Leeds won the trophy, beating Widnes by the score of 18-10 in the final.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan and the attendance was 9,510.
This season saw one change in the entrants, Kent Invicta joined the league and also the competition, the number of entrants now rising to thirty-four The preliminary round now increased to two matches and involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers of entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two Unfortunately, early in the season Bramley went into administration, and although they survived, during this period of administration they withdrew from this competition, leaving Hull Kingston Rovers with a bye in the first round.
[1][2] [3] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs [3] Involved 15 matches with one bye and 31 Clubs Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs [10] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs [11] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs [11] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs [12][13][14] Scoring - Try = four 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 is as follows :- Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season.
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures 1 * This match had been chosen for Saturday BBC coverage but was cancelled and moved to Sunday at two days notice due to Industrial Action at the BBC[2] 2 * Kent Invicta's record crowd 3 * 3 dropped goals 4 * Bramley withdrew from this competition while in liquidation[12][13] 5 * highest score (and highest away score) o date between two professional clubs 6 * Wigan official archives[10] state the home team are Leigh, an obvious printing error as earlier in the same fixture list Leigh are away at CarlisleCarlisle 7 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959