1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
| 1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Floodlit knockout championship |
| Teams | 22 |
| Winners | Castleford |
| Runners-up | Leigh |
The 1976–77 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the twelfth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.
Castleford won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 12-4 (away from home on the opponent's own ground)
The match was played at Hilton Park, Leigh, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 5,402, and the receipts were £2.793
Castleford had won the first three BBC2 Floodlit Trophy finals, this brought the wins up to four
Background
[edit]This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two.
The format remained as used in last season's tournament, i.e. as a knock-out competition from the preliminary round through to the final.
The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.
Competition and results
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Involved 6 matches and 12 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Sun 29 Aug 1976 | Rochdale Hornets | 2-5 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | [3] | |||||
| P | Wed 8 Sep 1976 | Halifax | 19-25 | Hull F.C. | Thrum Hall | [4] | |||||
| P | Tue 14 Sep 1976 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19-12 | Dewsbury | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
| P | Tue 14 Sep 1976 | Leigh | 11-10 | Warrington | Hilton Park | [5] | |||||
| P | Tue 14 Sep 1976 | Wakefield Trinity | 20-5 | Bramley | Belle Vue | [6] | |||||
| P | Tue 14 Sep 1976 | Whitehaven | 25-11 | Barrow | Recreation Ground | 1 |
Round 1 – first round
[edit]Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 28 Sep 1976 | Huddersfield | 5-2 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | [7] | |||||
| 2 | Tue 28 Sep 1976 | Leigh | 22-18 | Salford | Hilton Park | ||||||
| 3 | Tue 5 Oct 1976 | Castleford | 16-8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 4 | Tue 5 Oct 1976 | Keighley | 2-16 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | [4] | |||||
| 5 | Tue 5 Oct 1976 | Whitehaven | 3-21 | Oldham | Recreation Ground | ||||||
| 6 | Tue 12 Oct 1976 | Widnes | 13-14 | Wigan | Naughton Park | 2 | [3][8] | ||||
| 7 | Tue 19 Oct 1976 | Leeds | 22-10 | New Hunslet | Headingley | ||||||
| 8 | Tue 26 Oct 1976 | Swinton | 15-22 | St. Helens | Station Road | 1,265 | [9] |
Round 2 – quarter finals
[edit]Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 2 Nov 1976 | Hull F.C. | 6-0 | Oldham | Boulevard | [4] | |||||
| 2 | Tue 9 Nov 1976 | Leeds | 2-17 | Castleford | Headingley | ||||||
| 3 | Tue 16 Nov 1976 | Huddersfield | 9-7 | St. Helens | Fartown | 1,787 | [7][9] | ||||
| 4 | Tue 23 Nov 1976 | Leigh | 12-5 | Wigan | Hilton Park | 2 | [8] |
Round 3 – semi-finals
[edit]Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 30 Nov 1976 | Leigh | 19-10 | Huddersfield | Hilton Park | [7] | |||||
| 2 | Tue 7 Dec 1976 | Hull F.C. | 8-15 | Castleford | Boulevard | [4] |
Final
[edit]| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Tuesday 14 December 1976 | Leigh | 4-12 | Castleford | Hilton Park | 5,402 | 2.793 | 2 3 | [10][11] |
Teams and scorers
[edit]| Castleford | № | Leigh |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Geoff Wraith | 1 | Mick Hogan |
| Steve Fenton | 2 | Alan Prescott |
| John Joyner | 3 | Mick Stacey |
| Philip Johnson | 4 | John Woods |
| Jamie Walsh | 5 | Joe Walsh |
| Bruce Burton | 6 | John Taylor |
| Gary Stephens | 7 | Cliff Sayer |
| Paul Kahn | 8 | Dave Chisnall |
| Robert Spurr | 9 | Kevin Ashcroft |
| Alan Dickinson | 10 | Geoff Fletcher |
| Malcolm "Mal" Reilly | 11 | Dave Macko |
| Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd | 12 | Paul Grimes |
| Steve 'Knocker' Norton | 13 | Dennis Boyd |
| Malcolm "Mal" Reilly | Coach | Kevin Ashcroft |
| 12 | score | 4 |
| 0 | HT | 1 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Jamie Walsh (1) | T | Joe Walsh (1) |
| Bruce Burton (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd (3) | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | Kevin Ashcroft (1) | |
| Referee | J E Jackson (Pudsey) |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
[edit]This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Hunslet | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
[edit]1 * Whitehaven, who joined the competition in season 1973–74, play their first game at home in the competition - they also win their first game in the competition
2 * This match was televised
3 * Hilton Park was the home ground of Leigh from 1947 to 2008. The final capacity was in the region of 11,000, much less than the record attendance of 31,326, set in 1953 for a Challenge Cup match v St. Helens
See also
[edit]- 1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season
- 1976 Lancashire Cup
- 1976 Yorkshire Cup
- BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
- Rugby league county cups
References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" matches".
- ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ^ "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
- ^ a b c "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
External links
[edit]- Saints Heritage Society
- 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- 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