1971–72 Yorkshire Cup

The 1971–72 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-fourth occasion on which the RFL Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1971–72 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14 or 15
WinnersHull Kingston Rovers
Runners-upCastleford

Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 11-7. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,536 and receipts were £1,589. The attendance was a Yorkshire Cup final record, the lowest ever, a record which would never be beaten. This is the second time in four seasons that Castleford, (who have never won the trophy, to date) finished as runner-up.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved either 6 or 7 matches (with one or two byes) and either 14 or 15 Clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 31 Jul 1971Castleford24-5BatleyWheldon Road
2Sat 31 Jul 1971Hull F.C.9-2Featherstone RoversBoulevard[3]
3Sun 1 Aug 1971Doncaster12-4Bradford NorthernBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
4Sun 1 Aug 1971Halifax19-10YorkThrum Hall
5Sun 1 Aug 1971Hunslet10-17KeighleyParkside
6Sun 1 Aug 1971Wakefield Trinity11-4HuddersfieldBelle Vue[4]
7BramleyBYELeeds (Did not compete)2
8Hull Kingston RoversBYEDewsbury (Did not compete)2

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Fri 6 Aug 1971Castleford13-10Wakefield TrinityWheldon Road[4]
2Fri 6 Aug 1971Keighley16-12Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane[3]
3Sun 8 Aug 1971Bramley18-12HalifaxMcLaren Field
4Sun 8 Aug 1971Doncaster14-24Hull Kingston RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Fri 13 Aug 1971Castleford12-7KeighleyWheldon Road[4]
2Sun 15 Aug 1971Hull Kingston Rovers25-6BramleyCraven Park (1)

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 21 August 1971Hull Kingston Rovers11-7CastlefordBelle Vue5,536£1,5892[5][6]

Teams and scorers
Hull Kingston Rovers № Castleford
Teams
Ian Markham1Derek Edwards
Mike Stephenson2Derek Foster
Phil lip "Phil" Coupland3Steve 'Knocker' Norton
George Kirkpatrick4Keith Worsley
Paul Longstaff5Alan Lowndes
Roger Millward (c)6Danny Hargrave
Paul Daley7Gary Stephens
Steve Wiley8Dennis Hartley
Peter Flanagan9Tony Miller
John Millington10Ian Van Bellen
Cliff Wallis11Brian Lockwood
Eric Palmer12Alan Dickinson
Joe Brown13Graham Blakeway
John Moore14Glyn Jones
Colin Cooper (for Eric Palmer)15Alan Ackroyd (for Ian Van Bellen)
Johnny WhiteleyCoachHarry Poole
11score7
7HT3
Scorers
Tries
Paul Longstaff (1)TDerek Foster (1)
Goals
Roger Millward (4)GAlan Ackroyd (2)
RefereeAlexander Givvons, Jr. (Oldham)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchIan Markham - Hull KR - Fullback
Sponsored by

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Doncaster 12
Bradford Northern 4
Doncaster 14
Hull Kingston Rovers 24
Hull Kingston Rovers
??
Hull Kingston Rovers 25
Bramley 6
Bramley
??
Bramley 18
Halifax 12
Halifax 19
York 10
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Castleford 7
Castleford 24
Batley 5
Castleford 13
Wakefield Trinity 10
Wakefield Trinity 11
Huddersfield 4
Castleford 12
Keighley 7
Hunslet 10
Keighley 17
Keighley 16
Hull F.C. 12
Hull F.C. 9
Featherstone Rovers 2

Notes and comments

1 * Leeds did not take part this season due to a dispute with the Yorkshire County Committee.[7]

2 * Bramley and Hull Kingston Rovers proceeded to the second round, whereas Dewsbury did not, however I am unable to find any record of these teams for the first round. Can anyone help

3 * 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. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. 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.
  5. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  7. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1974–75. Queen Anne Press.
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