1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy

1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy
1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	32
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Salford
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

This was the second season of the League Cup, which was known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.

Leeds won the trophy by beating Salford 12–7 in the final. The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield. The attendance was 10,102 and receipts were £4563.

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-two.

Competition and results

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Round 1 - First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 22 Sep 1972	Hull Kingston Rovers	20-10	Castleford	Craven Park (1)
2	Sat 23 Sep 1972	Batley	26-3	Hunslet	Mount Pleasant
3	Sat 23 Sep 1972	Bramley	26-5	Pilkington Recs	McLaren Field	616	1, 2
4	Sat 23 Sep 1972	Halifax	20-22	St. Helens	Thrum Hall	2446		^[4]
5	Sat 23 Sep 1972	Leigh	10-9	Workington Town	Hilton Park
6	Sat 23 Sep 1972	Whitehaven	11-16	Featherstone Rovers	Recreation Ground
7	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Barrow	2-17	Salford	Craven Park
8	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Blackpool Borough	9-51	Leeds	Borough Park		3
9	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Bradford Northern	32-6	Rochdale Hornets	Odsal
10	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Dewsbury	22-4	Dewsbury Celtic	Crown Flatt	1897	4
11	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Doncaster	7-22	Widnes	Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield			^[5]
12	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Huddersfield	23-15	Warrington	Fartown			^[6]^[7]
13	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Hull F.C.	17-10	Oldham	Boulevard			^[8]
14	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Swinton	29-10	Huyton	Station Road
15	Sun 24 Sep 1972	Wigan	10-34	Wakefield Trinity	Central Park		5	^[9]^[10]^[11]
16	Sun 24 Sep 1972	York	21-13	Keighley	Clarence Street

Round 2 - Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 24 Nov 1972	Hull F.C.	9-4	Wakefield Trinity	Boulevard			^[8]^[9]^[10]
2	Fri 24 Nov 1972	St. Helens	24-8	Featherstone Rovers	Knowsley Road	4800	6	^[4]
3	Fri 24 Nov 1972	Salford	19-3	Dewsbury	The Willows
4	Sat 25 Nov 1972	Leeds	21-3	Leigh	Headingley
5	Sun 26 Nov 1972	Bradford Northern	35-17	York	Odsal
6	Sun 26 Nov 1972	Hull Kingston Rovers	25-5	Bramley	Craven Park (1)
7	Sun 26 Nov 1972	Swinton	19-11	Huddersfield	Station Road			^[6]
8	Sun 26 Nov 1972	Widnes	21-8	Batley	Naughton Park			^[5]

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 8 Dec 1972	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Swinton	Craven Park (1)	7
2	Sat 9 Dec 1972	St. Helens	10-3	Widnes	Knowsley Road		^[4]^[5]
3	Sun 10 Dec 1972	Hull F.C.	18-18	Leeds	Boulevard	8	^[8]
4	Sun 10 Dec 1972	Salford	39-2	Bradford Northern	The Willows	9

Round 3 -Quarter Finals - Replays

Involved 2 matches with 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue

1	Wed 13 Dec 1972	Hull Kingston Rovers	30-6	Swinton	Craven Park (1)
2	Tue 12 Dec 1972	Leeds	37-5	Hull F.C.	Headingley

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Sat 30 Dec 1972	Hull Kingston Rovers	13-15	Salford	Craven Park (1)
2	Sat 13 Jan 1973	Leeds	19-0	St. Helens	Headingley	5854	^[4]

Final

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