1974–75 Challenge Cup

The 1974–75 Challenge Cup was the 74th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Widnes and Warrington at Wembley.

Widnes beat Warrington 14–7 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,098.^[1]

This was Widnes’ fourth Cup final win in sixth Final appearances.^[3]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
08 Feb	Castleford	Bradford Northern	13-13
08 Feb	Dewsbury Celtic	Hull Kingston Rovers	15-31
08 Feb	New Hunslet	Mayfield	9-5
08 Feb	Whitehaven	Leeds	7-16
08 Feb	Wigan	Dewsbury	33-2
09 Feb	Barrow	Workington Town	5-5
09 Feb - replay	Bradford Northern	Castleford	10-7
09 Feb	Bramley	St Helens	5-30
09 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Salford	7-17
09 Feb	Huddersfield	Rochdale Hornets	18-21
09 Feb	Hull FC	Batley	20-0
09 Feb	Leigh	Doncaster	36-3
09 Feb	Oldham	Blackpool	12-3
09 Feb	Swinton	Widnes	4-13
09 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Huyton	33-5
09 Feb	Warrington	Halifax	32-6
09 Feb	York	Keighley	26-9
12 Feb -replay	Workington Town	Barrow	14-3

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
22 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	St Helens	13-9
23 Feb	Hull FC	Widnes	12-13
23 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Workington Town	19-7
23 Feb	Leigh	Bradford Northern	5-23
23 Feb	New Hunslet	York	16-9
23 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Oldham	10-10
23 Feb	Salford	Leeds	12-17
23 Feb	Wigan	Warrington	17-24
26 Feb - replay	Oldham	Rochdale Hornets	15-3

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
08 Mar	Leeds	Bradford Northern	22-6
09 Mar	New Hunslet	Warrington	3-23
09 Mar	Oldham	Widnes	4-10
09 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	Hull Kingston Rovers	27-10

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
22 Mar	Warrington	Leeds	11-4
05 Apr	Wakefield Trinity	Widnes	7-13

10 May 1975

Widnes	14 – 7	Warrington
Try: Mills Goal: Dutton (5) Drop goal: Dutton	Report	Try: Bevan Goal: Whitehead (2)

Wembley, London
Attendance: 85,098
Referee: P. Geraghty (York)^[4]
Player of the Match: Ray Dutton

^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ Mather, Harold (12 May 1975). "Warrington are outplayed". The Guardian. London. p. 20.

v t e Widnes squad – 1974–75 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Ray Dutton 2 Alan Prescott 3 Mick George 4 Mal Aspey 5 Chris Anderson 6 Eric Hughes 7 Reg Bowden 8 Jim Mills 9 Keith Elwell 10 Barry Sheridan 11 John Foran 12 Mick Adams 13 Doug Laughton Coach: Vince Karalius