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1975–76 Challenge Cup
The 1975–76 Challenge Cup was the 75th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by St Helens and Widnes at Wembley.
| Duration |
|---|
| 32 |
| 89,982 |
| BBC |
| St Helens |
| Widnes |
| Geoff Pimblett |
The 1975–76 Challenge Cup was the 75th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by St Helens and Widnes at Wembley.
St Helens beat Widnes 20–5 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,982.
The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was St Helens fullback, Geoff Pimblett.
This was St Helens’ fifth Cup final win in eight Final appearances.
| Date | Team one | Team two | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb | Castleford | Salford | 3-25 |
| 14 Feb | Huddersfield | Leeds | 10-34 |
| 15 Feb | Bramley | Wigan | 5-10 |
| 15 Feb | Doncaster | Barrow | 13-9 |
| 15 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | Wakefield Trinity | 23-9 |
| 15 Feb | Halifax | Keighley | 9-13 |
| 15 Feb | Hull FC | St Helens | 3-5 |
| 15 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | Whitehaven | 21-12 |
| 15 Feb | Huyton | Oldham | 4-16 |
| 15 Feb | Leigh | Pointer Panthers | 37-8 |
| 15 Feb | New Hunslet | Blackpool | 17-12 |
| 15 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | Bradford Northern | 2-15 |
| 15 Feb | Warrington | Leigh Miners W. | 16-12 |
| 15 Feb | Widnes | Batley | 26-4 |
| 15 Feb | Workington Town | Swinton | 10-7 |
| 15 Feb | York | Dewsbury | 25-15 |
| Date | Team one | Team two | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb | Leeds | Bradford Northern | 30-12 |
| 29 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 25-10 |
| 29 Feb | Keighley | Workington Town | 17-12 |
| 29 Feb | Leigh | Doncaster | 29-6 |
| 29 Feb | New Hunslet | Warrington | 4-17 |
| 29 Feb | Oldham | York | 6-5 |
| 29 Feb | Salford | St Helens | 11-17 |
| 29 Feb | Widnes | Wigan | 7-5 |
| Date | Team one | Team two | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar | Warrington | Widnes | 0-6 |
| 14 Mar | Featherstone Rovers | Leeds | 33-7 |
| 14 Mar | Keighley | Leigh | 13-7 |
| 14 Mar | St Helens | Oldham | 17-9 |
| Date | Team one | Team two | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar | Widnes | Featherstone Rovers | 15-9 |
| 03 Apr | Keighley | St Helens | 4-5 |
| FB | 1 | Geoff Pimblett | |
| RW | 2 | Les Jones | |
| RC | 3 | Eddie Cunningham | |
| LC | 4 | Derek Noonan | |
| LW | 5 | Roy Mathias | |
| SO | 6 | Billy Benyon | 44' |
| SH | 7 | Jeff Heaton | |
| PR | 8 | John Mantle | 78' |
| HK | 9 | Tony Karalius | |
| PR | 10 | Kel Coslett (c) | |
| SR | 11 | Eric Chisnall | |
| SR | 12 | George Nicholls | |
| LF | 13 | David Hull | |
| Substitutions: | |||
| IC | 14 | Peter Glynn | 44' |
| IC | 15 | Mel James | 78' |
| Coach: | |||
| Eric Ashton | |||
| FB | 1 | Ray Dutton | |
| RW | 2 | Alan Prescott | 64' |
| RC | 3 | Eric Hughes | |
| LC | 4 | Mick George | |
| LW | 5 | Dave Jenkins | |
| SO | 6 | David Eckersley | |
| SH | 7 | Reg Bowden (c) | |
| PR | 8 | Nick Nelson | |
| HK | 9 | Keith Elwell | |
| PR | 10 | John Wood | |
| SR | 11 | John Foran | 55' |
| SR | 12 | Mick Adams | |
| LF | 13 | Doug Laughton | |
| Substitutions: | |||
| IC | 14 | Dennis O'Neill | 64' |
| IC | 15 | Barry Sheridan | 55' |
| Coach: | |||
| Frank Myler |
- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1975/76 results at Rugby League Project
- 1976 Challenge Cup final at saints.org.uk
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