1968 Yorkshire Cup

1968–69 Yorkshire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Teams 16
Winners Leeds
Runners-up Castleford

The 1968 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 22-11. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,573 and receipts were £3,746.

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 sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results[1][2]

[3][4]

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
1Fri 6 Sep 1968Doncaster7-13HalifaxBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
2Sat 7 Sep 1968Batley12-11YorkMount Pleasant
3Sat 7 Sep 1968Bramley5-24Bradford NorthernMcLaren Field
4Sat 7 Sep 1968Dewsbury5-6CastlefordCrown Flatt
5Sat 7 Sep 1968Hull F.C.9-30LeedsBoulevard[5]
6Sat 7 Sep 1968Hunslet19-11HuddersfieldParkside1,500[4]
7Sat 7 Sep 1968Wakefield Trinity18-30Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue1[6]
8Sun 8 Sep 1968Featherstone Rovers21-10KeighleyPost Office Road

Round 2 - Quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 16 Sep 1968Hunslet5-5CastlefordParkside
2Tue 17 Sep 1968Featherstone Rovers10-18LeedsPost Office Road
3Tue 17 Sep 1968Halifax14-10Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall
4Wed 18 Sep 1968Bradford Northern17-8BatleyOdsal

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 18 Sep 1968Castleford33-18HunsletWheldon Road

Round 3 – Semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 29 Sep 1968Bradford Northern15-16CastlefordOdsal
2Thu 3 Oct 1968Halifax5-12LeedsThrum Hall

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 19 October 1968Leeds22-11CastlefordBelle Vue12,573£3,7462[7][8]

Teams and scorers[8]

Leeds № Castleford
teams
Bev Risman1Derek Edwards
Alan Smith2Keith Howe
Syd Hynes3Ronald Hill
Bernard Watson4Tony Thomas
John Atkinson5David Stephens
Mick Shoebottom6Alan Hardisty (c)
Barry Seabourne7Danny Hargrave
Mick Clark (c)8Dennis Hartley
Tony Crosby9Clive Dickinson
Kenny Eyre10John Ward
Bill Ramsey11Peter Small
Albert Eyre12Brian Lockwood
Ray Batten13Malcolm "Mal" Reilly
John Langley14Glyn Jones
David Hick (for Bill Ramsey)15Michael Redfearn (for Brian Lockwood)
Roy FrancisCoachDerek Turner
22score11
10HT8
Scorers
Tries
Alan Smith (1)TRonald Hill (1)
Bernard Watson (1)T
John Atkinson (1)T
David Hick (1)T
Goals
Bev Risman (5)GRonald Hill (2)
GAlan Hardisty (2)
RefereeJoe Manley (Warrington)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchBarry Seabourne - Leeds - Scrum-half/Halfback
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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
            
Bradford
Bramley
Bradford
Leeds
Wakefield Trinity
Leeds
Bradford
Keighley
Keighley
New Blackpool
Keighley
York
York
Batley
Bradford 8
Hull Kingston Rovers 5
Hull Kingston Rovers
Pontefract
Hull Kingston Rovers
Huddersfield
Dewsbury
Huddersfield
Hull Kingston Rovers
Halifax
Hull
Halifax
Halifax
Hunslet
Hunslet
bye

Notes and comments

  1. The score in this match is given as 18-30 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but in "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"[6] the score is given as 18-40 and is further described in the book as "Trinity's heaviest defeat at home in County Cup football and the highest score by any opponent on Trinity's ground for 10 years"
  2. Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield

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. ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ↑ HC&AC Committee (1969). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1969 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  4. 1 2 "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1969" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. 1 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.
  7. ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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