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1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season

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title1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season
leagueNorthern Rugby Football League
season_champsWakefield Trinity
season_champ_nameChampions
league_leadersLeeds
league_leaders_nameLeague Leaders
top_scorerLen Killeen 353
top try scorerChris Young 34
Keith Howe 34
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season_champs3
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prevseason_link1965–66 Northern Rugby Football League season
prevseason_year1965–66
nextseason_link1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season
nextseason_year1967–68

Keith Howe 34 The 1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 72nd season of rugby league football in Britain. After Leeds had ended the regular season as league leaders, Wakefield Trinity won their first Championship when they beat St. Helens 21-9 in the Final replay, after a 7-7 draw. The Challenge Cup-winners were Featherstone Rovers who beat Barrow 17-12 in the Wembley final.

Rule changes

Limited tackles:

  • The Rugby Football League ended unlimited tackles, introducing a four-tackle rule. The introduction of the "tackle count" in December 1966 meant a team now had a limited number of tackles in which to score before they must surrender possession to their opponents. The limit would remain four until an increase to six tackles in 1972.

Championship

League table

TeamPldWDLPts
1Leeds342905
2Hull Kingston Rovers342626
3Wakefield Trinity342707
4St. Helens342239
5Bradford Northern3422210
6Workington Town3422111
7Swinton3420311
8Castleford3421013
9Hull3418313
10Oldham3418214
11Halifax3418214
12Warrington3418115
13Leigh3417314
14Salford3418115
15Barrow3417215
16Widnes3415514
17Wigan3417017
18Rochdale Hornets3415415
19Dewsbury3415118
20Featherstone Rovers3412319
21Huddersfield3413021
22York3413021
23Bramley3412022
24Keighley3411122
25Hunslet349223
26Blackpool Borough349223
27Whitehaven3410024
28Liverpool City349025
29Doncaster348125
30Batley347027

Play-offs

||Leeds|27|Widnes|18 ||Castleford|21|Hull|7 ||Bradford Northern|12|Warrington|6 ||St Helens|37|Leigh|12 ||Wakefield Trinity|48|Salford|8 ||Workington Town|23|Halifax|14 ||Swinton|12-15|Oldham|12-7 ||Hull KR|17|Barrow|15 ||Leeds|9|Castleford|13 ||Bradford Northern|8|St Helens|15 ||Wakefield Trinity|22|Workington Town|2 ||Swinton|10|Hull KR|36 ||Castleford|3|St Helens|14 ||Wakefield Trinity|18|Hull KR|6 ||Wakefield Trinity|7-21|St Helens|7-9 |||||

Final

The 1966/67 Championship Final replay was played between Wakefield Trinity and St. Helens on Wednesday, 10 May 1967 at Station Road Ground before a crowd of 33,537. Wakefield Trinity won 21-9 with their try-scoring scrum half back, Ray Owen being awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.

Final

Wakefield TrinityNumberSt Helens
Teams
Gary Cooper1Frank Barrow
Kenneth Hirst2Tom van Vollenhoven
Ian Brooke3Tony Barrow
Neil Fox4Wilf Smith
Gert Coetzer5Len Killeen
Harold Poynton6Peter Douglas
Ray Owen7Tommy Bishop
John Bath8John Warlow
Bernard Prior9Bill Sayer
Edward Campbell10Cliff Watson
Geoff Clarkson11Ray French
Bob Haigh12Brian Hogan
Don Fox13John Mantle
Subs
Kenneth Batty14John Houghton
David Hawley15Joe Robinson (for Hogan)
Ken TraillCoachJoe Coan

Replay

Wakefield TrinityNumberSt Helens
Teams
Gary Cooper1Frank Barrow
Kenneth Hirst2Tom van Vollenhoven
Ian Brooke3Tony Barrow
Neil Fox4Wilf Smith
Gert Coetzer5Len Killeen
Harold Poynton6Peter Douglas
Ray Owen7Tommy Bishop
John Bath8John Warlow
Bernard Prior9Bill Sayer
Edward Campbell10Cliff Watson
Geoff Clarkson11Ray French
Bob Haigh12Brian Hogan
Don Fox13John Mantle
Subs
14John Houghton
15Joe Robinson
Ken TraillCoachJoe Coan

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1966–67 Challenge Cup

In the Challenge Cup Final Featherstone Rovers faced Barrow, who were captain-coached by Jim Challinor at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 13 May 1967 in front of a crowd of 76,290.

Featherstone Rovers won 17-12 and it was their first Cup Final win in two Final appearances.

County cups

Main article: 1966–67 Lancashire Cup

Main article: 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup

St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Oldham 16–13 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Featherstone Rovers 25–12 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

Main article: 1966–67 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Castleford who beat Swinton 7-2 in the final.

References

Sources

References

  1. (2009). "Top ten: Rugby league rules". League Publications.
  2. "St Helens 9 lost to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 21". Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates.
  3. "St. Helens 7 Wakefield Trinity 7".
  4. "St. Helens 9 Wakefield Trinity 21".
  5. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
  6. "1966-67 Season summary".
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