1970 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

1970-71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

Structure

Floodlit knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1969	Seasons	1971 >

1970 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	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	Ref

1	Tue 15 Sep 1970	Wigan	28-0	Keighley	Central Park		^[5]
2	Fri 19 Sep 1970	Hull KR	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	Notes	Ref

1	Tue 3 Nov 1970	Hull KR	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	Notes	Ref

1	Tue 1 Dec 1970	Leeds	24-2	Hull KR	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^[7]^[10]

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

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 KR	2
Hull KR	25

Warrington	13
		Hull KR	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.

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)

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
↑ "I'm Wakefield 'til I die...".
1 2 3 "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
1 2 3 4 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
1 2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
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 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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