1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season

League

Northern Rugby Football League

Champions

Wakefield Trinity

League Leaders

Leeds

Top point-scorer(s)

Len Killeen 353

Top try-scorer(s)

Chris Young 34

Keith Howe 34

< 1965–66	Seasons	1967–68 >

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

Championship

League table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Leeds	34	29	0	5	58
2	Hull Kingston Rovers	34	26	2	6	54
3	Wakefield Trinity	34	27	0	7	54
4	St. Helens	34	22	3	9	47
5	Bradford Northern	34	22	2	10	46
6	Workington Town	34	22	1	11	45
7	Swinton	34	20	3	11	43
8	Castleford	34	21	0	13	42
9	Hull	34	18	3	13	39
10	Oldham	34	18	2	14	38
11	Halifax	34	18	2	14	38
12	Warrington	34	18	1	15	37
13	Leigh	34	17	3	14	37
14	Salford	34	18	1	15	37
15	Barrow	34	17	2	15	36
16	Widnes	34	15	5	14	35
17	Wigan	34	17	0	17	34
18	Rochdale Hornets	34	15	4	15	34
19	Dewsbury	34	15	1	18	31
20	Featherstone Rovers	34	12	3	19	27
21	Huddersfield	34	13	0	21	26
22	York	34	13	0	21	26
23	Bramley	34	12	0	22	24
24	Keighley	34	11	1	22	23
25	Hunslet	34	9	2	23	20
26	Blackpool Borough	34	9	2	23	20
27	Whitehaven	34	10	0	24	20
28	Liverpool City	34	9	0	25	18
29	Doncaster	34	8	1	25	17
30	Batley	34	7	0	27	14

Play-offs

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Leeds	27

Widnes	18
		Leeds	9

		Castleford	13
Castleford	21

Hull	7
				Castleford	3

				St Helens	14
Bradford Northern	12

Warrington	6
		Bradford Northern	8

		St Helens	15
St Helens	37

Leigh	12
						Wakefield Trinity	7-21

						St Helens	7-9
Wakefield Trinity	48

Salford	8
		Wakefield Trinity	22

		Workington Town	2
Workington Town	23

Halifax	14
				Wakefield Trinity	18

				Hull K R	6	Third Place
Swinton	12-15

Oldham	12-7
		Swinton	10

		Hull K R	36
Hull K R	17

Barrow	15

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.^[2] 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.

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.^[3]

Barrow: Eddie Tees, William Burgess, Jim Challinor, Harry Hughes, Tom Brophy, Ged Smith, Ivor Kelland, Maurice Redhead, Ray Hopwood, Mike Sanderson, Henry Delooze, and Mike Watson.

Other competitions

The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Castleford who beat Swinton 7-2 in the final.^[4] St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Oldham 16–13 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Featherstone Rovers 25–12 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

References

1 2 de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009) (340), p. 61, ISSN 1466-0105
↑ "St Helens 9 lost to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 21". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ "1966-67 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

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