1969–70 Challenge Cup

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1969–70 Challenge Cup
Duration	5 Rounds
Number of teams	32
Highest attendance	95,255
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	Castleford
Runners-up	Wigan
Lance Todd Trophy	Bill Kirkbride
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1970 Challenge Cup was the 69th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

The final was contested by Castleford and Wigan at Wembley in front of a crowd of 95,255.^[2] Castleford won the match 7–2.

The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Castleford second-row, Bill Kirkbride.^[3]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
07 Feb	Castleford	Hull FC	15-0
07 Feb	Dewsbury	Wigan	6-11
07 Feb	Doncaster	Glasson	22-4
07 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Salford	2-7
07 Feb	Keighley	Bramley	0-7
07 Feb	Leeds	Batley	17-5
07 Feb	Oldham	Blackpool	5-0
07 Feb	St Helens	Bradford Northern	16-3
07 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Hull Kingston Rovers	9-16
07 Feb	Whitehaven	Warrington	4-20
07 Feb	Widnes	Barrow	4-11
07 Feb	Workington Town	Leigh	6-17
08 Feb	Huyton	Hunslet	10-8
10 Feb	Halifax	Swinton	9-16
11 Feb	Huddersfield	Lock Lane	15-10
19 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	York	2-0

Second round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
21 Feb	Barrow	Castleford	4-12
21 Feb	Doncaster	Rochdale Hornets	5-5
21 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Swinton	7-2
21 Feb	Huyton	Leigh	8-8
21 Feb	Oldham	Wigan	4-17
21 Feb	St Helens	Bramley	17-2
21 Feb	Warrington	Leeds	5-11
22 Feb	Huddersfield	Salford	0-0
23 Feb - replay	Leigh	Huyton	2-0
25 Feb - replay	Rochdale Hornets	Doncaster	3-4
26 Feb - replay	Salford	Huddersfield	11-5

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
07 Mar	Castleford	Salford	15-0
07 Mar	Hull Kingston Rovers	Leeds	7-2
07 Mar	Leigh	Wigan	4-6
11 Mar	Doncaster	St Helens	4-4
16 Mar -replay	St Helens	Doncaster	36-0

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
21 Mar	Wigan	Hull Kingston Rovers	19-8
04 Apr	St Helens	Castleford	3-6

Final

9 May 1970

Castleford	7 – 2	Wigan
Try: Lowndes Goal: Redfearn (2)	Report	Goal: Tyrer

Wembley, London
Attendance: 95,255
Referee: Fred Lindop (Wakefield)^[4]
Player of the Match: Bill Kirkbride


FB	1	Derek Edwards
RW	2	Trevor Briggs
RC	3	Tony Thomas
LC	4	Ian Stenton
LW	5	Alan Lowndes
SO	6	Alan Hardisty (c)	61'
SH	7	Keith Hepworth
PR	8	Dennis Hartley
HK	9	Clive Dickinson
PR	10	Mick Redfearn
SR	11	Bill Kirkbride
SR	12	Brian Lockwood
LF	13	Mal Reilly
Substitutes:
IC	14	Danny Hargrave	61'
IC	15	Steve Norton
Coach:
Thomas Smales


FB	1	Colin Tyrer	18'
RW	2	Keri Jones
RC	3	Bill Francis
LC	4	Peter Rowe
LW	5	Kevin O'Loughlin
SO	6	David Hill
SH	7	Frank Parr
PR	8	Keith Ashcroft
HK	9	Bob Burdell
PR	10	Brian Hogan
SR	11	Bill Ashurst
SR	12	Dave Robinson
LF	13	Doug Laughton (c)
Substitutes:
IC	14	Cliff Hill	18'
IC	15	Colin Clarke
Coach:
Eric Ashton

References

↑ "Challenge Cup 1969/70". Rugby League Project.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ "Lance Todd Trophy Winners". The Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
↑ Mather, Harold (11 May 1970). "Tyrer incident mars Castleford triumph". The Guardian. London. p. 17.

External links

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1969/70 results at Rugby League Project

v t e Castleford squad – 1969–70 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Derek Edwards 2 Trevor Briggs 3 Tony Thomas 4 Ian Stenton 5 Alan Lowndes 6 Alan Hardisty (c) 7 Keith Hepworth 8 Dennis Hartley 9 Clive Dickinson 10 Mick Redfearn 11 Bill Kirkbride 12 Brian Lockwood 13 Mal Reilly 14 Danny Hargrave (substitute) 15 Steve Norton (unused substitute) Coach: Thomas Smales

v t e Challenge Cup
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