win in eight Final appearances.^[3]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
14 Feb	Castleford	Salford	3-25
14 Feb	Huddersfield	Leeds	10-34
15 Feb	Bramley	Wigan	5-10
15 Feb	Doncaster	Barrow	13-9
15 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Wakefield Trinity	23-9
15 Feb	Halifax	Keighley	9-13
15 Feb	Hull FC	St Helens	3-5
15 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Whitehaven	21-12
15 Feb	Huyton	Oldham	4-16
15 Feb	Leigh	Pointer Panthers	37-8
15 Feb	New Hunslet	Blackpool	17-12
15 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Bradford Northern	2-15
15 Feb	Warrington	Leigh Miners W.	16-12
15 Feb	Widnes	Batley	26-4
15 Feb	Workington Town	Swinton	10-7
15 Feb	York	Dewsbury	25-15

Second round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
28 Feb	Leeds	Bradford Northern	30-12
29 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Hull Kingston Rovers	25-10
29 Feb	Keighley	Workington Town	17-12
29 Feb	Leigh	Doncaster	29-6
29 Feb	New Hunslet	Warrington	4-17
29 Feb	Oldham	York	6-5
29 Feb	Salford	St Helens	11-17
29 Feb	Widnes	Wigan	7-5

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
13 Mar	Warrington	Widnes	0-6
14 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	Leeds	33-7
14 Mar	Keighley	Leigh	13-7
14 Mar	St Helens	Oldham	17-9

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
27 Mar	Widnes	Featherstone Rovers	15-9
03 Apr	Keighley	St Helens	4-5

Final

8 May 1976

St Helens	20 – 5	Widnes
Try: Glynn (2), Cunningham, Heaton Goal: Pimblett (3) Drop goal: Pimblett (2)	Report	Goal: Dutton (2) Drop goal: Elwell

Wembley, London
Attendance: 89,982
Referee: R. Moore (Wakefield)^[4]
Player of the Match: Geoff Pimblett


FB	1	Geoff Pimblett
RW	2	Les Jones
RC	3	Eddie Cunningham
LC	4	Derek Noonan
LW	5	Roy Mathias
SO	6	Billy Benyon	44'
SH	7	Jeff Heaton
PR	8	John Mantle	78'
HK	9	Tony Karalius
PR	10	Kel Coslett (c)
SR	11	Eric Chisnall
SR	12	George Nicholls
LF	13	David Hull
Substitutions:
IC	14	Peter Glynn	44'
IC	15	Mel James	78'
Coach:
Eric Ashton


FB	1	Ray Dutton
RW	2	Alan Prescott	64'
RC	3	Eric Hughes
LC	4	Mick George
LW	5	Dave Jenkins
SO	6	David Eckersley
SH	7	Reg Bowden (c)
PR	8	Nick Nelson
HK	9	Keith Elwell
PR	10	John Wood
SR	11	John Foran	55'
SR	12	Mick Adams
LF	13	Doug Laughton
Substitutions:
IC	14	Dennis O'Neill	64'
IC	15	Barry Sheridan	55'
Coach:
Frank Myler

References

^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ Mather, Harold (10 May 1976). "Saints' 'old men' prove their staying power". The Guardian. London. p. 22.

External links

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1975/76 results at Rugby League Project
1976 Challenge Cup final at saints.org.uk

[1] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[2] Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

[3] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[mather-4] Mather, Harold (10 May 1976). "Saints' 'old men' prove their staying power". The Guardian. London. p. 22.

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