This was the fourth season for the League Cup, which was again known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 3–2.
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.
[1][2][3] The first round consisted of the 30 Rugby Football League professional clubs, plus two amateur teams from the Castleford area, Lock Lane and Kippax White Swan.
[16] [18] As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season was as follows:[19]