1967–68 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

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1967–68 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
StructureFloodlit knockout championship
Teams18
WinnersCastleford
Runners-upLeigh

The 1967–68 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the third occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.

Castleford won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 8-5
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,716 and receipts were £2,099
This was the third of Castleford's three victories in successive seasons in the first three Floodlit competitions

Background[]

This season the original eight invitees plus the three "newcomers" from last season (Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Salford) are joined by a further seven clubs.
These are Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull FC, Hull Kingston Rovers, Keighley, Wakefield Trinity and Wigan and bring the total of entrants up to eighteen.
This involved the introduction of a preliminary knock-out round on a knock-out basis, to reduce the numbers to sixteen, followed by a straightforward knock out competition.

Competition and results[]

[1]

Preliminary round[]

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P Mon 18 Sep 1967 Hull Kingston Rovers 12-8 Hull F.C. Craven Park (1) 1 2 [2]
P Tue 19 Sep 1967 Halifax 16-0 Huddersfield Thrum Hall 2,688 3 4 [3][4]

Round 1 – first round[]

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 2 Oct 1967 Wigan 32-6 Widnes Central Park 5 [5][6]
2 Tue 3 Oct 1967 Salford 3-5 Leigh The Willows
3 Mon 9 Oct 1967 Halifax 5-5 Leeds Thrum Hall
4 Tue 10 Oct 1967 Rochdale Hornets 2-10 Swinton Athletic Grounds
5 Tue 17 Oct 1967 Castleford 18-7 Keighley Wheldon Road 6
6 Mon 23 Oct 1967 Barrow 4-8 Warrington Craven Park 7 [7]
7 Tue 24 Oct 1967 Wakefield Trinity 5-5 Hull Kingston Rovers Belle Vue 8 [8]
8 Tue 7 Nov 1967 St. Helens 14-0 Oldham Knowsley Road 6700 [9]

Round 1 – replays[]

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Mon 23 Oct 1967 Leeds 12-7 Halifax Headingley 9
R Mon 6 Nov 1967 Hull Kingston Rovers 13-10 Wakefield Trinity Craven Park (1) [8]

Round 2 – quarter finals[]

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 31 Oct 1967 Leigh 10-2 Swinton Hilton Park
2 Tue 14 Nov 1967 Hull Kingston Rovers 12-13 Warrington Craven Park (1) [7]
3 Tue 21 Nov 1967 St. Helens P Wigan Knowsley Road 10 [5][9]
4 Tue 28 Nov 1967 Castleford 12-9 Leeds Wheldon Road

Round 2 – quarter finals – replays[]

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Wed 22 Nov 1967 St. Helens 11-22 Wigan Knowsley Road 15341 [5][9]

Round 3 – semi-finals[]

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 6 Dec 1967 Leigh 10-2 Wigan Hilton Park 11 [5]
2 Tue 12 Dec 1967 Warrington 2-14 Castleford Wilderspool [7]

Final[]

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
F Saturday 16 January 1968 Castleford 8-5 Leigh Headingley 9,716 2,099 12 13 [10][11]

Teams and scorers[]

Castleford № Leigh
teams
Derek Edwards 1
Dennis Harris 2
Tony Thomas 3 Gordon Lewis
Ian Stenton 4
Ron Willett 5 Joseph Walsh
Alan "Chuck" Hardisty (c) 6
Keith Hepworth 7 Alex Murphy
Dennis Hartley 8
John Ward 9 Kevin Ashcroft
Doug Walton 10
Wiliam "Bill" Bryant 11
Michael Redfearn 12 Mick Murphy
Mal Reilly 13 Laurie Gilfedder
Ronald Hill (unused?) 14
Clive Dickinson (replaced injured Bill Bryant in the first half) 15
George Clinton Coach Alex Murphy
8 score 5
6 HT 5
Scorers
Tries
T Rod Tickle (1)
Goals
Ron Willett (4) G Laurie Gilfedder (1)
Referee G. Frederick "Fred" Lindop (Wakefield)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[11]

The road to success[]

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Wakefield Trinity 5 (10)
Hull Kingston Rovers 5 (13)
Hull Kingston Rovers 12
Warrington 13
Barrow 4
Warrington 8
Warrington 2
Castleford 14
Castleford 18
Keighley 7
Castleford 12
Leeds 9
Halifax 5 (7)
Leeds 5 (12)
Castleford 8
Leigh 5
Salford 3
Leigh 5
Leigh 10
Swinton 2
Rochdale Hornets 2
Swinton 10
Leigh 10
Wigan 2
St. Helens 14
Oldham 0
St. Helens 11
Wigan 22
Wigan 32
Widnes 6

Notes and comments[]

1 * Hull F.C. join the competition and play first game in the competition
2 * Hull Kingston Rovers join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition
3 * Halifax join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition
4 * Huddersfield join the competition and play first game in the competition
5 * Wigan join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition
6 * Keighley join the competition and play first game in the competition
7 * Warrington, one of the ten original competitors in 1965-66, win their first game in the competition
8 * Wakefield Trinity join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition
9 * Leeds, one of the ten original competitors in 1965-66, win their first game in the competition
10 * Postponed due to fog
11 * match on TV
12 * The first of only two occasions on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was played on a neutral ground
13 * 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.

General information for those unfamiliar[]

The Rugby League BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was a knock-out competition sponsored by the BBC and between rugby league clubs, entrance to which was conditional upon the club having floodlights. Most matches were played on an evening, and those of which the second half was televised, were played on a Tuesday evening.
Despite the competition being named as 'Floodlit', many matches took place during the afternoons and not under floodlights, and several of the entrants, including Barrow and Bramley did not have adequate lighting. And, when in 1973, due to the world oil crisis, the government restricted the use of floodlights in sport, all the matches, including the Trophy final, had to be played in the afternoon rather than at night.
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused by inclement weather)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. ^ HC&AC Committee (1968). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1968 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  4. ^ "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1968" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c d "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  7. ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  8. ^ a b J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  9. ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  10. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  11. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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