This was the seventeenth season for the League Cup, known as the John Player Special Trophy for sponsorship purposes.
St. Helens won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 15-14.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan.
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-six Blackpool Borough moved to Springfield Park in Wigan and renamed as Springfield Borough [1][2] [3] Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs [3] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs [11] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs [12] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs [13] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs [14][15][16] 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 * Heworth are a Junior (amateur) club from York[17] 2 * Thatto Heath are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens[18] 3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] give score as 38-2 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 37-2 4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] give Halifax at home but Wigan official archives[2] gives Keighley at home but with a reference that the game was played at Thrum Hall, the home of Halifax 5 * 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