1974–75 Challenge Cup

1974–75 Challenge Cup
Duration	5 Rounds
Number of teams	32
Highest attendance	85,098
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Warrington
Lance Todd Trophy	Ray Dutton

The 1974–75 Challenge Cup was the 74th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Widnes and Warrington at Wembley.

Widnes beat Warrington 14–7 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,098.^[1]

The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Widnes fullback, Ray Dutton.^[2]

This was Widnes’ fourth Cup final win in sixth Final appearances.^[3]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
08 Feb	Castleford	Bradford Northern	13-13
08 Feb	Dewsbury Celtic	Hull Kingston Rovers	15-31
08 Feb	New Hunslet	Mayfield	9-5
08 Feb	Whitehaven	Leeds	7-16
08 Feb	Wigan	Dewsbury	33-2
09 Feb	Barrow	Workington Town	5-5
09 Feb - replay	Bradford Northern	Castleford	10-7
09 Feb	Bramley	St Helens	5-30
09 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Salford	7-17
09 Feb	Huddersfield	Rochdale Hornets	18-21
09 Feb	Hull FC	Batley	20-0
09 Feb	Leigh	Doncaster	36-3
09 Feb	Oldham	Blackpool	12-3
09 Feb	Swinton	Widnes	4-13
09 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Huyton	33-5
09 Feb	Warrington	Halifax	32-6
09 Feb	York	Keighley	26-9
12 Feb -replay	Workington Town	Barrow	14-3

Second round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
22 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	St Helens	13-9
23 Feb	Hull FC	Widnes	12-13
23 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Workington Town	19-7
23 Feb	Leigh	Bradford Northern	5-23
23 Feb	New Hunslet	York	16-9
23 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Oldham	10-10
23 Feb	Salford	Leeds	12-17
23 Feb	Wigan	Warrington	17-24
26 Feb - replay	Oldham	Rochdale Hornets	15-3

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
08 Mar	Leeds	Bradford Northern	22-6
09 Mar	New Hunslet	Warrington	3-23
09 Mar	Oldham	Widnes	4-10
09 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	Hull Kingston Rovers	27-10

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
22 Mar	Warrington	Leeds	11-4
05 Apr	Wakefield Trinity	Widnes	7-13

Final

10 May 1975

Widnes	14 – 7	Warrington
Try: Mills Goal: Dutton (5) Drop goal: Dutton	Report	Try: Bevan Goal: Whitehead (2)

Wembley, London
Attendance: 85,098
Referee: P. Geraghty (York)^[4]
Player of the Match: Ray Dutton


FB	1	Ray Dutton
RW	2	Alan Prescott
RC	3	Mick George
LC	4	Mal Aspey
LW	5	Chris Anderson
SO	6	Eric Hughes
SH	7	Reg Bowden
PR	8	Jim Mills
HK	9	Keith Elwell
PR	10	Barry Sheridan
SR	11	John Foran
SR	12	Mick Adams
LF	13	Doug Laughton (c)
Substitutes (not used):
IC	14	Terry Karalius
IC	15	Nick Nelson
Coach:
Vince Karalius


FB	1	Derek Whitehead
RW	2	Mike Philbin
RC	3	Derek Noonan
LC	4	Frank Reynolds	38'
LW	5	John Bevan
SO	6	Alan Whittle
SH	7	Parry Gordon
PR	8	Dave Chisnall (c)
HK	9	Kevin Ashcroft
PR	10	Bobby Wanbon
SR	11	Tommy Conroy
SR	12	Tommy Martyn	45'
LF	13	Barry Philbin
Substitutes:
IC	14	Wilf Briggs	38'
IC	15	Mike Nicholas	45'
Coach:
Alex Murphy

References

↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ Mather, Harold (12 May 1975). "Warrington are outplayed". The Guardian. London. p. 20.

External links

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1974/75 results at Rugby League Project

[1] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[2] Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

[3] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[mather-4] Mather, Harold (12 May 1975). "Warrington are outplayed". The Guardian. London. p. 20.

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