1978–79 League Cup (rugby league)























1978–79 League Cup
Structure National knockout championship
Teams 32
Winners Widnes
Runners-up Warrington

← 1977–78

Seasons
1979–80 →


This was the eighth season for rugby league's League Cup competition, which was now known as the John Player Trophy for sponsorship reasons.


Widnes won the final against Warrington by the score of 16-4. The match was played at Knowsley Road, St Helens, Merseyside. The attendance was 10,743 and receipts were £11709.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Competition and Results[1][2]


    • 2.1 Round 1 - First Round[3]


    • 2.2 Round 1 - First Round - Replays


    • 2.3 Round 2 - Second Round[11]


    • 2.4 Round 2 - Second Round Replays


    • 2.5 Round 3 -Quarter Finals[11]


    • 2.6 Round 4 – Semi-Finals[11]


    • 2.7 Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replays


    • 2.8 Final


    • 2.9 Final - Replay


      • 2.9.1 Teams and Scorers[12][13]




    • 2.10 Prize Money


    • 2.11 The road to success




  • 3 Notes and comments


    • 3.1 General information for those unfamiliar




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Background


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

Bad weather - Due to an exceptionally inclement (i.e. frost, snow etc.) winter there were very few Rugby League matches played during the months of January and February



Competition and Results[1][2]



Round 1 - First Round[3]


Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs
































































































































































































































































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Fri 22 Sep 1978 Castleford 18-10 Swinton Wheldon Road
2 Fri 22 Sep 1978 Salford 25-7 Rochdale Hornets The Willows
3 Sat 23 Sep 1978 Leigh Miners W. 9-21 Halifax Hilton Park 1621 1
4 Sat 23 Sep 1978 St. Helens 16-11 Leeds Knowsley Road 4700 [4]
5 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Barrow 8-26 Bradford Northern Craven Park
6 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Doncaster 2-30 Wigan Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 1332 [5]
7 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Huddersfield 10-21 Widnes Fartown
[6][7]
8 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Hull Kingston Rovers 67-11 Oldham Craven Park (1) 2
9 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Keighley 20-4 York Lawkholme Lane
10 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Leigh 13-13 Huyton Hilton Park
11 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Milford 5-38 Dewsbury McLaren Field 3129 3
12 Sun 24 Sep 1978 New Hunslet 7-17 Hull F.C. Elland Road Greyhound Stadium [8]
13 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Wakefield Trinity 27-2 Batley Belle Vue [9]
14 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Warrington 14-4 Blackpool Borough Wilderspool 4 [10]
15 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Whitehaven 3-9 Featherstone Rovers Recreation Ground
16 Sun 24 Sep 1978 Workington Town 17-8 Bramley Derwent Park


Round 1 - First Round - Replays


Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs














































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Tue 26 Sep 1978 Huyton 8-10 Leigh Alt Park, Huyton


Round 2 - Second Round[11]


Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
















































































































































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Sat 2 Dec 1978 Widnes 11-10 St. Helens Naughton Park 5030
[4][7]
2 Sun 3 Dec 1978 Castleford 20-9 Workington Town Wheldon Road
3 Sun 3 Dec 1978 Featherstone Rovers 0-7 Warrington Post Office Road [10]
4 Sun 3 Dec 1978 Hull F.C. 12-18 Bradford Northern Boulevard [8]
5 Sun 3 Dec 1978 Hull Kingston Rovers 16-14 Salford Craven Park (1)
6 Sun 3 Dec 1978 Keighley P Wigan Lawkholme Lane 5 [2]
7 Sun 3 Dec 1978 Leigh 17-8 Dewsbury Hilton Park
8 Sun 3 Dec 1978 Wakefield Trinity 15-10 Halifax Belle Vue [9]


Round 2 - Second Round Replays


Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs - and due to the first match being postponed because of extremely inclement weather














































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Wed 6 Dec 1978 Keighley 9-5 Wigan Lawkholme Lane [2]


Round 3 -Quarter Finals[11]


Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs























































































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Sun 17 Dec 1978 Bradford Northern 16-13 Wakefield Trinity Odsal [9]
2 Sun 17 Dec 1978 Hull Kingston Rovers 23-10 Castleford Craven Park (1)
3 Sun 17 Dec 1978 Keighley 4-15 Widnes Lawkholme Lane [7]
4 Sun 17 Dec 1978 Warrington 27-0 Leigh Wilderspool [10]


Round 4 – Semi-Finals[11]


Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Bad weather - Due to an exceptionally inclement (i.e. frost, snow etc.) winter there were very few Rugby League matches played during the months of January and February[2][9]



























































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Sat 6 Jan 1979 Warrington P Hull Kingston Rovers Wilderspool 6 [11]
2 Sat 13 Jan 1979 Widnes P Bradford Northern Naughton Park 6
[7][11]


Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replays


Involved 3 matches and 4 clubs - and due to the first match being postponed because of extremely inclement weather









































































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Sat 27 Jan 1979 Warrington P Hull Kingston Rovers Wilderspool 6 [11]
2 Wed 24 Jan 1979 Widnes 21-3 Bradford Northern Naughton Park [7]
3 Sun 1 Apr 1979 Warrington 9-5 Hull Kingston Rovers Wilderspool [10]


Final













































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

Saturday 27 January 1979 Widnes P Warrington Knowsley Road 7 [11]


Final - Replay













































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

Saturday 28 April 1979 Widnes 16-4 Warrington Knowsley Road 10743 11709 8, 9
[7][10][12][page needed][13][page needed]


Teams and Scorers[12][13]
























































































































































































Widnes
 №
Warrington

teams
David Eckersley 1
Derek Finnegan/Finnigan[1]
Stuart Wright 2
Michael "Mike"/"Mick" Kelly[2]
Mal Aspey 3
Steve Hesford
Eric Hughes 4
Billy Benyon
Mick Burke 5
Dave Sutton[3]

David Moran[4]
 6
Ken Kelly

Reg Bowden[5] (c)		 7
Parry Gordon
Jim Mills 8
Roy Lester[6]
Keith Elwell 9
Anthony "Tony" Waller[7]
Glyndwr "Glyn" Shaw 10
Mike Nicholas

Alan Dearden[8]
 11
Brian Case
David Hull 12
Tommy Martyn
Mick Adams 13
Alan Gwilliam[9]
? Not used 14
Edwin "Eddie" Hunter[10] (for Ken Kelly)
? Not used 15 ? Not used
Coach

16 score 4
2 HT 2

Scorers
Tries
Stuart Wright (1) T
David Hull (1) T
Goals
Mick Burke (3) G Steve Hesford (2)
Drop Goals
Keith Elwell (2) DG
Mick Adams (2) DG

Referee
G. Frederick "Fred" Lindop (Wakefield)
Man of the match
David Eckersley - Widnes - Fullback
Competition Sponsor
John Player

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point



Prize Money


As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-
































































Finish Position
 Cash Prize
 No. receiving prize
 Total Cash

Winner ? 1 ?
Runner-up ? 1 ?
semi-finalist ? 2 ?
loser in Rd 3 ? 4 ?
loser in Rd 2 ? 8 ?
Loser in Rd 1 ? 16 ?

Grand Total

Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?



The road to success


This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































First Round
 Second Round
 Third Round
 Semi Finals
 Final
                             

Keighley
 20

York
 4

Keighley
 9


Wigan
 5

Doncaster
 2

Wigan
 30

Keighley
 4


Widnes
 15

Huddersfield
 10

Widnes
 21

Widnes
 11


St. Helens
 10

St. Helens
 16

Leeds
 11

Widnes
 21


Bradford Northern
 3

New Hunslet
 7

Hull F.C.
 17

Hull F.C.
 12


Bradford Northern
 18

Barrow
 8

Bradford Northern
 26

Bradford Northern
 16


Wakefield Trinity
 13

Wakefield Trinity
 27

Batley
 2

Wakefield Trinity
 15


Halifax
 10
Leigh Miners W.
 9

Halifax
 21

Widnes
 16


Warrington
 4

Whitehaven
 3

Featherstone Rovers
 9

Featherstone Rovers
 0


Warrington
 7

Warrington
 14

Blackpool Borough
 4

Warrington
 27


Leigh
 0

Leigh
 13 (10)

Huyton
 13 (8)

Leigh
 17


Dewsbury
 8
Milford
 5

Dewsbury
 38

Warrington
 9


Hull Kingston Rovers
 5

Hull Kingston Rovers
 67

Oldham
 11

Hull Kingston Rovers
 16


Salford
 14

Salford
 26

Rochdale Hornets
 7

Hull Kingston Rovers
 23


Castleford
 10

Castleford
 18

Swinton
 10

Castleford
 20


Workington Town
 9

Workington Town
 17

Bramley
 8


Notes and comments


1 * Leigh Miners' Welfare are a Junior (amateur) club from Leigh (formed by merger of Astley & Tyldesley and Hope Rangers - and now renamed as Leigh Miners Rangers) [14]

2 * new record score between professional clubs in the competition - at the time, beating the previous record of 9-51 set when Blackpool Borough lost at home to Leeds by 9-51 in season 1972–73

3 * Milford are a Junior (amateur) club from Leeds

4 * Warrington official archives[10] show the game as being played on 30 September but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Wigan official archives[3] shows it as played on 24 September

5 * Postponed due to frozen pitch

6 * Postponed due to frozen pitch - was due to be televised by BBC

7 * Postponed due to the postponement of the Semi Final ties caused by frost and other extremely inclement weather.

8 * The Final had been due to be played on Saturday 27 January but was put back due to backlog of semi-finl ties caused by enforced postponement due to extreme inclement weather

9 * Knowsley Road was the home of St Helens R.F.C. from 1890 until its closure in 2010. The final capacity was 17,500 although the record attendance was 35,695 set on 26 December 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan.



General information for those unfamiliar


The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup. As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup"

The competition ran from 1971–72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams. The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sport
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 usually taking place in late January

The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.



See also



  • 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season

  • 1978 Lancashire Cup

  • 1978 Yorkshire Cup

  • John Player Trophy

  • Rugby league county cups



References





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  4. ^ ab "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".


  5. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".


  6. ^ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).


  7. ^ abcdef "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review".


  8. ^ ab "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".


  9. ^ abcd "Wakefield until I die".


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  12. ^ ab Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.


  13. ^ ab Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.


  14. ^ "Leigh Miners Rangers".




External links



  • Saints Heritage Society

  • 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com

  • 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

  • Wakefield until I die









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