1976–77 Challenge Cup

1976–77 Challenge Cup
Duration	6 Rounds
Number of teams	34
Highest attendance	80,871
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Widnes
Lance Todd Trophy	Steve Pitchford
	← 1975–76; 1977–78 →;

The 1976–77 Challenge Cup was the 76th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.The final was contested by Leeds and Widnes at Wembley.

Leeds beat Widnes 16-7 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 80,871.^[1]

The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was the Leeds prop, Steve Pitchford.^[2]

This was Leeds’ tenth Cup final win in fourteen Final appearances.^[3]

First round edit

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
11 Feb	Beecroft	Swinton	2-10
11 Feb	Salford	Huddersfield	25-2
12 Feb	Leeds	Batley	40-6
12 Feb	Warrington	St Helens	12-13
13 Feb	Blackpool	Bradford Northern	8-38
13 Feb	Bramley	Widnes	6-11
13 Feb	Castleford	New Hunslet	27-6
13 Feb	Hull FC	Doncaster	34-11
13 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Keighley	20-10
13 Feb	Huyton	Workington Town	3-10
13 Feb	Oldham	Dewsbury	8-15
13 Feb	Pilkington Recs	Wigan	4-10
13 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Leigh	23-8
13 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Halifax	12-3
13 Feb	Whitehaven	Featherstone Rovers	5-6
26 Feb	York	Barrow	9-15

Second round edit

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
26 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Hull FC	12-9
26 Feb	Leeds	Barrow	21-11
27 Feb	Bradford Northern	Featherstone Rovers	12-7
27 Feb	Dewsbury	Wakefield Trinity	3-0
27 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Castleford	2-10
27 Feb	Widnes	Swinton	36-5
27 Feb	Wigan	St Helens	4-9
27 Feb	Workington Town	Salford	13-4

Quarter-finals edit

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
12 Mar	Castleford	Hull Kingston Rovers	15-25
13 Mar	Dewsbury	St Helens	8-11
13 Mar	Widnes	Bradford Northern	19-5
13 Mar	Workington Town	Leeds	2-8

Semi-finals edit

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
26 Mar	St Helens	Leeds	2-7
02 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	Widnes	5-14

Final edit

7 May 1977

Leeds	16 – 7	Widnes
Try: Atkinson, Dyl, Dick Goal: Dick (3) Drop goal: Dick	Report	Try: Aspey Goal: Dutton (2)

Wembley, London
Attendance: 80,871
Referee: J. V. Moss (Manchester)^[4]
Player of the Match: Steve Pitchford


FB	1	Bryan Murrell
RW	2	Alan Smith	77'
RC	3	Neil Hague
LC	4	Les Dyl
LW	5	John Atkinson
SO	6	John Holmes
SH	7	Kevin Dick
PR	8	Mick Harrison
HK	9	David Ward (c)
PR	10	Steve Pitchford
SR	11	Graham Eccles
SR	12	Phil Cookson
LF	13	Stan Fearnley	71'
Substitutions:
IC	14	David Smith	77'
IC	15	Roy Dickinson	71'
Coach:
Syd Hynes


FB	1	Ray Dutton
RW	2	Stuart Wright
RC	3	Mal Aspey
LC	4	David Eckersley
LW	5	Dennis O'Neill
SO	6	Eric Hughes
SH	7	Reg Bowden (c)
PR	8	Bill Ramsey
HK	9	Keith Elwell
PR	10	Jim Mills
SR	11	Alan Dearden	64'
SR	12	Mick Adams
LF	13	Doug Laughton
Substitutions:
IC	14	Mick George
IC	15	John Foran	64'
Coach:
Frank Myler

References edit

^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (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 (9 May 1977). "Youth holds the key". The Guardian. London. p. 19.

External links edit

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1976/77 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] Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (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 (9 May 1977). "Youth holds the key". The Guardian. London. p. 19.

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