1972–73 League Cup (rugby league)

1972–73 League Cup
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	32
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Salford
← 1971–72 Seasons 1973–74 →

This was the second season of the League Cup, which was known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.

Leeds won the trophy by beating Salford 12-7 in the final. The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield. The attendance was 10,102 and receipts were £4563.

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-two.

Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Involved 2 matches with 4 clubs

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-

Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

1 * Pilkington Recs are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens, home ground was City Road until they moved to Ruskin Drive from 2011-12
2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992, and RUGBYLEAGUEproject give the score as 26-5 but News of the World Football Annual 1973-74 gives the score as 28-5
3 * highest score to date
4 * Dewsbury Celtic are a Junior (amateur) club from Dewsbury, home ground is Crow Nest Park
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives score as 10-28 but the Wigan official archives and 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973 and Wakefield until I die all give the score as 10-34
6 * News of the World Football Annual 1973-74 gives score as 24-3 but both RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives give it as 24-8
7 * Abandoned after 22 Minutes due to Fog with the score at 4-2 - Result declared void
8 * NO mention on Hull official website of any replay
9 * News of the World Football Annual 1973-74 gives the score as 30-2 but both RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives give it as 39-2
10 * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.
Due to lack of maintenance, terrace closures and finally major storm damage closing one of the stands in 1986, the final ground capacity had been reduced to just a few thousands although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup semi-final on 19 April 1947 when a crowd of 35,136 saw Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 21-0

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