1978–79 Yorkshire Cup

The 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1978–79 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersBradford Northern
Runners-upYork

Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating York by the score of 18-8

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 10,429 and receipts were £9,188

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]

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
1Sun 20 Aug 1978Batley8-24HalifaxMount Pleasant
2Sun 20 Aug 1978Bradford Northern24-23LeedsOdsal
3Sun 20 Aug 1978Bramley4-13Hull F.C.McLaren Field[2]
4Sun 20 Aug 1978Castleford18-11DewsburyWheldon Road
5Sun 20 Aug 1978Doncaster5-20KeighleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
6Sun 20 Aug 1978Featherstone Rovers23-8HuddersfieldPost Office Road
7Sun 20 Aug 1978Wakefield Trinity11-16Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue
8Sun 20 Aug 1978York25-19New HunsletClarence Street

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 27 Aug 1978Bradford Northern28-17Hull Kingston RoversOdsal
2Sun 27 Aug 1978Featherstone Rovers8-20Hull F.C.Post Office Road[2]
3Sun 27 Aug 1978Halifax20-8CastlefordThrum Hall
4Sun 27 Aug 1978York13-6KeighleyClarence Street

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 13 Sep 1978Bradford Northern12-7Hull F.C.Odsal[2]
2Tue 19 Sep 1978Halifax2-4YorkThrum Hall

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 28 October 1978Bradford Northern18-8YorkHeadingley10,429£9,1881[3][4]

Teams and scorers

[4]

Bradford Northern York
teams
Keith Mumby1Gary Smith
David Barends2Terry Morgan
Les Gant3Terry Day
Derrick Parker4Derek Foster
David Redfearn5Gary Nicholson
Ian Slater6Barry Banks
Alan Redfearn7Paul Harkin
Jimmy Thompson8David Dunkerley
Tony Fisher9Ron Wileman
Colin Forsyth10Billy Harris
Neil Fox11Alan Rhodes
Dennis Trotter12Barry Hollis
Bob Haigh13Stephen/Steven "Steve" Cooper
Johnny Wolford (for Ian Slater)14John Crossley, Jr. (for Terry Day)
Graham Joyce (for Colin Forsyth)15Terry Ramshaw (for Barry Hollis)
Peter FoxCoach??
18score8
7HT5
Scorers
Tries
Les Gant (1)TGary Smith (1)
Derrick Parker (1)T
Alan Redfearn (1)T
Bob Haigh (1)T
Goals
Neil Fox (3)GBarry Banks (2)
Drop Goals
DGBarry Hollis (1)
RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchBob Haigh - Bradford Northern - loose forward
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
            
Bradford Northern 24
Leeds 23
Bradford Northern 28
Hull Kingston Rovers 17
Wakefield Trinity 11
Hull Kingston Rovers 16
Bradford Northern 12
Hull F.C. 7
Featherstone Rovers 23
Huddersfield 8
Featherstone Rovers 8
Hull F.C. 20
Bramley 4
Hull F.C. 13
Bradford Northern 18
York 8
Batley 8
Halifax 24
Halifax 20
Castleford 8
Castleford 18
Dewsbury 11
Halifax 2
York 4
York 25
New Hunslet 19
York 13
Keighley 6
Doncaster 5
Keighley 20

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)

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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