The 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hunslet won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 12-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,742 and receipts were £4,514 It is the last time for twenty-two years that the attendance at a Yorkshire Cup final would again exceed 20,000
| 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Hunslet |
| Runners-up | Hull Kingston Rovers |
Background edit
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 edit
Round 1 edit
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 7 Sep 1962 | Castleford | 28-2 | Batley | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 2 | Fri 7 Sep 1962 | Hull F.C. | 12-3 | Huddersfield | Boulevard | 9,000 | [5][4] | ||||
| 3 | Sat 8 Sep 1962 | Bradford Northern | 5-11 | Bramley | Odsal | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 8 Sep 1962 | Featherstone Rovers | 25-10 | Doncaster | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 8 Sep 1962 | Halifax | 22-7 | Dewsbury | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 8 Sep 1962 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 45-10 | Keighley | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 8 Sep 1962 | Hunslet | 34-9 | Wakefield Trinity | Parkside | [6] | |||||
| 8 | Sat 8 Sep 1962 | Leeds | 12-12 | York | Headingley |
Round 1 - replays edit
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Wed 12 Sep 1962 | York | 7-6 | Leeds | Clarence Street |
Round 2 - Quarter-finals edit
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 17 Sep 1962 | Featherstone Rovers | 21-10 | Bramley | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 2 | Mon 17 Sep 1962 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 28-12 | Castleford | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
| 3 | Mon 17 Sep 1962 | Hunslet | 18-7 | Hull F.C. | Parkside | [5] | |||||
| 4 | Wed 19 Sep 1962 | York | 2-12 | Halifax | Clarence Street |
Round 3 – Semi-finals edit
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 1 Oct 1962 | Halifax | 6-7 | Hunslet | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 2 | Mon 1 Oct 1962 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 22-6 | Featherstone Rovers | Craven Park (1) |
Final edit
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 27 October 1962 | Hunslet | 12-2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley | 22,742 | £4,514 | 1 | [7][8] |
Teams and scorers edit
| Hunslet | № | Hull Kingston Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| William "Billy" Langton | 1 | Cyril Kellett |
| Barry Lee | 2 | Graham Paul |
| Geoff Shelton | 3 | Terry Major |
| Alan Preece | 4 | Mike Blackmore |
| Arthur Render | 5 | Robert Harris |
| Brian Gabbitas | 6 | Dave Elliott |
| Jeff Stevenson | 7 | Brian Hatch |
| Dennis Hartley | 8 | Ken Grice |
| Bernard Prior | 9 | Alan Lockwood |
| Ken Eyre | 10 | Jim Drake |
| William "Billy" Baldwinson | 11 | Brian Tyson |
| Cliff Lambert | 12 | John Taylor |
| Fred Ward | 13 | Harry Poole (c) |
| Fred Ward | Coach | Colin Hutton |
| 12 | score | 2 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Geoff Shelton (1) | T | |
| Billy Baldwinson (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Billy Langton (2) | G | Cyril Kellett (1) |
| Dennis Hartley (1) | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Ron Gelder (Wilmslow) | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success edit
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 12 (6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 12 (7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
- ^ HC&AC committee (1963). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1963 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
- ^ a b "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1963" (PDF).
- ^ a b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ^ J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.