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Season Summary
1977/78

No Season Commentary was found for the 1977/78 season.

Final League Table

League Division 1

1977/78

Team P W D L Pts
Widnes 30 24 2 4 50
Bradford Northern 29 21 2 6 44*
St Helens 30 22 1 7 45
Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16 3 11 35
Wigan R.L.F.C. 30 17 1 12 35
Salford R.L.F.C. 30 16 0 14 32
Featherstone Rovers 29 15 2 12 32*
Leeds R.L.F.C. 30 15 1 14 31
Warrington R.L.F.C. 30 15 0 15 30
Castleford R.L.F.C. 30 13 2 15 28
Workington Town 30 11 4 15 26
Wakefield Trinity 30 12 1 17 25
Hull F.C. 30 10 3 17 23
New Hunslet 30 11 0 19 22
Bramley 30 5 4 21 14
Dewsbury R.L.F.C. 30 2 2 26 6

Key:

Top Performers
1977/78

Top Points Scorers
Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd
Heritage No. 532
Goals: 102 @ 2 pts
Drop-goals: 2 @ 1 pt
206 pts
 
Top Try Scorer
Steve Fenton
Heritage No. 560
29 @ 3 pts
 
Top Goal Scorer
Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd
Heritage No. 532
102 @ 2 pts
 
Most Appearances
Bruce Burton
Heritage No. 577
45

All Members of the Squad Who Made an Appearance for Castleford R.L.F.C.

And the Points they Scored
Between 30/07/1977 and 29/07/1978

35 Players Found For This Period
Name Club
Heritage
Number 		DoB Debut
-
Last Match Played In 		Apps
(Sub)
Photograph of the Player Ian D "Joe" Battye 586 - 30/09/1977
-
04/04/1979 		3
(3)
Tries: 1 @ 3 pts. 3 pts
Photograph of the Player David Briggs 587 - 04/12/1977
-
27/08/1978 		16
(2)
Photograph of the Player Trevor Briggs 493 03/12/1945 16/10/1965
-
11/11/1977 		5
(5)
Notes: Castleford Captain 1973-74 and 1974-75. Player of the Year 1974
Photograph of the Player John Burke 584 10/01/1948 11/04/1977
-
11/09/1977 		4
(0)
Tries: 1 @ 3 pts. 3 pts
Photograph of the Player Bruce Burton 577 - 18/01/1976
-
30/03/1980 		45
(0)
Tries: 27 @ 3 pts. Goals: 30 @ 2 pts. Drop-goals: 1 @ 1 pt. 142 pts
Notes: White Rose Trophy Winner v Featherstone Rovers in the Yorkshire Cup Final 15/10/1977.
Photograph of the Player George Claughton 544 - 27/12/1971
-
29/08/1982 		22
(1)
Tries: 7 @ 3 pts. 21 pts
Photograph of the Player Peter Cookland 570 - 05/09/1975
-
02/04/1978 		12
(2)
Tries: 2 @ 3 pts. 6 pts
Photograph of the Player James "Jimmy" Crampton 591 - 27/01/1978
-
12/05/1984 		5
(0)
Photograph of the Player Alan Dickinson 542 - 30/07/1971
-
03/12/1978 		7
(0)
Notes: Brother of Frank Dickinson (29/9/1962 - 5/10/1963).
Photograph of the Player Steve Fenton 560 - 11/09/1974
-
16/11/1986 		41
(0)
Tries: 29 @ 3 pts. 87 pts
Photograph of the Player Tony Fisher 571 - 21/09/1975
-
11/12/1977 		15
(0)
Photograph of the Player Alan Hardy 568 - 14/03/1975
-
20/11/1983 		9
(6)
Photograph of the Player James "Sid" Huddlestone 552 - 15/10/1972
-
05/04/1980 		18
(4)
Tries: 4 @ 3 pts. 12 pts
Photograph of the Player Philip "Phil" Johnson 526 - 31/10/1969
-
25/03/1981 		42
(0)
Tries: 13 @ 3 pts. 39 pts
Notes: Brother of Peter Johnson (20/3/1976 - 26/12/1978).
Photograph of the Player John Joyner 551 15/05/1955 01/09/1972
-
20/04/1992 		33
(0)
Tries: 15 @ 3 pts. 45 pts
Notes: Castleford Captain 1981-1982 and 1985-1989.
Photograph of the Player John Kain 582 - 18/02/1977
-
23/04/1978 		6
(6)
Tries: 1 @ 3 pts. 3 pts
Photograph of the Player Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd 532 11/09/1951 30/03/1970
-
02/04/1978 		32
(0)
Goals: 102 @ 2 pts. Drop-goals: 2 @ 1 pt. 206 pts
Photograph of the Player Geoffrey "Geoff" Morris 565 - 15/12/1974
-
28/04/1982 		7
(8)
Tries: 2 @ 3 pts. 6 pts
Photograph of the Player Ray Newton 537 - 28/11/1970
-
05/10/1977 		3
(1)
Tries: 1 @ 3 pts. 3 pts
Photograph of the Player Paul Norton 588 - 04/12/1977
-
31/10/1982 		13
(1)
Tries: 1 @ 3 pts. Goals: 1 @ 2 pts. 5 pts
Photograph of the Player Paul Orr 578 - 06/02/1976
-
11/10/1981 		21
(1)
Tries: 3 @ 3 pts. Goals: 8 @ 2 pts. 25 pts
Notes: Father of Danny Orr (16/3/1997 - 8/9/2012).
Photograph of the Player Arthur Oulton 583 - 06/03/1977
-
21/08/1977 		1
(0)
Photograph of the Player Clive Pickerill 574 - 17/10/1975
-
30/03/1978 		11
(0)
Tries: 1 @ 3 pts. 3 pts
Photograph of the Player Malcolm Reilly 512 19/01/1948 30/09/1967
-
06/04/1986 		36
(1)
Tries: 7 @ 3 pts. 21 pts
Notes: Lance Todd Trophy Winner v Salford in the Challenge Cup Final on 17/5/1969. Left the Club in 1971 (last match 23/1/1971). Re-signed for the Club in 1974 (first match 25/10/1974). Castleford Captain 1974 - 1975. Awarded an OBE in the Queen's 1991 Birthday Honours List. Inaugurated into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2014.
Photograph of the Player Terry Richardson 556 - 15/12/1973
-
24/04/1983 		28
(0)
Tries: 16 @ 3 pts. 48 pts
Photograph of the Player Gary Robbins 592 - 23/04/1978
-
25/03/1979 		0
(1)
Photograph of the Player David "Dave" Sampson 590 06/08/1944 22/01/1978
-
05/10/1980 		15
(1)
Notes: Father of Dean Sampson (30/8/1987 - 13/3/2005).
Photograph of the Player Nigel Smith 589 - 18/12/1977
-
26/02/1978 		2
(0)
Photograph of the Player Robert "Bob" Spurr 518 - 10/01/1969
-
06/03/1983 		19
(0)
Tries: 1 @ 3 pts. 3 pts
Photograph of the Player Gary Stephens 525 25/08/1952 10/10/1969
-
19/10/1980 		33
(1)
Tries: 7 @ 3 pts. 21 pts
Notes: Castleford Captain 1977 - 1980. Father of Gareth Stephens (21/8/1994 - 4/2/1996).
Photograph of the Player Graham Tyreman 567 - 15/02/1975
-
13/05/1979 		18
(5)
Tries: 3 @ 3 pts. 9 pts
Photograph of the Player Jamie Walsh 563 - 29/11/1974
-
22/11/1981 		1
(0)
Notes: Brother of John Walsh (2/10/1970 - 5/10/1971).
Photograph of the Player Alfred "Alf" Weston 585 - 24/04/1977
-
11/12/1977 		16
(2)
Tries: 2 @ 3 pts. 6 pts
Photograph of the Player Derek Woodall 548 - 27/02/1972
-
01/03/1980 		11
(9)
Photograph of the Player Geoffrey "Geoff" Wraith 572 - 24/09/1975
-
06/03/1983 		35
(2)
Tries: 2 @ 3 pts. 6 pts
Totals Tries: 146. Goals: 141. Drop-Goals: 3. 585
(62)
The Debut Date is highlighted in bold for Players who made their debut within the specified Date Range

Performance in All Competitions

by Castleford R.L.F.C.

For The Period 30/07/1977 - 29/07/1978

Competition P W D L For Agnst
Yorkshire Cup 4 4 0 0 66 33
League Division 1 30 13 2 15 515 583
John Player Trophy 2 1 0 1 32 26
B.B.C. Floodlit Trophy 3 2 0 1 29 40
Void Match 1 1 0 0 7 5
Challenge Cup 5 2 2 1 74 76
Total 45 23 4 18 723 763

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