1974–75 Challenge Cup

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.

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
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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

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

10 May 1975

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

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.
4. 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