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1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season

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title	1974–75 Rugby Football League season
league	Championship
season_champs	St. Helens
season_champ_name	Champions
premiership_win	Leeds
premiership_win_name	Premiership
top_scorer	Neil Fox (333)
top try scorer	Gerald Dunn (42)
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promote_from	Second Division
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prevseason_link	1973–74 Northern Rugby Football League season
prevseason_year	1973–74
nextseason_link	1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season
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The 1974–75 Rugby Football League season was the 80th season of competition between the clubs of England's Northern Rugby Football League. The season's First Division Championship featured 16 clubs and was won by St. Helens. The Challenge Cup was won by Widnes.

Rule change

Drop goals became worth one point. Drops had previously been worth two points.

Season summary

St. Helens won their seventh Championship. York, Bramley, Rochdale Hornets and Halifax were demoted to the Second Division.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Widnes who beat Warrington 14–7 in the final.

2nd Division Champions were Huddersfield, and they, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Swinton were promoted to the First Division.

League Tables

First Division Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	St. Helens	30	26	1	3	561	229
2	Wigan	30	21	0	9	517	341
3	Leeds	30	19	1	10	581	359
4	Featherstone Rovers	30	19	1	10	431	339
5	Widnes	30	18	1	11	382	305
6	Warrington	30	17	1	12	428	356
7	Bradford	30	16	1	13	393	376
8	Castleford	30	14	3	13	393	376
9	Salford	30	14	1	15	451	351
10	Wakefield Trinity	30	12	5	13	440	419
11	Keighley	30	13	0	17	300	424
12	Dewsbury	30	11	0	19	350	506
13	York	30	10	0	20	359	498
14	Bramley	30	9	0	21	338	493
15	Rochdale Hornets	30	8	0	22	219	400
16	Halifax	30	5	1	24	269	676

Second Division Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Huddersfield	26	21	0	5	489	213
2	Hull Kingston Rovers	26	20	1	5	628	249
3	Oldham	26	19	0	7	406	223
4	Swinton	26	17	1	8	399	254
5	Workington Town	26	16	0	10	371	275
6	Whitehaven	26	14	1	11	285	234
7	Huyton	26	12	2	12	301	291
8	Hull	26	12	1	13	344	309
9	Barrow	26	11	2	13	338	315
10	Leigh	26	11	1	14	302	348
11	New Hunslet	26	10	2	14	309	384
12	Blackpool Borough	26	7	1	18	261	417
13	Batley	26	4	1	21	197	520
14	Doncaster	26	1	1	24	147	745

	Champions		Promoted		Relegated

Cups

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Challenge Cup

Widnes beat Warrington 14–7 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,998.

This was Widnes’ fourth Cup Final win in sixth Final appearances.

Player's No.6 Trophy

Main article: 1974–75 Player's No.6 Trophy

Players No.6 Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern who beat Widnes 3–2 in the final.

Premiership

Main article: 1974–75 Rugby League Premiership

Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Leeds who beat St. Helens 26–11 in the final.

County cups

Main article: 1974–75 Lancashire Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup

Widnes beat Salford 6–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Wakefield Trinity 16–13 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

Main article: 1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Salford who beat Warrington 10–5 in a replay after a 0–0 draw in the final.

Sources

References

(2009). "Top ten: Rugby league rules". League Publications.
"1974-75 Season summary".
(1995). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996". Headline Book Publishing.
"RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".

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