The first round consisted of all 30 professional rugby league clubs, plus two amateur teams, Dewsbury Celtic and Pilkington Recs.
The match between Leeds and Halifax was televised by the BBC, and became infamous for a stray dog which invaded the pitch several times during the match.[4]
^. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199. ISBN0-7472-7817-2.
^. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^"The Joy of Six: animals in sport". The Guardian. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^Fitzpatrick, Paul (15 May 1978). "Leeds saved by courage". The Guardian. London. p. 15.
^Henry, Reg (15 May 1978). "Leeds land knockout in Wembley classic". The Times. London. p. 8.
External linksedit
Challenge Cup official website 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1977/78 results at Rugby League Project
January 01, 1970
1977, challenge, 77th, staging, rugby, league, oldest, knockout, competition, challenge, duration5, roundsnumber, teams32highest, attendance96, 000broadcast, partnersbbcwinnersleedsrunners, upst, helenslance, todd, trophygeorge, nicholls, 1976, 1978, final, co. The 1977 78 Challenge Cup was the 77th staging of rugby league s oldest knockout competition the Challenge Cup 1977 78 Challenge CupDuration5 RoundsNumber of teams32Highest attendance96 000Broadcast partnersBBCWinnersLeedsRunners upSt HelensLance Todd TrophyGeorge Nicholls 1976 77 1978 79 The final was contested by Leeds and St Helens at Wembley Leeds beat St Helens on Saturday 13 May 1978 in front of a crowd of 96 000 1 The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Saints forward George Nicholls 2 This was Leeds eleventh Cup final win in fifteen appearances and their second in successive years 3 Contents 1 First round 2 Second round 3 Quarter finals 4 Semi finals 5 Final 6 References 7 External linksFirst round editThe first round consisted of all 30 professional rugby league clubs plus two amateur teams Dewsbury Celtic and Pilkington Recs The match between Leeds and Halifax was televised by the BBC and became infamous for a stray dog which invaded the pitch several times during the match 4 Date Team one Team two Score 11 Feb Leeds Halifax 25 5 24 Feb St Helens Huyton 36 8 24 Feb Salford Bramley 9 7 25 Feb York Warrington 10 16 26 Feb Blackpool Huddersfield 7 9 26 Feb Bradford Northern Barrow 21 13 26 Feb Dewsbury Celtic Wigan 5 15 26 Feb Dewsbury New Hunslet 13 22 26 Feb Hull FC Hull Kingston Rovers 9 7 26 Feb Leigh Featherstone Rovers 14 23 26 Feb Oldham Doncaster 21 7 26 Feb Pilkington Recs Castleford 22 23 26 Feb Swinton Batley 13 0 26 Feb Whitehaven Wakefield Trinity 13 21 26 Feb Widnes Rochdale Hornets 15 8 26 Feb Workington Town Keighley 16 5Second round editDate Team one Team two Score 11 Mar Wigan Bradford Northern 10 22 12 Mar Featherstone Rovers New Hunslet 23 7 12 Mar Huddersfield Salford 13 3 12 Mar Hull FC Widnes 8 20 12 Mar Oldham St Helens 11 26 12 Mar Wakefield Trinity Leeds 6 28 12 Mar Warrington Swinton 29 4 12 Mar Workington Town Castleford 8 8 14 Mar replay Castleford Workington Town 8 8 16 Mar 2nd replay Workington Town Castleford 13 20Quarter finals editDate Team one Team two Score 19 Mar Featherstone Rovers Castleford 25 15 19 Mar Leeds Bradford Northern 16 8 19 Mar St Helens Huddersfield 31 5 19 Mar Warrington Widnes 6 0Semi finals editDate Team one Team two Score 01 Apr Leeds Featherstone Rovers 14 9 08 Apr St Helens Warrington 12 8Final edit13 May 1978 Leeds 14 12 St Helens Try Atkinson Smith CooksonGoal OultonDrop goal Ward 2 Holmes Report Try Liptrot FrancisGoal Pimblett 3 Wembley LondonAttendance 96 000Referee Billy Thompson Huddersfield 5 Player of the Match George Nicholls 6 FB 1 Willie Oulton RW 2 David Smith RC 3 Neil Hague LC 4 Les Dyl LW 5 John Atkinson SO 6 John Holmes SH 7 John Sanderson nbsp 60 PR 8 Mick Harrison nbsp 66 HK 9 David Ward c PR 10 Steve Pitchford SR 11 Graham Eccles SR 12 Phil Cookson LF 13 Mick Crane Substitutions IC 14 Kevin Dick nbsp 60 IC 15 Roy Dickinson nbsp 66 Coach Syd Hynes FB 1 Geoff Pimblett c RW 2 Les Jones RC 3 Derek Noonan LC 4 Peter Glynn LW 5 Roy Mathias SO 6 Bill Francis SH 7 Ken Gwilliam PR 8 Dave Chisnall HK 9 Graham Liptrot PR 10 Mel James SR 11 George Nicholls SR 12 Eddie Cunningham LF 13 Harry Pinner Substitutions IC 14 Alan Ashton IC 15 Tony Karalius Coach Eric AshtonReferences edit RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour Archived from the original on 2009 04 03 Retrieved 2009 08 07 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995 1996 London Headline Book Publishing p 199 ISBN 0 7472 7817 2 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour Archived from the original on 2009 04 03 Retrieved 2009 08 07 The Joy of Six animals in sport The Guardian 7 October 2011 Retrieved 7 May 2023 Fitzpatrick Paul 15 May 1978 Leeds saved by courage The Guardian London p 15 Henry Reg 15 May 1978 Leeds land knockout in Wembley classic The Times London p 8 External links editChallenge Cup official website Archived 2014 01 22 at the Wayback Machine Challenge Cup 1977 78 results at Rugby League Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1977 78 Challenge Cup amp oldid 1194201228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
