1990–91 Yorkshire Cup

The 1990–91 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1990–91 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams18
WinnersCastleford
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

Castleford won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 11-8

The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,420 and receipts were £61,432

This was the seventh 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. It was also the first of what would be two victories for Castleford in two successive finals. within that eleven-year period.

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 eighteen.

This in turn resulted in the necessity to continue with a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.

Competition and results

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Preliminary round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P1Sun 19 Aug 1990Bradford Northern20-12Sheffield EaglesOdsal3477
P2Sun 19 Aug 1990Nottingham City6-100Hull Kingston RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield10101 2 3

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 26 Aug 1990Batley17-10HuddersfieldMount Pleasant1734
2Sun 26 Aug 1990Dewsbury26-14KeighleyCrown Flatt1056
3Sun 26 Aug 1990Doncaster4-40HalifaxBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield2989
4Sun 26 Aug 1990Featherstone Rovers36-4BramleyPost Office Road2445
5Sun 26 Aug 1990Hull F.C.6-10CastlefordBoulevard6591[3]
6Sun 26 Aug 1990Leeds16-24Bradford NorthernHeadingley13968
7Sun 26 Aug 1990Ryedale-York0-10Hull Kingston RoversRyedale Stadium22644
8Sun 26 Aug 1990Wakefield Trinity28-18HunsletBelle Vue3150

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 2 Sep 1990Bradford Northern12-42CastlefordOdsal79745
2Sun 2 Sep 1990Dewsbury18-8BatleyCrown Flatt2924
3Sun 2 Sep 1990Featherstone Rovers22-31Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road4357
4Sun 2 Sep 1990Wakefield Trinity26-17HalifaxBelle Vue6492

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 12 Sep 1990Castleford29-6Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road7940
2Wed 12 Sep 1990Wakefield Trinity25-2DewsburyBelle Vue5640

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 23 September 1990Castleford11-8Wakefield TrinityElland Road12,420£61,4326[2]

Teams and scorers

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Castleford № Wakefield Trinity
teams
Steve Larder1Kevin Harcombe
St. John Ellis2David Jones
Shaun Irwin3Andrew "Andy" Mason
Grant Anderson4Phil Eden
David Plange5Andrew "Andy" Wilson
Graham Steadman6Tracy Lazenby
Gary Atkins7Mark Conway
Lee Crooks (c)8Adrian Shelford
Roy Southernwood9Billy Conway
Dean Sampson10John Thompson
Neil Battye11Andrew "Andy" Kelly (c)
Jeff Hardy12Gary Price
Neil Roebuck13Nigel Bell
Keith England (for Gary Atkins 49 m)14Chris Perry (for Andrew "Andy" Kelly 55 m)
Martin Ketteridge (for Neil Battye 77 m)15Richard Slater (for Billy Conway 38 m)
Darryl van der VeldeCoachDavid Topliss
11score8
4HT8
Scorers
Tries
Gary Atkins (1)TAndrew "Andy" Mason (1)
David Plange (1)T
Goals
Lee Crooks (1)GKevin Harcombe (2)
Drop Goals
Neil Roebuck (1)DG
RefereeJames "Jim" Smith (Halifax)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchTracy Lazenby - Wakefield Trinity - stand-off
sponsored by
Competition SponsorJohn Smith's Brewery Tadcaster

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

The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Leeds 16
Bradford Northern 24
Bradford Northern 12
Castleford 42
Hull F.C. 6
Castleford 10
Castleford 29
Hull Kingston Rovers 6
Featherstone Rovers 36
Bramley 4
Featherstone Rovers 22
Hull Kingston Rovers 31
Ryedale-York 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 10
Castleford 11
Wakefield Trinity 8
Wakefield Trinity 28
Hunslet 18
Wakefield Trinity 26
Halifax 17
Doncaster 4
Halifax 40
Wakefield Trinity 25
Dewsbury 2
Dewsbury 26
Keighley 14
Dewsbury 18
Batley 8
Batley 17
Huddersfield 10

Brief report on the final

According to the League Express match reporter Mike Beevers (abridged as follows) :-

In front of almost 12,500 fans paying over £60,000, Castleford finally got rid of their Elland Road bogey, having lost all three previous Yorkshire Cup finals played at this ground, by beating local rivals Wakefield Trinity 11-8 in this year's Yorkshire Cup final.

Wakefield stand-off Tracey Lazenby made the break that produced the first try of the match for Andy Mason, which Kevin Harcombe converted from touch.

Castleford hit back through Gary Atkins, but Lee Crooks failed to convert.

Before half time Wakefield went further ahead through a penalty from Kevin Harcombe.

Lee Crooks cut the deficit with a penalty of his own on 49 minutes.

The introduction of international prop Keith ‘Beefy’ England changed the game and, shortly afterwards, winger David Plange, playing his first game of the season, followed up a great trysaving tackle on Andy Mason by scoring the game’s crucial try, which came from a long ball from hooker Graham Southernwood. Skipper Lee Crooks converted to pick up his fifth winners’ medal in the competition, after having won three times with Hull and once with Leeds.

Wakefield stand-off Tracey Lazenby won the White Rose Trophy as man of the match[4]

Notes and comments

1 * Match transferred from the home ground of Harvey Hadden Stadium to Doncaster,s Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield in hope of bigger attendance etc.

2 * At the time this was the Hull Kingston Rovers record score

3* The highest score and winning margin and first time over 100 points scored - in a Yorkshire Cup tie

4 * The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at Ryedale-York's new stadium

5 * 'Match played at Valley Parade, home of Bradford City A.F.C.

6 * Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C. with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland). The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903-04 season

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. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  3. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. "Mike Beavers on the 1990 Yorkshire Cup final".
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