1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season
1974–75 Rugby Football League season | |
---|---|
League | Championship |
Champions | St. Helens |
Premiership | Leeds |
Top point-scorer(s) | Neil Fox (333) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Gerald Dunn (42) |
Promotion and relegation | |
Promoted from Second Division | Huddersfield Hull Kingston Rovers Oldham Swinton |
Relegated to Second Division | York Bramley Rochdale Hornets Halifax |
The 1974–75 Rugby Football League season was the 80th season of competition between the clubs of England's Northern Rugby Football League. The season's First Division Championship featured 16 clubs and was won by St. Helens. The Challenge Cup was won by Widnes.
Contents
1 Rule change
2 Season summary
3 League Tables
3.1 First Division Championship
3.2 Second Division Championship
4 Challenge Cup
5 League Cup
6 Premiership
7 Sources
8 References
Rule change
- Drop goals became worth one point.[1] Drops had previously been worth two points.
Season summary
St. Helens won their seventh Championship. York, Bramley, Rochdale Hornets and Halifax were demoted to the Second Division.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Widnes who beat Warrington 14-7 in the final.
Players No.6 Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern who beat Widnes 3-2 in the final.
Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Leeds who beat St. Helens 26-11 in the final.
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Salford who beat Warrington 10-5 in a replay after a 0-0 draw in the final.
2nd Division Champions were Huddersfield, and they, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Swinton were promoted to the First Division.[2]
Widnes beat Salford 6–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Wakefield Trinity 16–13 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
League Tables
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
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1 | St. Helens | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 561 | 229 | 53 |
2 | Wigan | 30 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 517 | 341 | 42 |
3 | Leeds | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 581 | 359 | 39 |
4 | Featherstone Rovers | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 431 | 339 | 39 |
5 | Widnes | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 382 | 305 | 37 |
6 | Warrington | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 428 | 356 | 35 |
7 | Bradford | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 393 | 376 | 33 |
8 | Castleford | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 393 | 376 | 31 |
9 | Salford | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 451 | 351 | 29 |
10 | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 440 | 419 | 29 |
11 | Keighley | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 300 | 424 | 26 |
12 | Dewsbury | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 350 | 506 | 22 |
13 | York | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 359 | 498 | 20 |
14 | Bramley | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 338 | 493 | 18 |
15 | Rochdale Hornets | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 219 | 400 | 16 |
16 | Halifax | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 269 | 676 | 11 |
Second Division Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Huddersfield | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 489 | 213 | 42 |
2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 628 | 249 | 41 |
3 | Oldham | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 406 | 223 | 38 |
4 | Swinton | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 399 | 254 | 35 |
5 | Workington Town | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 371 | 275 | 32 |
6 | Whitehaven | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 285 | 234 | 29 |
7 | Huyton | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 301 | 291 | 26 |
8 | Hull | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 344 | 309 | 25 |
9 | Barrow | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 338 | 315 | 24 |
10 | Leigh | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 302 | 348 | 23 |
11 | New Hunslet | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 309 | 384 | 22 |
12 | Blackpool Borough | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 261 | 417 | 15 |
13 | Batley | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 197 | 520 | 9 |
14 | Doncaster | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 147 | 745 | 3 |
| Champions | | Promoted | | Relegated |
Challenge Cup
Widnes beat Warrington 14-7 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,998.[3]
This was Widnes’ fourth Cup Final win in sixth Final appearances.[4]
Widnes 14
| Warrington 7
|
Referee: P. Geraghty (York)
Lance Todd Trophy Winner: Ray Dutton (Widnes)- Fullback
League Cup
Premiership
Sources
- 1974-75 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
References
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^ "1974-75 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.