Castleford won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 12-4 (away from home on the opponent's own ground) The match was played at Hilton Park, Leigh, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
The attendance was 5,402, and the receipts were £2.793 Castleford had won the first three BBC2 Floodlit Trophy finals, this brought the wins up to four This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two.
The format remained as used in last season's tournament, i.e. as a knock-out competition from the preliminary round through to the final.
The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.
The final capacity was in the region of 11,000, much less than the record attendance of 31,326, set in 1953 for a Challenge Cup match v St. Helens