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Wigan RL History - 1971-72 Season

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1971-72 saw the introduction of the League Cup competition, a major secondary competition to the Challenge Cup. Due to sponsorship it was never known as the League Cup. It began in this year as the Players No.6 Trophy and finished up as the Regal Trophy before being abandoned after 1995-96 when the sport switched to Summer.

Wigan Final League Position: 4th (Coach: Eric Ashton)
League Champions: Leeds (9-5 v St Helens)
Challenge Cup Winners: St Helens (16-13 v Leeds)
Players No.6 Trophy Winners: Halifax (22-11 v Wakefield)
Lancashire Cup Winners: Wigan (15 - 15-8 v Widnes)
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners: St Helens (8-2 v Rochdale)

1971-1972 Northern Rugby Football League Championship
CC = Challenge Cup CPO = Championship Play Off LC = Lancashire Cup PlayT = Players No6 Trophy BBC = BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
Date Opposition Venue KO Resultl Tries Goals TV/Agg
Thu 5 Aug LC R1: Huyton Away 7:00 Won 16-06 Ashurst, Ayres Ashurst 5
Wed 18 Aug LC SF: Swinton Away 7:30 Won 12-02 Ayres, Wright Ashurst 3
Fri 20 Aug Leeds Home 7:30 Won 36-02 Ayres 3, Clarke 2, Cunningham, Fletcher, Laughton Ashurst 6
Wed 25 Aug Wakefield Trinity Away 7:30 Lost 16-20 Wright 2 Tyrer 5
Sat 28 Aug LC Final: Widnes St Helens 3:00 Won 15-08 Ayres, Eastham, Francis Tyrer 3 BBC1(2H)
Mon 30 Aug Leigh Home 7:30 Won 13-05 Hill Tyrer 5
Fri 3 Sept Widnes Away 7:30 Lost 05-06 Tyrer Tyrer 1
Wed 8 Sept Oldham Away 7:30 Won 23-07 Cunningham, Eastham, Fletcher Ashurst 7
Sat 11 Sept Bramley Home 3:00 Won 53-03 Ayres 2, Kev.O'Loughlin 2, Ashurst, Clarke, Cunningham,
Fletcher, Gandy, Francis, Rowe		 Tyrer 10
Mon 13 Sept BBC Prelim 1st Leg: Barrow Home 7:30 Won 23-11 Tyrer, Fletcher, Francis Tyrer 7
Sat 18 Sept Dewsbury Away 3:00 Lost 07-24 Fuller Tyrer 2
Mon 20 Sept BBC Prelim 2nd Leg: Barrow Away 7:30 Won 19-11 Laughton, Francis, Gandy Tyrer 4, Ashurst 1

(Won 42-22)
Fri 24 Sept Hull Kingston Rovers Home 7:30 Won 33-10 Cunningham 2, Eastham 2, Ayres, Francis, Tyrer Tyrer 6
Sat 2 Oct Huddersfield Away 3:00 Lost 13-17 Hill, Molyneux, Wright Tyrer 2
Fri 8 Oct Oldham Home 7:30 Won 28-13 Ashurst, Burke, Francis, Fuller, Tyrer, Wright Tyrer 5
Sun 10 Oct Tour: New Zealand Home 3:00 Lost 10-24 Ashurst, Wright Tyrer 2
Fri 15 Oct Leigh Away 7:30 Won 09-05 Francis Ashcroft 2, Hill 1
Sat 23 Oct Keighley Home 3:00 Won 36-07 Cunningham 3, Ashcroft, Ayres, Clarke, Francis, Tyrer Tyrer 6
Tue 26 Oct BBC R1: Widnes Home 7:15 Lost 10-15 Wright, Hill Tyrer 1, Francis 1 BBC2 (2H)
Sat 30 Oct Batley Away 3:00 Won 11-02 Wright 2, Cunningham Tyrer 1
Sat 6 Nov Halifax Away 3:00 Lost 15-21 Ashurst, Hill, Parr Tyrer 3
Fri 12 Nov PlayT R1: Ace Amateurs Home 7:30 Won 33-09 Ashurst 3, Ayres, Cunningham, Eastham, Fuller Tyrer 6
Sat 20 Nov Hull Away 3:00 Won 20-08 Ashurst, Fuller, Kev.O'Loughlin, Robinson Tyrer 4
Sat 27 Nov PlayT R2: Hull KR Away 2:15 Won 18-11 Ashurst 2 Ashurst 6 BBC1 (2H)
Sat 4 Dec Widnes Home 2:15 Won 24-10 Ashurst, Francis, Fuller, Kev.O'Loughlin Tyrer 4, Ashurst 2 BBC1 (2H)
Sat 11 Dec PlayT QF: Leeds Away 3:00 Draw 12-12 Hill, Kei.O'Loughlin Tyrer 3
Wed 15 Dec PlayT QF Rep: Leeds Home 7:30 Lost 05-12 Ayres Tyrer 1
Sat 18 Dec Workington Town Home 3:00 Won 20-12 Hill 2, Fuller, Parr Tyrer 4
Mon 27 Dec St Helens Home 3:00 Won 08-03 - Tyrer 3, Parr 1
Sat 1 Jan Leeds Away 2:15 Lost 11-20 Ashurst, Fuller, Kei.O'Loughlin Parr 1 BBC1 (2H)
Sat 8 Jan Batley Home 3:00 Won 27-05 Cunningham, Davies, Fuller, Hill, Kei.O'Loughlin, Parr, (A.N Other) Ashurst 3
Sat 15 Jan Castleford Away 3:00 Won 08-03 - Ashurst 3, Parr 1
Sat 22 Jan Wakefield Trinity Home 3:00 Postponed Due to Wakefield playing in Players No.6 Trophy Final -
Mon 24 Jan Wakefield Trinity Home 7:30 Won 27-10 Ayres 2, Clarke, Davies, Fletcher Tyrer 6
Sun 30 Jan CC R1: Salford Away 3:30 Won 16-12 Ashurst, Fletcher Tyrer 4, Hill 1
Sat 5 Feb Dewsbury Home 3:00 Won 11-05 Laughton Tyrer 4
Sun 13 Feb Salford Away 3:00 Won 24-14 Hill 2, Ayres, Kei.O'Loughlin Ashurst 6
Sun 20 Feb CC R2: Wakefield Away 3:00 Lost 05-06 Francis Ashurst 1
Sat 26 Feb Keighley Away 3:00 Won 19-12 Fuller 2, Ashurst, Hill, Whittle Ashurst 2
Sun 12 Mar Hull Home 3:00 Won 48-05 Davies 4, Kei.O'Loughlin 3, Hill, Robinson, Tyrer Francis 6, Tyrer 3
Sat 18 Mar Halifax Home 3:00 Lost 17-20 Cunningham, Francis, Hill Ashurst 3, Francis 1
Wed 22 Mar Bramley Away 6:00 Won 13-05 Ayres, Hill, Hollingsworth Ashurst 2
Sat 25 Mar Huddersfield Home 3:00 Won 31-03 Parr 2, Ayres, Hill, Hollingsworth, Laughton, Kei.O'Loughlin Francis 2, Tyrer 2, Ashurst 1
Mon 27 Mar Workington Town Away 6:00 Won 17-00 Kei.O'Loughlin, Kev.O'Loughlin, Whittle Francis 4
Fri 31 Mar St Helens Away 3:00 Lost 04-21 - Francis 1, Hill 1
Mon 3 Apr Salford Home 3:00 Lost 10-13 Laughton, Kei.O'Loughlin Francis 2
Fri 7 April Castleford Home 7:30 Won 37-00 Cunningham 4, Parr 2, Cramant, Hill, Kev.O'Loughlin Francis 5
Fri 14 April Hull Kingston Rovers Away 7:30 Won 28-03 Cramant, Hill, Kev.O'Loughlin, Tyrer Tyrer 5, Hill 2, Parr 1
Sat 22 April CPO R1: Oldham Home 3:00 Won 18-08 Kei.O'Loughlin 3, Davies Tyrer 3
Sun 30 April CPO R2: Salford Home 3:00 Lost 09-21 Kei.O'Loughlin Ashurst 1, Parr 1, Tyrer 1
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Squad

Appearances

Scoring

Player

 Starts Subs Total Tries Goals
David Hill 45 - 45 16 5
Kevin O'Loughlin 45 - 45 8 -
Dennis Ashcroft 43 - 43 1 2
Bill Francis 41 - 41 9 21
Colin Clarke 39 1 40 5 -
Geoff Fletcher 33 3 36 5 -
Bill Ashurst 32 1 33 15 51
Warren Ayres 27 6 33 17 -
Eddie Cunningham 32 - 32 16 -
Colin Tyrer 30 - 30 6 104
Keiron O'Loughlin 28 2 30 14 -
Chris Fuller 29 - 29 10 -
Dave Robinson 27 - 27 2 -
Brian Hogan 17 5 22 - -
Frank Parr 18 1 19 7 5
Terry Cramant 15 3 18 2 -
Doug Laughton 17 - 17 3 -
Peter Rowe 9 7 16 1 -
Billy Davies 15 - 15 7 -
Stuart Wright 14 - 14 8 -
Dave Gandy 9 3 12 1 -
Terry Hollingsworth 7 4 11 2 -
Phil Eastham 9 1 10 5 -
John Whittle 6 - 6 1 -
Bob Burdell 4 1 5 - -
Steve Burke 2 1 3 1 -
Jimmy Molyneux 2 1 3 1 -
Wyngarth 2 - 2 - -
Keri Jones 1 - 1 - -
Alan Park 1 - 1 - -
John Barrow - 1 1 - -
Brian Ramsdale - 1 1 - -

Top Try Scorers

Player

 Tries
Warren Ayres 17
Eddie Cunningham 16
David Hill 16
Bill Ashurst 15
Keiron O'Loughlin 14
Chris Fuller 10
Bill Francis 9
Kevin O'Loughlin 8
Stuart Wright 8
Billy Davies 7
Frank Parr 7
Colin Tyrer 6
Colin Clarke 5
Phil Eastham 5
Geoff Fletcher 5
Terry Hollingsworth 2
Doug Laughton 3
Terry Cramant 2
Dave Robinson 2
Dennis Ashcroft 1
Steve Burke 1
Dave Gandy 1
Jimmy Molyneux 1
Peter Rowe 1
John Whittle 1
A.N Other 1

Top Goal Scorers

Player

 Goals
Colin Tyrer 104
Bill Ashurst 51
Bill Francis 21
David Hill 5
Frank Parr 5
Dennis Ashcroft 2

- Team P W D L Pts
1 Leeds 34 28 2 4 58
2 Bradford Northern 34 26 2 6 54
3 St Helens 34 26 1 7 53
4 Wigan 34 25 0 9 50
5 Salford 34 25 0 9 50
6 Swinton 34 23 2 9 48
7 Featherstone Rovers 34 23 1 10 47
8 Rochdale Hornets 34 21 1 12 43
9 Wakefield Trinity 34 21 0 13 42
10 Castleford 34 20 1 13 41
11 Widnes 34 19 3 12 41
12 Dewsbury 34 18 2 14 38
13 Oldham 34 18 1 15 37
14 Hull Kingston Rovers 34 18 0 16 36
15 Warrington 34 16 3 15 35
16 Leigh 34 17 0 17 34
17 Huddersfield 34 17 0 17 34
18 Barrow 34 16 2 16 34
19 Hull 34 16 0 18 32
20 York 34 15 2 17 32
21 Halifax 34 14 0 20 28
22 Bramley 34 13 0 21 26
23 Whitehaven 34 12 0 22 24
24 Workington Town 34 11 2 21 24
25 Blackpool Borough 34 11 0 23 22
26 Keighley 34 8 0 26 16
27 Huyton 34 7 1 26 15
28 Batley 34 5 2 27 12
29 Doncaster 34 5 0 29 10
30 Hunslet 34 2 0 32 4 






Championship Play-Offs

 

 Round 1:



    Bradford Northern 37 beat Warrington 0.

    Castleford 18 beat Featherstone Rovers 14.

    Leeds 40 beat Leigh 2.

    Rochdale Hornets 18 beat Wakefield Trinity 13.

    St Helens 25 beat Hull Kingston Rovers 5.

    Salford 23 beat Dewsbury 7.

    Widnes 15 beat Swinton 11.

    Wigan 18 beat Oldham 8.



Round 2:



    Bradford Northern 22 beat Castleford 12.

    Leeds 20 beat Widnes 9.

    St Helens 17 beat Rochdale Hornets 5.

    Salford 21 beat Wigan 9.



Semifinals:



    St Helens 14 beat Bradford Northern 10.

    Leeds 10 beat Salford 0.



Final:



    Leeds 9 beat St Helens 5.
























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