1984–85 Yorkshire Cup

The 1984–85 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. 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. In this year's final, Hull F.C. beat close neighbours and fierce rivals Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 29-12. The match was played at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull. The city was formally in the East Riding of Yorkshire, followed by Humberside and is now (back) in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was moved to this stadium from the provisionally reserved venue due to the interest showed by fans and after requests by both finalists, and the organisers were rewarded with a crowd of 25,237 and gate receipts more than doubled from last year's £33,572 to £68,639. This is only the third meeting of these two clubs in the Yorkshire Cup final, on the two previous occasions Hull Kingston Rovers defeated Hull FC, in 1920-21 by 2-0 and 1967 by 8-7; this time it was revenge and by a wider margin. This is the third successive Yorkshire Cup final victory for Hull F.C. And the first of two successive Final appearances by Hull Kingston Rovers

1984–85 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHull F.C.
Runners-upHull Kingston Rovers

Background

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).

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 15 Sep 1984Wakefield Trinity0-30Bradford NorthernBelle Vue2403
2Sun 16 Sep 1984Batley17-18Featherstone RoversMount Pleasant1611
3Sun 16 Sep 1984Castleford14-16LeedsWheldon Road4706
4Sun 16 Sep 1984Dewsbury4-12BramleyCrown Flatt861
5Sun 16 Sep 1984Doncaster4-48Hull Kingston RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield1889
6Sun 16 Sep 1984Huddersfield Barracudas9-6KeighleyArena 8410161
7Sun 16 Sep 1984Hull F.C.30-10HalifaxBoulevard7797[2]
8Sun 16 Sep 1984York20-16HunsletClarence Street2377

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 26 Sep 1984Bradford Northern4-10LeedsOdsal7650
2Wed 26 Sep 1984Featherstone Rovers18-2BramleyPost Office Road1503
3Wed 26 Sep 1984Hull Kingston Rovers18-2Huddersfield BarracudasCraven Park (1)5186
4Wed 26 Sep 1984York8-38Hull F.C.Clarence Street4494[2]

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 16 Oct 1984Hull F.C.24-1LeedsBoulevard104772 3[2]
2Wed 17 Oct 1984Featherstone Rovers2-22Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road4354

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 27 October 1984Hull F.C.29-12Hull Kingston RoversBoothferry Park25,237£68,6394[2][3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

[1][2][4]

Hull Hull Kingston Rovers
teams
Gary Kemble1George Fairbairn
A'au James Leuluai2Garry Clark
Garry Schofield3Ian Robinson
Steve Evans4Gary Prohm
Dane O'Hara5David Laws
Fred Ah Kuoi6Mike Smith
Peter Sterling7Paul Harkin
Phil Edmonds8Mark Broadhurst
Shaun Patrick9David Watkinson
Lee Crooks10Asuquo "Zook" Ema
Steve 'Knocker' Norton11Chris Burton
Wayne Proctor12Andy Kelly
Gary Divorty13Dave Hall
Paul Rose14Chris Rudd (for Paul Harkin)
David Topliss15Steve Hartley (for Dave Hall)
Arthur BuntingCoachRoger Millward
29score12
8HT12
Scorers
Tries
Gary Kemble (2)TGeorge Fairbairn (1)
Steve Evans (1)TIan Robinson (1)
Lee Crooks (1)TDavid Hall (1)
Steve 'Knocker' Norton (1)T
Goals
Garry Schofield (4)G
Drop Goals
Garry Schofield (1)DG
RefereeG. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchPeter Sterling - Hull - scrum-half
sponsored by
Competition SponsorPhillips Video

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

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
York 20
Hunslet 16
York 8
Hull F.C. 38
Hull F.C. 30
Halifax 10
Hull F.C. 24
Leeds 1
Wakefield Trinity 0
Bradford Northern 30
Bradford Northern 4
Leeds 10
Castleford 14
Leeds 16
Hull F.C. 29
Hull Kingston Rovers 12
Batley 17
Featherstone Rovers 18
Featherstone Rovers 18
Bramley 2
Dewsbury 4
Bramley 12
Featherstone Rovers 2
Hull Kingston Rovers 22
Doncaster 4
Hull Kingston Rovers 48
Hull Kingston Rovers 18
Huddersfield Barracudas 2
Huddersfield Barracudas 9
Keighley 6

Notes and comments

1 * This is the first Yorkshire Cup match played by the newly renamed Huddersfield Barracudas and also since Fartown was renamed as Arena 84

2 * This was the first Yorkshire Cup tie in which one of the teams scored a single point.

3 * The attendance is given as 10,477 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the official Hull F.C. archives[2] give the attendance as 10,775

4 * Boothferry Park was the home ground of Hull City from 31 August 1946 until December 2002. The final capacity was 15,160 although the record attendance was 55,019 set on 26 February 1949 in an FA Cup quarter-final when Hull City played host to Manchester United

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 1984. YCRL Committee.
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