1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
StructureFloodlit knockout championship
Teams18
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upSt. Helens

The 1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the sixth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.
This year was another new name on the trophy - and ALSO St. Helens' third time in six years as runner-up
Leeds won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 9-5
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,612 and receipts were £2,189

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.
The format was changed slightly removing the two-legged home and away ties from the preliminary round and playing the whole competition on a knock-out basis.
The preliminary round involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers to sixteen.

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 Tue 29 Sep 1970 Huddersfield 16-14 Wakefield Trinity Fartown [2][3][4]
P Thu 8 Oct 1970 Leigh 17-0 Swinton Hilton Park

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 15 Sep 1970 Wigan 28-0 Keighley Central Park [5]
2 Fri 19 Sep 1970 Hull Kingston Rovers 25-13 Warrington Craven Park (1) [6]
3 Tue 29 Sep 1970 St. Helens 14-7 Castleford Knowsley Road 7000 [7]
4 Tue 6 Oct 1970 Barrow 6-15 Leeds Craven Park
5 Tue 13 Oct 1970 Halifax 14-15 Hull F.C. Thrum Hall [8]
6 Tue 20 Oct 1970 Salford 2-7 Widnes The Willows [9]
7 Fri 23 Oct 1970 Huddersfield 14-5 Oldham Fartown [4]
8 Tue 27 Oct 1970 Leigh 14-5 Rochdale Hornets Hilton Park

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 3 Nov 1970 Hull Kingston Rovers 18-8 Hull F.C. Craven Park (1) [8]
2 Tue 10 Nov 1970 Widnes 6-16 Leeds Naughton Park [9]
3 Tue 24 Nov 1970 Wigan 25-9 Huddersfield Central Park 1 [4][5]
4 Mon 30 Nov 1970 Leigh 4-10 St. Helens Hilton Park 10372 [7]

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 1 Dec 1970 Leeds 24-2 Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley
2 Tue 8 Dec 1970 Wigan 7-7 St. Helens Central Park 10372 1 [5][7]

Round 3 – Semi-finals – replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Sun 13 Dec 1970 St. Helens 16-15 Wigan Knowsley Road 10285 [5][7]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
F Tuesday 15 December 1970 Leeds 9-5 St. Helens Headingley 7,612 2,189 1 2 [7][10][11]

Teams and scorers

Leeds № St. Helens
teams
John Holmes 1 Frank Barrow
Alan Smith 2 Les Jones
Syd Hynes 3 Billy Benyon
Ronnie Cowan 4 Johnny Walsh
John Atkinson 5 Frank Wilson
Anthony "Tony" Wainwright 6 Alan Whittle
Mick Shoebottom 7 Jeff Heaton
John Burke 8 Graham Rees
Tony Fisher 9 Anthony "Tony" Karalius
Edward/Edwin "Ted" Barnard 10 Eric Chisnall
Bob Haigh 11 John Mantle
Bill Ramsey 12 Eric Prescott
Ray Batten 13 Kel Coslett
probably Derek Turner Coach Jim Challinor
9 score 5
7 HT 3
Scorers
Tries
Syd Hynes (1) T Les Jones (1)
Goals
John Holmes (2) G Kel Coslett (1)
Syd Hynes (1) G
Referee E. Lawrinson (Warrington)

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

[7][10]

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Salford 2
Widnes 7
Widnes 6
Leeds 16
Barrow 6
Leeds 15
Leeds 24
Hull Kingston Rovers 2
Hull Kingston Rovers 25
Warrington 13
Hull Kingston Rovers 18
Hull F.C. 8
Halifax 14
Hull F.C. 15
Leeds 9
St. Helens 5
Wigan 28
Keighley 0
Wigan 25
Huddersfield 9
Huddersfield 14
Oldham 5
Wigan 7 (15)
St. Helens 7 (16)
Leigh 14
Rochdale Hornets 5
Leigh 4
St. Helens 10
St. Helens 14
Castleford 7

Notes and comments

1 * This match was televised
2 * 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.

See also

References

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  3. ^ "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
  4. ^ a b c "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c d "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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  8. ^ a b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  9. ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
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  11. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.