The League Cup was again known as the John Player Special Trophy this season for sponsorship reasons.
Wigan won the final, beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 11-8.
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures 1 * Jubilee Hotel are a Junior (amateur) club from Featherstone 2 * West Hull are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull 3 * highest score, highest score by away team, and highest winning margin - all between professional clubs, to date 4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Huddersfield Heritage[6] give the score as 20-10 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 20-18 5 * Mansfield Marksman have moved from Mansfield and are now playing at North Street, Alfreston 6 * Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C.
with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland).
The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903-04 season