1967–68 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

The 1967–68 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the third occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.

Castleford won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 8-5

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,716 and receipts were £2,099

This was the third of Castleford's three victories in successive seasons in the first three Floodlit competitions

Background
This season the original eight invitees plus the  three "newcomers" from  last season (Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Salford) are joined by a further seven clubs.

These are Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull FC, Hull Kingston Rovers, Keighley, Wakefield Trinity and Wigan and bring the total of entrants up to eighteen.

This involved the introduction of a preliminary knock-out round on a knock-out basis, to reduce the  numbers to sixteen, followed by a straightforward knock out competition.

Preliminary round
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Round 1 – first round
Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Round 1 – replays
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Round 2 – quarter finals
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Round 2 – quarter finals – replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Round 3 – semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes and comments
1 * Hull F.C. join the competition and play first game in the competition

2 * Hull Kingston Rovers join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition

3 * Halifax join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition

4 * Huddersfield join the competition and play first game in the competition

5 * Wigan join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition

6 * Keighley join the competition and play first game in the competition

7 * Warrington, one of the ten original competitors in 1965-66, win their first game in the  competition

8 * Wakefield Trinity join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition

9 * Leeds, one of the ten original competitors in 1965-66, win their first game in the  competition

10 * Postponed due to fog

11 * match on TV

12 * The  first of only two occasions on which the  BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was played on a neutral ground

13 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.