1968–69 Northern Rugby Football League season

1968–69 Rugby Football League season
1968–69 Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League
Champions	Leeds
League Leaders	Leeds
Top point-scorer(s)	Bev Risman 345
Top try-scorer(s)	Bill Francis 40
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Rugby Football League season was the 74th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

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.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
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

24 May 1969

Leeds	16 – 14	Castleford
Tries: Cowan, Atkinson Goals: Risman (4), Ramsey		Tries: Hardisty, Dickinson Goals: Redfearn (3), Hardisty

Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Attendance: 28,442
Referee: Billy Thompson (Huddersfield)
Player of the Match: Bev Risman

Challenge Cup

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]

County cups

St. Helens beat Oldham 30–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 22–11 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Wigan who beat St. Helens 7-4 in the final.^[2]

References

^ "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.

Sources

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

[1] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[2] "1968-69 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

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