1975–76 Challenge Cup

The 1975–76 Challenge Cup was the 75th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by St Helens and Widnes at Wembley.

St Helens beat Widnes 20–5 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,982.^[1]

This was St Helens’ fifth Cup final win in eight Final appearances.^[3]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
14 Feb	Castleford	Salford	3-25
14 Feb	Huddersfield	Leeds	10-34
15 Feb	Bramley	Wigan	5-10
15 Feb	Doncaster	Barrow	13-9
15 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Wakefield Trinity	23-9
15 Feb	Halifax	Keighley	9-13
15 Feb	Hull FC	St Helens	3-5
15 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Whitehaven	21-12
15 Feb	Huyton	Oldham	4-16
15 Feb	Leigh	Pointer Panthers	37-8
15 Feb	New Hunslet	Blackpool	17-12
15 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Bradford Northern	2-15
15 Feb	Warrington	Leigh Miners W.	16-12
15 Feb	Widnes	Batley	26-4
15 Feb	Workington Town	Swinton	10-7
15 Feb	York	Dewsbury	25-15

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
28 Feb	Leeds	Bradford Northern	30-12
29 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Hull Kingston Rovers	25-10
29 Feb	Keighley	Workington Town	17-12
29 Feb	Leigh	Doncaster	29-6
29 Feb	New Hunslet	Warrington	4-17
29 Feb	Oldham	York	6-5
29 Feb	Salford	St Helens	11-17
29 Feb	Widnes	Wigan	7-5

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
13 Mar	Warrington	Widnes	0-6
14 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	Leeds	33-7
14 Mar	Keighley	Leigh	13-7
14 Mar	St Helens	Oldham	17-9

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
27 Mar	Widnes	Featherstone Rovers	15-9
03 Apr	Keighley	St Helens	4-5

8 May 1976

St Helens	20 – 5	Widnes
Try: Glynn (2), Cunningham, Heaton Goal: Pimblett (3) Drop goal: Pimblett (2)	Report	Goal: Dutton (2) Drop goal: Elwell

Wembley, London
Attendance: 89,982
Referee: R. Moore (Wakefield)^[4]
Player of the Match: Geoff Pimblett

^ "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 (10 May 1976). "Saints' 'old men' prove their staying power". The Guardian. London. p. 22.