This was the fifth season for the League Cup, known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.
by the score of 19–13 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.
[1][2][3] [4] Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs [11] Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs [11] Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs [11] [12][13][14][15] 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:[16] This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures 1 * Mayfield are a Junior (amateur) club from Rochdale 2 * Although Mayfield were drawn at home, the match was moved to Salford 3 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbooks 1990-1991 [12] and 1991-92[13] and Wigan official archives[2] give the score as 3-57, but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77[3] give it as 3-53 4 * Pilkington Recs are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens, home ground was City Road until they moved to Ruskin Drive from 2011 to 2012 5 * Wigan official archives[2] gives the score as 25-8 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] gives it as 28-8 6 * Wigan official archives[2] gives the score as 23-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77[3] give it as 23-8 7 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000.
The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.