1969–70 Yorkshire Cup
The 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
| 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Hull F.C. |
| Runners-up | Featherstone Rovers |
Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 12-9
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,089 and receipts were £3,419
This was only Hull FC's second Yorkshire Cup win (the previous being in 1923) in thirteen Final appearances and in many quarters the club had been classed as "the bridesmaid but never the bride". It was also to be Featherstone Rovers's first of two successive final defeats
This was the last Yorkshire Cup final for 9 years in which the attendance would reach 10,000
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
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 | Sun 3 Aug 1969 | Dewsbury | 8-19 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt | 2,000 | [4] | ||||
| 2 | Wed 6 Aug 1969 | Bramley | 2-6 | Batley | McLaren Field | ||||||
| 3 | Thu 7 Aug 1969 | Halifax | 27-15 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 4 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 20-6 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | ||||||
| 5 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | York | 20-7 | Hunslet | Clarence Street | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Hull F.C. | 30-4 | Castleford | Boulevard | [5] | |||||
| 7 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Keighley | 4-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 8 | Sun 10 Aug 1969 | Doncaster | 18-20 | Featherstone Rovers | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield |
Round 2 - quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 15 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 44-6 | Halifax | Headingley | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Batley | 20-30 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 24-7 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road | 3,446 | [4] | ||||
| 4 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | York | 15-22 | Hull F.C. | Clarence Street | [5] |
Round 3 – semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 28 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 10-9 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 17-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | [5] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 20 September 1969 | Hull F.C. | 12-9 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | 11,089 | £3,419 | 1 | [5][6][7] |
Teams and scorers
| Hull | № | Featherstone Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Martin Owbridge | 1 | Cyril Kellett |
| Clive Sullivan | 2 | John Newlove |
| Dick Gemmell (c) | 3 | Gary Jordan |
| John Maloney | 4 | Michael "Mick" Smith |
| Alf Macklin | 5 | David "Dave" Hartley |
| Brian Hancock | 6 | David Kellett |
| Chris Davidson | 7 | Steve Nash |
| Mick Harrison | 8 | Les Tonks |
| Alan McGlone | 9 | Vince Farrar |
| Jim Macklin | 10 | Steve Lyons |
| Thomas "Tom" Kirchin | 11 | Arnold Morgan |
| Chris Forster | 12 | James "Jimmy" Thompson |
| Joe Brown | 13 | Tommy Smales |
| ?? | 14 | Terry Hudson (for Dave Hartley) |
| ?? | 15 | ?? |
| Johnny Whiteley | Coach | Laurie Gant |
| 12 | score | 9 |
| 2 | HT | 4 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Clive Sullivan (1) | T | Steve Nash (1) |
| Jim Macklin (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| John Maloney (2) | G | Cyril Kellett (3) |
| Joe Brown (1) | G | |
| Referee | Richard Llewellyn "Dickie" /"Dicky" Thomas (Oldham) | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Joe Brown - Hull - loose forward | |
| sponsored by | ||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * 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)
References
- "Rugby League Project".
- Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
- HC&AC Committee (1970). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1970 (price 2/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
- "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1970" (PDF).
- "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.