1973–74 League Cup (rugby league)

1973–74 League Cup
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	32
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	Rochdale Hornets
← 1972–73 Seasons 1974–75 →

This was the third season of rugby league's League Cup competition, which for sponsorship reasons was known as the Players No.6 Trophy.

Warrington won the final, beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 27-16 in the match played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 9,347 and receipts were £4380.

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
NOTE - Matches in this round kicked off earlier to make maximum use of the daylight
Use of Floodlights in sporting events was banned by government order from 15 November 1973 due to mining strikes

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Involved 1 match with 2 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 rest of the award amounts. Can anyone help ?

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject states that the match was played at Bradford, whereas it was played at Lawkholme Lane, Keighley
2 * St Helens official archives give the attendance as 2,500 whereas RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives it as 3,000
3 * Dewsbury Celtic are a Junior (amateur) club from Dewsbury, home ground is Crow Nest Park
4 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 and the News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 give the attendance as 1,250 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject give it as 1,276
5 * Millom are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria, current home ground is the Coronation Field ground
6 * The highest score, to date in the competition against a Junior club
7 * Widnes official archives give the result as a Wiidnes win
8 * Wigan official archives show a score of 30-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject give it as 20-5
9 * Matches kicked off Earlier to accommodate daylight. Use of Floodlights was banned by government order from 15 November 1973 due to mining strikes.
10 * Wigan official archives give score as 28-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject give it as 28-2
11 * Wigan's hooker (Colin Clarke) and two Keighley players (Wilmot and Burke) were sent off during this second half of this match.
12 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 give the date as 9-12-1974 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject give the date as 29-12-1974
13 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 give the date as 9-12-1974 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject give the date as 30-12-1974
14 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75, the News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 and Wigan official archives give the date as Saturday 5-1-1974 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject give the date as Sunday 6-1-1974
15 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 gives the attendance as 10,047 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject give the attendance as 9,347
16 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

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