1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season

1974–75 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Champions St Helens
Premiership Leeds
Top point-scorer(s) Neil Fox (Hull KR) 333
Top try-scorer(s) Gerald Dunn (Hull KR) 42
< 1973–74 Seasons 1975–76 >

The 1974–75 Rugby Football League season was the seventy ninth season of rugby league football.

Contents

Rule change

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.

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 Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Wakefield Trinity 16–13 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

First Division Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
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 Northern 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 85,0998.[3]

This was Widnes’ fourth Cup Final win in sixth Final appearances.[4]

Widnes 14

  1. Ray Dutton (5 goals, 1 drop goal)
  2. A.Prescott
  3. George
  4. Aspey
  5. Anderson
  6. Hughes
  7. Bowden
  8. Mills (1 try)
  9. Elwell
  10. Sheridan
  11. Foran
  12. Adams
  13. Laughton

Warrington 7

  1. Whitehead (2 goals)
  2. M.Philbin
  3. Noonan
  4. Reynolds
  5. Bevan (1 try)
  6. Whittle
  7. Gordon
  8. D.Chisnall
  9. Ashcroft
  10. Wanbon
  11. Conroy
  12. Martyn
  13. B.Philbin
  • W.Briggs for Reynolds
  • Nicholas for Martyn

Referee: P.Geraghty (York)

Lance Todd Trophy Winner: Ray Dutton (Widnes)- Full Back

European Championship

This was the seventeenth competition and was won for the eighth time by England.[5]

Results

19 January
 England  11–9  France St. Helens, Swansea
16 February
 Wales  21–8  France Salford
25 February
 England  12–8  Wales Salford

Final standings

Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff Points
 England 2 2 0 0 23 17 +6 4
 Wales 2 1 0 1 29 20 +9 2
 France 2 0 0 2 17 32 −15 0

Sources

References

  1. ^ de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World (Brighouse, UK: League Publications) (340): 61 (published 2009-08), ISSN 1466-0105 
  2. ^ "1974-75 Season summary". http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=395. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  3. ^ Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. 1995. ISBN 0747278172. 
  4. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. http://www.webcitation.org/5maY85jiT. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  5. ^ Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. 1995. p. 425. ISBN 0747278172. 
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