1968–69_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season
The 1968–69 Rugby Football League season was the 74th season of rugby league football.
1968–69 Rugby Football League season | |
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League | Northern Rugby Football League |
Champions | Leeds |
League Leaders | Leeds |
Top point-scorer(s) | Bev Risman 345 |
Top try-scorer(s) | Bill Francis 40 |
Leeds had finished the regular season as League leaders for the third season in a row. They then won their second Championship when they beat Castleford 16-14 in the Championship Final. Bev Risman was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.
The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who beat Salford 11-6 in the final.
St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | |
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1 | Leeds | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 60 |
2 | St. Helens | 34 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 56 |
3 | Wigan | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 52 |
4 | Castleford | 34 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 50 |
5 | Swinton | 34 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 46 |
6 | Salford | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 43 |
7 | Featherstone Rovers | 34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 43 |
8 | Workington Town | 34 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 42 |
9 | Leigh | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 42 |
10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 34 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
11 | York | 34 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
12 | Wakefield Trinity | 34 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 39 |
13 | Hull | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 39 |
14 | Widnes | 34 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 39 |
15 | Keighley | 34 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 37 |
16 | Oldham | 34 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 36 |
17 | Warrington | 34 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 35 |
18 | Halifax | 34 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 34 |
19 | Bradford Northern | 34 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 32 |
20 | Barrow | 34 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 27 |
21 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 26 |
22 | Dewsbury | 34 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
23 | Hunslet | 34 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 22 |
24 | Doncaster | 34 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 22 |
25 | Huddersfield | 34 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 19 |
26 | Batley | 34 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 17 |
27 | Huyton | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 16 |
28 | Bramley | 34 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 14 |
29 | Blackpool Borough | 34 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 14 |
30 | Whitehaven | 34 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 13 |
Champions |
Play-offs |
Play-offs
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Leeds | 32 | |||||||||||||
Oldham | 12 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 18 | |||||||||||||
Workington | 10 | |||||||||||||
Workington | 11 | |||||||||||||
Leigh | 9 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 22 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 12 | |||||||||||||
Wigan | 26 | |||||||||||||
Widnes | 10 | |||||||||||||
Wigan | 21 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 26 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 13 | |||||||||||||
York | 7 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 16 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 14 | |||||||||||||
Swinton | 9 | |||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 5 | |||||||||||||
Swinton | 8 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 50 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 14 | |||||||||||||
Hull | 10 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 18 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 6 | |||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 16 | |||||||||||||
Hull KR | 5 | |||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 4 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 47 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 25 | |||||||||||||
Keighley | 7 | |||||||||||||
Final
Leeds | 16 – 14 | Castleford |
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Tries: Cowan, Atkinson Goals: Risman (4), Ramsey |
Tries: Hardisty, Dickinson Goals: Redfearn (3), Hardisty |
24 May 1969 |
Odsal Stadium, Bradford Attendance: 28,442 Referee: Billy Thompson (Huddersfield) Player of the Match: Bev Risman |
Castleford beat Salford 11-6 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 97,939. Salford were captained by David Watkins.
This was Castleford’s second Cup Final win in two Final appearances.
This is Salford’s most recent appearance in a Challenge Cup Final.[1]
St. Helens beat Oldham 30–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 22–11 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Wigan who beat St. Helens 7-4 in the final.[2]
- "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- "1968-69 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.74 1968–1969. League Publications.
- 1968-69 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website