1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

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1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
StructureFloodlit knockout championship
Teams22
WinnersHull F.C.
Runners-upHull Kingston Rovers
 

The 1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the fifteenth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.
This year, for the last time, a new name appeared on the trophy when Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 13-3
The match was played at Boulevard, in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The attendance was 18,500, and the receipts were £16,605
The attendance was a record for a BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, never to be beaten

Background[]

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two.
The format remained 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[]

[1][2]

Preliminary round[]

Involved 6 matches and 12 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P Tue 4 Sep 1979 Bramley 5-21 Hunslet McLaren Field
P Tue 4 Sep 1979 Hull F.C. 8-1 Halifax Boulevard 1 [3]
P Wed 5 Sep 1979 Castleford 22-12 Wakefield Trinity Wheldon Road [4]
P Tue 11 Sep 1979 Whitehaven 5-29 Barrow Recreation Ground
P Wed 19 Sep 1979 Oldham 9-20 St. Helens Watersheddings 1,355 [5]
P Wed 26 Sep 1979 Warrington 4-12 Leigh Wilderspool [6]

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 Tue 25 Sep 1979 Keighley 9-2 Dewsbury Lawkholme Lane
2 Sun 30 Sep 1979 Hull F.C. 34-2 Huddersfield Boulevard 2 [2][3][7]
3 Tue 2 Oct 1979 Widnes 27-13 Swinton Naughton Park 3 [8]
4 Tue 9 Oct 1979 St. Helens 45-17 Rochdale Hornets Knowsley Road 3,000 3 4 [5]
5 Tue 9 Oct 1979 Salford 24-6 Wigan The Willows [9]
6 Tue 16 Oct 1979 Hull Kingston Rovers 25-12 Castleford Craven Park (1) 3
7 Tue 23 Oct 1979 Hunslet 10-12 Leeds Mount Pleasant 3
8 Tue 30 Oct 1979 Leigh 20-4 Barrow Hilton Park 3

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 6 Nov 1979 Hull Kingston Rovers 41-15 Keighley Craven Park (1) 3
2 Tue 13 Nov 1979 Leigh 14-5 Widnes Hilton Park 3 [8]
3 Tue 27 Nov 1979 Hull F.C. 16-9 Leeds Boulevard 3 [3]
4 Tue 20 Nov 1979 St. Helens P Salford Knowsley Road 5 [5]

Round 2 -Quarter Finals – replay[]

Involved 1 matches and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Fri 30 Nov 1979 St. Helens 15-10 Salford Knowsley Road 4,500 [5]

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 4 Dec 1979 Hull F.C. 9-6 Leigh Boulevard 3 [3]
2 Tue 11 Dec 1979 Hull Kingston Rovers 10-7 St. Helens Knowsley Road 7,766 3 [5]

Final[]

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
F Tuesday 18 December 1979 Hull F.C. 13-3 Hull Kingston Rovers Boulevard 18,500 16,605 3 6 7 [3][10][11]

Teams and scorers[]

[3][10]

Hull F.C. No. Hull Kingston Rovers
teams
Paul Woods 1 Ian Robinson
Graham Bray 2
3 Mike Smith
4 Bernard Watson
5 Clive Sullivan
John Newlove 6 Dave Hall
Keith Hepworth 7 Allan Agar
Keith Tindall 8 Roy Holdstock
9 Graham Tyreman
Vince Farrar 10 Brian Lockwood
Richard 'Charlie' Stone 11 Geoffrey "Geoff" Clarkson
12 Phil Lowe
Steve "Knocker" Norton 13 Phil Hogan
Arthur Bunting Coach Roger Millward
13 score 3
5 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Graham Evans (1) T Steve Hubbard (1)
Steve Dennison (1) T
Charlie Birdsall (1) T
Goals
Steve Dennison (2) G
Referee (Widnes)

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

The road to success[]

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Hull FC 34
Huddersfield 2
Hull FC 16
Leeds 9
Hunslet 10
Leeds 12
Hull FC 9
Leigh 6
Leigh 20
Barrow 4
Leigh 14
Widnes 5
Widnes 27
Swinton 13
Hull FC 13
Hull Kingston Rovers 3
Hull Kingston Rovers 25
Castleford 12
Hull Kingston Rovers 41
Keighley 15
Keighley 9
Dewsbury 2
Hull Kingston Rovers 10
St. Helens 7
St. Helens 45
Rochdale Hornets 17
St. Helens 15
Salford 10
Salford 24
Wigan 6

Notes and comments[]

1 * the first BBC2 Floodlit Trophy match to end with a team scoring 1 point
2 * Played in daylight
3 * This match was televised
4 * At the time this was the third highest score
5 * Postponed
6 * The attendance was a record for a BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, never to be beaten
7 * Boulevard was the home ground of Hull F.C. from 1895 until January 2003. The final capacity was 10,500 although the record attendance was 28,798 set on 7 March 1936 in the third round of the Challenge Cup v Leeds

Postscript[]

To date, this was the last season for the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Competition, which had taken place annually only since its inauguration in the 1965-66 season.
Despite several minor disagreements between the BBC and the RFL, including over shirt sponsorship in the early 1970s, overall the competition had been a great success.
However financial cutbacks at the BBC lead to its cancellation after the 1979–80 competition.
Therefore, this season was to be the last. It was greatly missed by many, including those living in a non-Rugby League area

Records from the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Competition[]

[12][13]

Record Holder
In Final
Team
Most appearances 7 St. Helens
Most wins 4 Castleford
Highest Score 26-11 Hull Kingston Rovers St. Helens 1977
Widest margin 22-2 St. Helens 1977 Dewsbury 1975
Biggest Attendance 18500 Hull F.C. v Hull Kingston Rovers 1979
Highest receipts 16605 Hull F.C. v Hull Kingston Rovers 1979
Individual
Most tries 2 Roy Mathias St. Helens v Dewsbury 1975
2 Peter Glynn St. Helens v Hull Kingston Rovers 1977
2 Gerald "Ged" Dunn Hull Kingston Rovers v St. Helens 1977
2 Stuart Wright Widnes v St. Helens 1978
Most goals 4 Ron Willett Castleford v Leigh 1967
4 Kel Coslett St. Helens v Rochdale Hornets 1971
4 Dave Hall Hull Kingston Rovers v St. Helens 1977
Most points 8 The last 3 goal lickers
In Competition
Highest Score 51-0 St. Helens Dewsbury (1977)
Greatest winning margin 51-0 St. Helens Dewsbury (1977)
Highest Aggregate score 54-16 Leeds Hull F.C. (1973)
Other high scores 47-5 St. Helens Castleford (1978)
47-11 Leeds Bramley (1978
'45-17 St. Helens Rochdale Hornets (1979)

Entrants and number of cup wins[]

This table list all the semi-professional clubs which have entered the competition and the number (and dates) of their cup final wins, cup final runner-up spots, and losing semi-final appearances.

No. cup winner No, runner-up No losing Semi-Final appearances
Barrow 0 0 2 1966 & 1975
Batley 0 0 0
Bramley 1 1973 0 0
Castleford 4 1965, 1966, 1967 & 1976 0 2 1969 & 1977
Dewsbury 0 1 1975 0
Halifax 0 0 0
Huddersfield 0 0 1 1976
Hull F.C. 1 1979 0 3 1971, 1976 & 1978
Hull Kingston Rovers 1 1977 1 1979 3 1980, 1973 & 1974
Keighley 0 0 0
Leeds 1 1970 0 2 1971 & 1975
Leigh 2 1969 & 1972 2 1967 & 1976 3 1968, 1974 & 1979
New Hunslet 0 0 0
Oldham 0 0 1 1972
Rochdale Hornets 0 1 1971 1 1978
Salford 1 1974 0 1 1977
St. Helens 2 1971 & 1975 5 1965, 1968, 1970, 1977 & 1978 3 1969, 1973 & 1979
Swinton 0 1 1966 1 1965
Wakefield Trinity 0 0 1 1972
Warrington 0 1 1974 2 1967 & 1968
Whitehaven 0 0 0
Widnes 1 1978 2 1972 & 1973 2 1965 & 1966
Wigan 1 1968 1 1969 2 1967 & 1970

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. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" matches".
  3. ^ a b c d e f "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. ^ "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
  5. ^ a b c d e "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  6. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  9. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  10. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  11. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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  13. ^ Spotter Series. Spotter book of Rugby League Facts. Dorset Publ.

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