1980–81 Yorkshire Cup

The 1980–81 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1980–81 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upHull Kingston Rovers

Leeds winning the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 8-7

The match was played at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,751 and receipts were £15,578

This was Leeds' eighth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories - for the third time within the sequence) in what has been eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.

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
1Sat 16 Aug 1980Leeds47-8YorkHeadingley2921
2Sun 17 Aug 1980Bradford Northern10-6BatleyOdsal3173
3Sun 17 Aug 1980Dewsbury5-15BramleyCrown Flatt1100
4Sun 17 Aug 1980Featherstone Rovers16-12Hull F.C.Post Office Road7025[2]
5Sun 17 Aug 1980Halifax8-18CastlefordThrum Hall2926
6Sun 17 Aug 1980Hull Kingston Rovers21-17Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)7628
7Sun 17 Aug 1980Hunslet22-4DoncasterMount Pleasant550
8Sun 17 Aug 1980Keighley16-25HuddersfieldLawkholme Lane1550

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 24 Aug 1980Castleford26-25BramleyWheldon Road2215
2Sun 24 Aug 1980Huddersfield20-13Bradford NorthernFartown4080
3Sun 24 Aug 1980Hull Kingston Rovers33-12Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1)9088
4Sun 24 Aug 1980Leeds31-12HunsletHeadingley3940

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 10 Sep 1980Castleford7-11Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road7328
2Thu 11 Sep 1980Leeds17-13HuddersfieldHeadingley4418

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 8 November 1980Leeds8-7Hull Kingston RoversFartown9,751£15,5781[3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

[1][4]

Leeds № Hull Kingston Rovers
teams
Neil Hague (see note 2)1Ian Robinson
Alan Smith2Gary McHugh
David Smith3Mike Smith
John Atkinson (see note 3)4Phil Hogan
Willie Oulton (see note 4)5Wally Youngman
John Holmes6Dave Hall
Kevin Dick7Paul Harkin
Mick Harrison8Roy Holdstock
David Ward9xRaymond Price
Steve Pitchford10Steve Crooks
Graham Eccles11Phil Lowe
Phil Cookson12Len Casey (c)
David Heron13Mick Crane
?14?
Carrol (for Phil Cookson)15Paul Rose (for Steve Crooks)
Robin DewhurstCoachRoger Millward
8score7
2HT7
Scorers
Tries
Alan Smith (1)TGary McHugh (1)
Goals
Kevin Dick (2)GPhil Hogan (2)
Drop Goals
Kevin Dick (1)DG
RefereeRonald "Ronnie" Campbell (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchKevin Dick - Leeds - scrum-half
sponsored by
Competition SponsorWebster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd)

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

The road to success
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Leeds 47
York 8
Leeds 31
Hunslet 12
Hunslet 22
Doncaster 4
Leeds 17
Huddersfield 13
Keighley 16
Huddersfield 25
Huddersfield 20
Bradford Northern 13
Bradford Northern 10
Batley 6
Leeds 8
Hull Kingston Rovers 7
Halifax 8
Castleford 18
Castleford 26
Bramley 25
Dewsbury 5
Bramley 15
Castleford 7
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Hull Kingston Rovers 21
Wakefield Trinity 17
Hull Kingston Rovers 33
Featherstone Rovers 12
Featherstone Rovers 16
Hull F.C. 12

Notes and comments

1 * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.

2 * Neil Hague -The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91[4] and also 1991-92.[3] The RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Neil Hague as a centre (numbered as 4)

3 * John Atkinson - The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91[4] and also 1991-92.[3] The RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows John Atkinson as winger (numbered as 5)

4 * Willie Oulton The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91[4] and also 1991-92.[3] The RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Willie Oulton as the full back (numbered as 1)

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.
  5. Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1980. YCRL Committee.
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