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Rugby league season

1965–66 Rugby Football League season
League	NorthernRugby Football League
Champions	St. Helens
League Leaders	St. Helens
Top point-scorer	Len Killeen 336
Top try-scorer(s)	Len Killeen 32 Trevor Lake 32
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The1965–66Rugby Football League season was the 71st season ofrugby league football. A three-way county championship was also held, with comparative minnowsCumberland againstYorkshire andLancashire.

Rule change

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The substitutes rule introduced in the previous season changed so that substitutions could be used for any reason, including tactical reasons, although they were still only allowed up to and including half-time.^[1]

Season summary

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TheBBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition was launched in this season with theBBC televising matches on Tuesday nights. The competition was used to trial the four-tackle rule, an experiment in ending the unlimited tackles that had been a by-product from the introduction of the play-the-ball in 1906.^[1]^[2]

St. Helens finished the regular season as league leaders before winning their fourth Championship when they beatHalifax 35–12 in the play-off final.

TheChallenge Cup winners wereSt. Helens who beatWigan 21–2 in the final.

St. Helens won theLancashire League, andWakefield Trinity won theYorkshire League.

At the end of the season,Eric Ashton became the first Rugby League player to receive an award from Her Majesty, the Queen. He was awarded theMBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.^[3]

The 26-man squad for the1966 Great Britain Lions tour was announced on 23 March 1966, with Leeds'Harry Poole named as captain, and Swinton'sKen Gowers selected as vice-captain.

Championship

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	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	St. Helens	34	28	1	5	57
2	Swinton	34	27	1	6	55
3	Wigan	34	27	0	7	54
4	Wakefield Trinity	34	25	2	7	52
5	Castleford	34	23	3	8	49
6	Leeds	34	24	0	10	48
7	Bradford Northern	34	21	1	12	43
8	Workington Town	34	21	1	12	43
9	Oldham	34	20	3	11	43
10	Halifax	34	21	0	13	42
11	Huddersfield	34	20	0	14	40
12	Hull Kingston Rovers	34	20	0	14	40
13	Hull	34	20	0	14	40
14	Widnes	34	17	0	17	34
15	Featherstone Rovers	34	17	0	17	34
16	Warrington	34	16	1	17	33
17	Hunslet	34	15	2	17	32
18	Salford	34	15	1	18	31
19	Keighley	34	15	0	19	30
20	Leigh	34	14	1	19	29
21	Barrow	34	13	1	20	27
22	Bramley	34	12	2	20	26
23	York	34	11	0	23	22
24	Dewsbury	34	10	1	23	21
25	Rochdale Hornets	34	10	0	24	20
26	Liverpool City	34	9	2	23	20
27	Blackpool Borough	34	9	1	24	19
28	Batley	34	6	2	26	14
29	Doncaster	34	6	0	28	12
30	Whitehaven	34	4	2	28	10

Play-offs

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Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



St Helens	35

Warrington	7
		St Helens	15

		Oldham	10
Workington Town	6

Oldham	7
				St Helens	14

				Hull Kingston Rovers	6
Castleford	10

Hull Kingston Rovers	13
		Hull Kingston Rovers	10

		Wakefield Trinity	9
Wakefield Trinity	36

Hull	6
						St Helens	35

						Halifax	12
Wigan	27

Widnes	10
		Wigan	22

		Leeds	5
Leeds	19

Huddersfield	7
				Wigan	12

				Halifax	25
Bradford Northern	7

Halifax	21
		Halifax	33

		Swinton	2
Swinton	43

Featherstone Rovers	2

Final

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The 1966 Championship Final was played betweenHalifax andSt. Helens on Saturday, 28 May 1966 atStation Road Ground before a crowd of 30,634.^[4] St Helens won 35–12 with theirhat trick-scoring prop forward,Albert Halsall being awarded theHarry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.

28 May 1966

St Helens	35 – 12	Halifax
Tries: Killeen (3), Halsall (3), A. Barrow Goals: Killeen (6), Murphy	^[5]^[6]	Tries: Baker, Fogerty Goals: Cooper (3)

Station Road, Swinton
Attendance: 30,634
Referee: J. Manley (Warrington)
Player of the Match:Albert Halsall

St Helens	Number	Halifax
	Teams
Frank Barrow	1	Barrie Cooper
Tony Barrow	2	Dave Jones
Alex Murphy	3	John Burnett
Billy Benyon	4	Colin Dixon
Len Killeen	5	Johnny Freeman
Peter Harvey	6	Barry Robinson
Tommy Bishop	7	Gordon Baker
Albert Halsall	8	Ken Roberts
Bill Sayer	9	Dave Harrison
Cliff Watson	10	Jack Scroby
Ray French	11	Terry Ramshaw
John Warlow	12	Terry Fogerty
John Mantle	13	Charlie Renilson
	Subs
Bob Prosser	14	Rodney Eastwood
Jeff Hitchen (for Warlow)	15	Hugh Duffy (for Ramshaw)

Joe Coan	Coach	Albert Fearnley

Challenge Cup

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Main article:1965–66 Challenge Cup

St Helens had reached the final by beating Wakefield Trinity 10–0 away on 26 February in round one; Swinton 16–4 at home on 19 March in round two; Hull Kingston Rovers 12–10 at home on 2 April in round three and Dewsbury 12–5 on neutral ground on 16 April in the semi-final.^[7]

Wigan had reached the final by beating Halifax 9–4 at home on 26 February in round one; Whitehaven 40–6 at home on 19 March in round two; Bradford Northern 15–6 away on 6 April in round three and Leeds 7–2 in the semi-final at Huddersfield on 23 April.

The Challenge Cup final was played atWembley Stadium,London on 21 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 98,536. Prime MinisterHarold Wilson was introduced to the players before kick-off.^[8] St Helens led 9–2 at half time and went on to defeat Wigan 21–2. Saints' scorers wereJohn Mantle (1 try),Tommy Bishop (1 try),Len Killeen (1 try, 5 goals), andAlex Murphy (1 goal). Wigan's scorer wasLaurie Gilfedder (1 goal). This was St Helens' third Cup final win in seven final appearances.^[9]

County cups

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Main article:1965–66 Lancashire Cup

Main article:1965–66 Yorkshire Cup

Warrington beatRochdale Hornets 16–5 to win theLancashire Cup, andBradford Northern beatHunslet 17–8 to win theYorkshire Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

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Main article:1965–66 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

TheBBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners wereCastleford who beatSt. Helens 4–0 in the final.^[10]

References

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In-line

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^^a ^bTop ten: Rugby league rules,Rugby League World, Aug 2009: 61
^Bottom ten: Rugby league rules,Rugby League World, Aug 2009: 62
^Fletcher, Raymond; David Howes (1995).Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 468.ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^"St Helens 35 def. Halifax RLFC 12".rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved8 December 2012.
^"St. Helens 35-12 Halifax - 28.05.1966".Rugby League Records. Retrieved4 May 2025.
^"St. Helens 35 Halifax 12".Saints Heritage Society. Retrieved4 May 2025.
^"Saints Heritage Site Season records".Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved2009-08-07.
^"Rugby League - Challenge Cup Final - Wigan v St. Helens - Wembley Stadium".friendsreunited.com. Friends Reunited Limited. Archived fromthe original on 2013-10-13. Retrieved13 October 2013.
^"RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived fromthe original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved2009-08-07.
^"1965-66 Season summary".Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved2009-08-08.

General

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de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009),Rugby League World, no. 340, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009),ISSN 1466-0105{{citation}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)

Sources

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Saxton, Irvin (ed.).History of Rugby League: No.71 1965–1966. League Publications.
1965-66 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

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1Frank Barrow 2Tony Barrow 3Alex Murphy 4Billy Benyon 5Len Killeen 6Peter Harvey 7Tommy Bishop 8Albert Halsall 9Bill Sayer 10Cliff Watson 11Ray French 12John Warlow 13John Mantle (unused) 14Bob Prosser (unused) 15Jeff Hitchen Coach:Joe Coen

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