1974–75 Yorkshire Cup

The 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1974–75 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHull Kingston Rovers
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 16-13

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,823 and receipts were £3,090

It was also the second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat

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

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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 30 Aug 1974Castleford13-19YorkWheldon Road1778
2Fri 30 Aug 1974Hull Kingston Rovers16-0BatleyCraven Park (1)3151
3Sat 31 Aug 1974Leeds16-5KeighleyHeadingley3410
4Sun 1 Sep 1974Bradford Northern49-5HuddersfieldOdsal4003
5Sun 1 Sep 1974Bramley52-17DoncasterMcLaren Field800
6Sun 1 Sep 1974Dewsbury12-15Featherstone RoversCrown Flatt3320
7Sun 1 Sep 1974New Hunslet14-17Hull F.C.Elland Road Greyhound Stadium20001[5]
8Sun 1 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity22-12HalifaxBelle Vue2500

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 4 Sep 1974Hull Kingston Rovers23-10BramleyCraven Park (1)30862
2Tue 10 Sep 1974Hull F.C.12-8LeedsBoulevard40003[5]
3Thu 12 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity24-14Featherstone RoversBelle Vue3300
4Thu 19 Sep 1974York4-26Bradford NorthernClarence Street2576

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 24 Sep 1974Bradford Northern16-16Hull Kingston RoversOdsal2942
2Tue 1 Oct 1974Hull F.C.6-8Wakefield TrinityBoulevard4250[5]

Semi-final - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 2 Oct 1974Hull Kingston Rovers5-3Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)4047

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 26 October 1974Hull Kingston Rovers16-13Wakefield TrinityHeadingley5,823£3,0904[6][7][4]

Teams and scorers

[7][2]

Hull Kingston Rovers Wakefield Trinity
teams
Robert Smithies1Les Sheard
Clive Sullivan2David Smith
Bernard Watson3Terry "TC" Crook
Phillip "Phil" Coupland4John Hegarty
George Kirkpatrick5John Archer
Roger Millward (c)6David Topliss
Mike Stephenson7Joseph "Joe" Bonnar
John Millington8George Ballantyne
Dave Heslop9Raymond Handscombe
Paul Rose10Roy Bratt
Cliff Wallis11Trevor Skerrett
Neil Fox12Alan Tonks
Joseph "Joe" Brown13Mick Morgan (c)
Gerald "Ged" Dunn (for Clive Sullivan)14Neil Goodwin (for Alan Tonks)
Ian Madley (for Neil Fox)15Ernest Holmes (for Neil Goodwin)
??CoachPeter Fox
16score13
5HT7
Scorers
Tries
Gerald "Ged" Dunn (1)TDavid Smith (1)
Bernard Watson (2)TJohn Hegarty (1)
George Kirkpatrick (1)TRoy Bratt (1)
Goals
Neil Fox (2)GTerry "TC" Crook (2)
RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchRoger Millward - Hull KR - stand-off
sponsored by
Competition SponsorEsso

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Castleford 13
York 19
York 4
Bradford Northern 26
Bradford Northern 49
Huddersfield 5
Bradford Northern 16 (3)
Hull Kingston Rovers 16 (5)
Hull Kingston Rovers 16
Batley 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 23
Bramley 10
Bramley 52
Doncaster 17
Hull Kingston Rovers 16
Wakefield Trinity 13
New Hunslet 14
Hull F.C. 17
Hull F.C. 12
Leeds 8
Leeds 16
Keighley 5
Hull F.C. 6
Wakefield Trinity 8
Wakefield Trinity 22
Halifax 12
Wakefield Trinity 24
Featherstone Rovers 14
Dewsbury 12
Featherstone Rovers 15

Notes and comments

1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match played at this Elland Road Greyhound Stadium

2 * The score is given incorrectly as 0-10 by the John Player yearbook 1975–76[2] but as 23-10 by the RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and others

3 * The date is given as Wednesday 11 September by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but by the official Hull[5] archives as Tuesday 10 September.

4 * 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. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1975). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1974). News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year. News of the World Ltd.
  4. Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1975). News of the World Football Annual 1975–76 - 89th year. News of the World Ltd.
  5. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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