Castleford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7-2 The match was played at Wheldon Road, Castleford, now in West Yorkshire.
The attendance was 8,986 and receipts were £1,692 This was to be the second of Castleford's three victories in successive seasons in the first three Floodlit competitions This season the original eight invitees were joined by Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Salford bringing the total of entrants up to eleven, an increase of three.
This involved the introduction of a preliminary knock-out round on a two legged home and away basis, to reduce the numbers to eight, followed by a mini-league and with the semi-finals and final stages again being on a knock out basis.
[1] Involved 3 matches and 6 Clubs Involved 3 matches and 6 Clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs Involved 4 matches with the same 8 clubs - but NOT reverse fixtures Pos = Finishing position P = Games played W = Wins D = Drqw L = Lose PF = Points scored PA = Points against Pts = League points PD = Points scored difference The rules stated that the four clubs with the greatest total winning margins were to qualify, and proceed, to the semi-final.
The four clubs in this case were Castleford, Widnes, Swinton and Barrow Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points [6] 1 * Rochdale Hornets join the competition and play first game in the competition 2 * Salford join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition 3 * At the time this was the highest score, highest aggregate score and greatest winning margin, but to be broken three weeks later 4 * Rochdale Hornets play their first game at home in the competition 5 * At the time this was the highest score, highest aggregate score and greatest winning margin 6 * Barrow join the competition and play first game in the competition 7 * Barrow play their first game at home in the competition 8 * Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford.