1966 Yorkshire Cup
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 16 | |||
| Winners | Hull KR | |||
| Runners-up | Featherstone Rovers | |||
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The 1966 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull KR won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482
This was the first of two successive victories for Hull KR
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
Competition and results[1][2]
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 2 Sep 1966 | Castleford | 32-2 | Batley | Wheldon Road | |||||||
| 2 | Fri 2 Sep 1966 | Hunslet | 21-10 | Doncaster | Parkside | |||||||
| 3 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Dwesbury | 13-13 | Wakefield Trinity | Crown Flatt | [5] | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Featherstone Rovers | 50-15 | York | Post Office Road | |||||||
| 5 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Huddersfield | 8-4 | Bradford Northern | Fartown | 9,990 | [4] | |||||
| 6 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Hull F.C. | 20-24 | Hull KR | Boulevard | [6] | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Keighley | 16-30 | Halifax | Lawkholme Lane | |||||||
| 8 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Leeds | 18-20 | Bramley | Headingley | 1 |
Round 1 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Mon 5 Sep 1966 | Wakefield Trinity | 18-11 | Dewsbury | Belle Vue | [5] |
Round 2 - Quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 12 Sep 1966 | Huddersfield | 11-6 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | 7,473 | [5][4] | ||||
| 2 | Tue 13 Sep 1966 | Featherstone Rovers | 17-9 | Bramley | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 14 Sep 1966 | Castleford | 14-18 | Halifax | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 4 | Wed 14 Sep 1966 | Hunslet | 3-29 | Hull KR | Parkside |
Round 3 – Semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 26 Sep 1966 | Featherstone Rovers | 20-9 | Halifax | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 2 | Mon 26 Sep 1966 | Hull KR | 27-7 | Huddersfield | Craven Park (1) | 10,533 | [4] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 15 October 1966 | Hull KR | 25-12 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | 13,241 | £3,482 | 2 | [7][8] |
Teams and scorers
| Hull KR | № | Featherstone Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| 1 | Cyril Kellett | |
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| Peter Flanagan (position uncertain) | 9 | |
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| ?? | Coach | Laurie Gant |
| 25 | score | 12 |
| 17 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
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| Goals | ||
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| Drop Goals | ||
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| Referee | unknown | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Cyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - Fullback | |
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull KR | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull KR | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull KR | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dwesbury | 13 (11_ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 13 (18) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull KR | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * Bramley were now playing their home matches at a new venue, McLaren Field
2 * 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.
See also
- 1966-67 Northern Rugby Football League season
- Rugby league county cups
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
- ↑ HC&AC Committee (1967). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1967 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1967" (PDF).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ↑ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.