Quote: Walshovski "October and November 1955, the television company Associated Rediffusion persuaded eight teams - Fev, Hudds, Hunslet, Leigh, Oldham, Wakey, Warrington and Wigan to take part in a knockout floodlit competition on various London soccer grounds where the necessary [floodlit] equipment had been installed, for a trophy which Wire won beating Leigh 43-18 at QPR. Like the earlier matches, this one couldn't be seen in the north because ITV, still in its infancy, didn't yet reach that far from the capital. RL was in short being used in exchange for £400 to each of the competing clubs as part of independent televisions early experiments with a rag bag of outside entertainments, along with all in wrestling.
Page 246 of Geoffrey Moorhouse's official history of rugby league.'"
I remember the old floodlit competition on the BBC it was played during the week I think some good games on their when all the teams were part time and most had jobs has well has playing 2 times a week
