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 [12] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs [12] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs [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 * (NDLB) National Dock Labour Board are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull 2 * Wigan official archives[4] gives the score as 3-18 but RugbyleaguePROJECTS,[1] Rothmans Yearbook 1991-92[14] and the News of the World/Empire News ANNUAL OF 1978–79[3] give it as 4-18 3 * Wigan official archives[4] gives the score as 24-3 but RugbyleaguePROJECTS,[1] Wakefield until I die[6] and the News of the World/Empire News Annual 1978–79[3] give it as 24-5 4 * Cawoods were a Junior (amateur) club from Hull 5 * Cawoods became the first amateur team to beat a professional team in a Rugby League cup tie since 1909 6 * Wigan official archives[4] gives the score as 23-6 but RugbyleaguePROJECTS,[1] Widnes official archives[10] and the News of the World/Empire News annual 1978–79[3] give it as 22-6 7 * Wigan First Team Players continued with their strike over a bonus payment for the JP second round win over New Hunslet.
Wigan chairman Ken Broome issued a statement[12] saying "The situation is bordering on ridiculous.
The actual dispute was over just £5 a man, the club having increased the bonus offer from £55 to £70 but the players wanted £75.
The final capacity was 17,500 although the record attendance was 35,695 set on 26 December 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan.