Warrington won the final, beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 27–16 in the match played at Central Park, Wigan.
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-two.
[1][2][3][4] [5] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs [12] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs NOTE - Matches in this round kicked off earlier to make maximum use of the daylight Use of Floodlights in sporting events was banned by government order from 15 November 1973 due to mining strikes [12] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Involved 1 match with 2 clubs [12] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs [13][14] Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season was as follows:[15] This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures 1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] states that the match was played at Bradford, whereas it was played at Lawkholme Lane, Keighley 2 * St Helens official archives[7] give the attendance as 2,500 whereas RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 3,000 3 * Dewsbury Celtic are a Junior (amateur) club from Dewsbury, home ground is Crow Nest Park 4 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75[3] and the News of the World Football Annual 1974–75[2] give the attendance as 1,250 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] give it as 1,276 5 * Millom are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria, current home ground is the Coronation Field ground 6 * The highest score, to date in the competition against a Junior club 7 * Widnes official archives[8] give the result as a Wiidnes win 8 * Wigan official archives[4] show a score of 30-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] give it as 20-5 9 * Matches kicked off Earlier to accommodate daylight.
Use of Floodlights was banned by government order from 15 November 1973 due to mining strikes.
10 * Wigan official archives[4] give score as 28-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] give it as 28-2 11 * Wigan's hooker (Colin Clarke) and two Keighley players (Wilmot and Burke) were sent off during this second half of this match.