1985–86 Yorkshire Cup

The 1985–86 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers", but one new entrant in the form of newcomers to the league, Sheffield Eagles and so the total of entries increases by one up to seventeen. This in turn resulted in the necessity to introduce a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.

1985–86 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams17
WinnersHull Kingston Rovers
Runners-upCastleford

Last year's runner-up, Hull Kingston Rovers returned to the finals stage to win the trophy this year by beating Castleford by the score of 22–18. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,686 and receipts were £36,327. It was the third time in the incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions.

Background

The Rugby Football League's 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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Preliminary round

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P1Wed 4 Sep 1985Castleford38-6Sheffield EaglesWheldon Road17481

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 15 Sep 1985Batley10-14DewsburyMount Pleasant2148
2Sun 15 Sep 1985Bradford Northern40-15Wakefield TrinityOdsal3180
3Sun 15 Sep 1985Bramley22-10DoncasterMcLaren Field582
4Sun 15 Sep 1985Castleford60-2HunsletWheldon Road2708
5Sun 15 Sep 1985Halifax52-14Huddersfield BarracudasThrum Hall2516
6Sun 15 Sep 1985Hull Kingston Rovers12-10Hull F.C.Craven Park (1)10115[2]
7Sun 15 Sep 1985Leeds60-12KeighleyHeadingley4775
8Sun 15 Sep 1985York18-26Featherstone RoversClarence Street2283

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 25 Sep 1985Dewsbury2-48LeedsCrown Flatt3700
2Wed 25 Sep 1985Featherstone Rovers11-22Bradford NorthernPost Office Road2185
3Wed 25 Sep 1985Halifax4-24CastlefordThrum Hall4012
4Wed 25 Sep 1985Hull Kingston Rovers30-6BramleyCraven Park (1)3959

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 2 Oct 1985Hull Kingston Rovers11-5Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)6008
2Wed 2 Oct 1985Leeds10-14CastlefordHeadingley10281

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 27 October 1985Hull Kingston Rovers22-18CastlefordHeadingley12,686£36,3272[3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

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Hull Kingston Rovers No. Castleford
teams
George Fairbairn1Gary Lord
Garry Clark2David Plange
John Dorahy3Tony Marchant
Gary Prohm4Gary Hyde
David Laws5Tony Spears
Gordon Smith6Steve Diamond
Paul Harkin7Robert "Bob" Beardmore
Peter Johnston8Kevin Ward
David Watkinson9Kevin Beardmore
Asuquo "Zook" Ema10Barry Johnson
Chris Burton11Keith England
Phil Hogan12Martin Ketteridge
Gavin Miller13John Joyner
John Lydiat (for George Fairbairn)14David Roockley
Andy Kelly (for Phil Hogan)15Ian Fletcher
Roger MillwardCoachMalcolm "Mal" Reilly
22score18
10HT6
Scorers
Tries
Garry Clark (1)TTony Marchant (2)
Gavin Miller (2)TRobert "Bob" Beardmore (1)
Goals
John Dorahy (5)GSteve Diamond (1)
GRobert "Bob" Beardmore (2)
RefereeRonald "Ronnie" Campbell (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchGavin Miller - Hull KR - Loose forward
sponsored by
Competition SponsorJohn Smith's Brewery Tadcaster

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

The road to success
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Hull Kingston Rovers 12
Hull F.C. 10
Hull Kingston Rovers 30
Bramley 6
Bramley 22
Doncaster 10
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Bradford Northern 5
York 18
Featherstone Rovers 26
Featherstone Rovers 11
Bradford Northern 22
Bradford Northern 40
Wakefield Trinity 15
Hull Kingston Rovers 22
Castleford 18
Batley 10
Dewsbury 14
Dewsbury 2
Leeds 48
Leeds 60
Keighley 12
Leeds 10
Castleford 14
Halifax 52
Huddersfield Barracudas 14
Halifax 4
Castleford 24
Castleford 60
Hunslet 2

Notes

1 * This is the first Yorkshire Cup match played by Sheffield Eagles, newly elected to the league

2 * 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.

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 1985. YCRL Committee.
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