1979 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
Structure | Floodlit knockout championship | |||
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Number of teams | 22 | |||
Winners | Hull F.C. | |||
Runners-up | Hull KR | |||
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1979 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 KR 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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 KR | 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 | ||
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1 | Tue 6 Nov 1979 | Hull KR | 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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1 | Tue 4 Dec 1979 | Hull F.C. | 9-6 | Leigh | Boulevard | 3 | [3] | ||||
2 | Tue 11 Dec 1979 | Hull KR | 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 | ||
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F | Tuesday 18 December 1979 | Hull F.C. | 13-3 | Hull KR | Boulevard | 18,500 | 16,605 | 3 6 7 | [3][10][11] |
Teams and Scorers[3][10]
Hull F.C. | № | Hull KR |
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teams | ||
Paul Woods | 1 | Ian Robinson |
Graham Bray | 2 | Steve Hubbard |
Graham Evans | 3 | Mike Smith |
Phillip "Phil" Coupland | 4 | Watson |
Steve Dennison | 5 | Clive Sullivan |
John Newlove | 6 | Dave Hall |
Keith Hepworth | 7 | Allan Agar |
Keith Tindall | 8 | Roy Holdstock |
Ron Wileman | 9 | G. Tyreman |
Vince Farrar | 10 | Brian Lockwood |
Richard "Charlie" Stone | 11 | Geoffrey "Geoff" Clarkson |
Keith Boxhall | 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 | Michael J. "Mick" Naughton (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 KR | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hull KR | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hull KR | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Keighley | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Keighley | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dewsbury | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hull KR | 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 (1969–70) 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 | |||
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In Final | ||||
Team | ||||
Most appearances | 7 | St Helens | ||
Most wins | 4 | Castleford | ||
Highest Score | 26-11 | Hull KR | St Helens 1977 | |
Widest margin | 22-2 | St Helens 1977 | Dewsbury 1975 | |
Biggest Attendance | 18500 | Hull F.C. v Hull KR 1979 | ||
Highest receipts | 16605 | Hull F.C. v Hull KR 1979 | ||
Individual | ||||
Most tries | 2 | Roy Mathias | St Helens v Dewsbury 1975 | |
2 | Peter Glynn | St Helens v Hull KR 1977 | ||
2 | Gerald "Ged" Dunn | Hull KR 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 KR 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 aooearances.
No. | cup winner | No, | runner-up | No | losing Semi-Final appearances | ||||
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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 KR | 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 sposored 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 afternoonns 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
- 1979-80 Northern Rugby Football League season
- 1979 Lancashire Cup
- 1979 Yorkshire Cup
- BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
- Rugby league county cups
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" matches".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ↑ "I'm Wakefield 'til I die...".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ↑ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
- 1 2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- 1 2 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 Lague Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ↑ Robert Gate (1991). Guinness Rugby League Fact Book. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 978-085112949 5.
- ↑ Spotter Series. Spotter book of Rugby League Facts. Dorset Publ.
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