1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season

1967–68 Rugby Football League season

League

Northern Rugby Football League

Champions

Wakefield Trinity

League Leaders

Leeds

Top point-scorer(s)

Bev Risman 332

Top try-scorer(s)

Roger Millward 38

< 1966–67	Seasons	1968–69 >

The 1967–68 Rugby Football League season was the 73rd season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Leeds had ended the regular season as league leaders for the second successive season. Wakefield Trinity won their second Championship, the second in successive seasons, when they beat Hull Kingston Rovers 17-10 in the Championship Final. Gary Cooper was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.

The Challenge Cup winners were Leeds who beat Wakefield Trinity 11-10 in the final.

The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Castleford who beat Leigh 8-5 in the final.^[1]

Clive Sullivan of Hull set a club record of 7-tries scored in a match against Doncaster on 15 April 1968.^[2]

Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat Warrington 2–2 (replay 13–10) to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hull 8–7 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Leeds	34	28	0	6	56
2	Wakefield Trinity	34	24	1	9	49
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	34	24	1	9	49
4	St Helens	34	24	1	9	49
5	Warrington	34	24	0	10	48
6	Bradford Northern	34	24	0	10	48
7	Leigh	34	22	1	11	45
8	Castleford	34	22	1	11	45
9	Salford	34	22	0	12	44
10	Workington Town	34	21	1	12	43
11	Wigan	34	21	0	13	42
12	Hull	34	21	0	13	42
13	Halifax	34	19	2	13	40
14	Swinton	34	18	1	15	37
15	Huddersfield	34	17	2	15	36
16	Widnes	34	17	1	16	35
17	Dewsbury	34	17	0	17	34
18	Featherstone Rovers	34	16	0	18	32
19	Barrow	34	14	0	20	28
20	Bramley	34	14	0	20	28
21	Hunslet	34	13	0	21	26
22	Oldham	34	13	0	21	26
23	Rochdale Hornets	34	13	0	21	26
24	Liverpool City	34	11	2	21	24
25	Whitehaven	34	10	1	23	21
26	York	34	9	1	24	19
27	Keighley	34	8	0	26	16
28	Blackpool Borough	34	6	1	27	13
29	Doncaster	34	4	2	28	10
30	Batley	34	4	1	29	9

Play-offs

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Leeds	31

Widnes	17
		Leeds	7

		Wigan	11
Bradford Northern	8

Wigan	28
				Wigan	9

				Wakefield Trinity	17
Castleford	47

Salford	15
		Catleford	14

		Wakefield Trinity	17
Wakefield Trinity	20

Huddersfield	11
						Wakefield Trinity	17

						Hull K R	10
Warrington	12

Hull	9
		Warrington	0

		St Helens	20
St Helens

Halifax
				St Helens	10

				Hull K R	23	Third Place
Hull K R	17

Swinton	2
		Hull K R	22

		Leigh	3
Leigh	43

Workington Town	4

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1968 Challenge Cup

Leeds beat Wakefield 11-10 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 87,100. This was Leeds’ ninth Cup Final win in eleven Final appearances.^[3] The Leeds winning team coached by Roy Francis was; Bev Risman, Alan Smith, Syd Hynes, Bernard Watson, John Atkinson, Mick Shoebottom, Barry Seabourne, Mick Clark (c), Tony Crosby, Ken Eyre, Bill Ramsey, Albert Eyre, Ray Batten subs: John Langley, Mick Joyce.

Dubbed the "Watersplash Final", this match was remembered for the atrocious pitch conditions caused by a torrential downpour that left many large puddles on the playing surface.^[4] The conditions contributed to a nail biting finale. Leeds had taken an 11-7 lead with a minute to go, but Wakefield scored a try next to the posts from the kick-off. Don Fox had only to convert to win the Final, but pushed it wide of the posts.^[5]

Operational rules

The playing of matches on Sundays was sanctioned for the first time in December 1967. This change was made to avoid competition from association football clubs.

References

↑ "1967-68 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
↑ "Hull F.C. History". Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport (UK: BBC). Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ "Watersplash Final". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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