1989 Yorkshire Cup

1989 Yorkshire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 18
Winners Bradford Northern
Runners-up Featherstone Rovers
< 1988 Seasons 1990 >

The 1989 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Bradford Northern won the trophy for the second time in three years, this time by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 20-14
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,607 and receipts were £50,775
For the first time, both semi-final matches resulted in draws, both requiring a replay.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at eighteen.
This in turn resulted in the necessity to continue with a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.

Competition and Results[1][2]

Preliminary Round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P1Sun 27 Aug 1989Dewsbury18-17Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt2246
P2Sun 27 Aug 1989Nottingham City6-56Hull F.C.Harvey Hadden Stadium902[3]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 17 Sep 1989Batley5-36Sheffield EaglesMount Pleasant1299
2Sun 17 Sep 1989Bramley12-54Hull KRMcLaren Field1545
3Sun 17 Sep 1989Dewsbury7-22HalifaxCrown Flatt3604
4Sun 17 Sep 1989Doncaster23-4HuddersfieldBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield2341
5Sun 17 Sep 1989Featherstone Rovers86-18KeighleyPost Office Road22092
6Sun 17 Sep 1989Hull F.C.20-10Ryedale-YorkBoulevard43173[3]
7Sun 17 Sep 1989Hunslet0-44CastlefordElland Road3180
8Sun 17 Sep 1989Leeds8-15Bradford NorthernHeadingley13214

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 27 Sep 1989Bradford Northern19-6Sheffield EaglesOdsal4210
2Wed 27 Sep 1989Castleford28-12Hull KRWheldon Road 6250
3Wed 27 Sep 1989Featherstone Rovers37-22DoncasterPost Office Road3526
4Wed 27 Sep 1989Halifax13-2Hull F.C.Thrum Hall8087[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 5 Oct 1989Halifax16-16Bradford NorthernThrum Hall9454
2Thu 12 Oct 1989Featherstone Rovers18-18CastlefordPost Office Road6227

Semi-Final - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R1Sun 15 Oct 1989Bradford Northern26-4HalifaxOdsal12748
R2Sun 22 Oct 1989Castleford26-28Featherstone RoversWheldon Road 9065

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 5 November 1989Bradford Northern20-14Featherstone RoversHeadingley12,607£50,7754[2][4][5]

Teams and Scorers[1][4]

Bradford Northern № Featherstone Rovers
teams
Ian Wilkinson1Chris Bibb
Gerry Cordle2Barry Drummond
Steve McGowan3Iva Ropati
Roger Simpson4Paul Newlove
Richard Francis5Alan Banks
Ivan Henjak6Ian Smales
Paul Harkin7Deryck Fox (c)
Kelvin Skerrett8Jeff Grayshon
Glenn Barraclough9Trevor Clark
Jon Hamer10Glenn Bell
David Hobbs (c)11Price
Karl Fairbank12Glen Booth
John Pendlebury13Peter Smith
Keith Mumby (for Ivan Henjak 13m)14Alan Dakin (for Glenn Bell 51m)
Paul Medley (for Jon Hamer 9m)15Andy Fisher (for Glen Booth 51m)
Ron WilleyCoachPeter Fox
20score14
12HT10
Scorers
Tries
Gerry Cordle (2)TIva Ropati (1)
Paul Harkin (2)TPeter Smith (1)
Goals
David Hobbs (2)GDeryck Fox (3)
Referee Robin Whitfield (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchPaul Harkin - Bradford Northern - scrum-half/halfback
sponsored by
Competition Sponsor John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Dewsbury 7
Halifax 22
Halifax 13
Hull F.C. 2
Hull F.C. 20
Ryedale-York 10
Halifax 16 (4)
Bradford Northern 16 (26)
Leeds 8
Bradford Northern 15
Bradford Northern 19
Sheffield Eagles 6
Batley 5
Sheffield Eagles 36
Bradford Northern 20
Featherstone Rovers 14
Featherstone Rovers 86
Keighley 16
Featherstone Rovers 37
Doncaster 22
Doncaster 23
Huddersfield 4
Featherstone Rovers 18 (28)
Castleford 18 (26)
Hunslet 0
Castleford 44
Castleford 28
Hull KR 12
Bramley 12
Hull KR 54

Notes and comments

1 * The second highest score in a Yorkshire Cup match to date
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.

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden).
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  3. 1 2 3 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. ↑ Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1989. YCRL Committee.

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