The 1975–76 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
| 1975–76 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Leeds |
| Runners-up | Hull Kingston Rovers |
Leeds won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 15-11
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,743 and receipts were £3,617
This was Leeds' fifth victory (and the first of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.
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 29 Aug 1975 | Castleford | 16-16 | Hull F.C. | Wheldon Road | [3] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1975 | Huddersfield | 7-19 | Featherstone Rovers | Fartown | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 30 Aug 1975 | Leeds | 32-5 | Halifax | Headingley | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Bradford Northern | 28-12 | Bramley | Odsal | ||||||
| 5 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Doncaster | 11-18 | Keighley | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 26-9 | Wakefield Trinity | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | New Hunslet | 20-5 | Batley | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | ||||||
| 8 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | York | 18-12 | Dewsbury | Clarence Street |
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 | Tue 2 Sep 1975 | Hull F.C. | 15-16 | Castleford | Boulevard | [3] |
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 | Sat 13 Sep 1975 | Bradford Northern | 2-22 | Leeds | Odsal | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | Featherstone Rovers | 8-5 | Castleford | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | New Hunslet | 7-15 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | York | 13-16 | Keighley | 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 | Tue 23 Sep 1975 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19-16 | Featherstone Rovers | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 1 Oct 1975 | Keighley | 2-11 | Leeds | Lawkholme Lane |
Final edit
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 15 November 1975 | Leeds | 15-11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley | 5,743 | £3,617 | 1 2 | [4][5] |
Teams and scorers edit
| Leeds | № | Hull Kingston Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Marshall | 1 | Richard Wallace |
| Alan Smith | 2 | Gerald "Ged" Dunn |
| Neil Hague | 3 | Alan Burwell |
| Les Dyl | 4 | Bernard Watson |
| John Atkinson | 5 | Clive Sullivan |
| John Holmes | 6 | Glyn Turner |
| Syd Hynes | 7 | Roger Millward |
| Mick Harrison | 8 | John Millington |
| Ian Payne | 9 | Clifford "Cliff" Dickinson |
| Steve Pitchford | 10 | Steve Lyons |
| Graham Eccles | 11 | Paul Rose |
| Ray Batten | 12 | Neil Fox |
| Phil Cookson | 13 | Mick Hughes/R. Hughes |
| Christopher Sanderson | 14 | ? |
| Roy Dickinson (for Steve Pitchford) | 15 | Roy Holdstock (for Hughes) |
| Syd Hynes | Coach | Arthur Bunting |
| 15 | score | 11 |
| 7 | HT | 3 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Les Dyl (1) | T | Clive Sullivan (1) |
| Phil Cookson (1) | T | Neil Fox (1) |
| Goals | ||
| John Holmes (4) | G | Neil Fox (2) |
| Drop Goals | ||
| John Holmes (1) | DG | Roger Millward (1) |
| Referee | J. V. Moss (Manchester) | |
| Man of the match | Neil Fox - Hull KR - Second-row | |
| sponsored by | Esso | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success edit
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| York | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Hunslet | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Hunslet | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 16 (16) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 16 (15) | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments edit
1 * The attendance is given as 5,304 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[5] gives the attendance at 5,734
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.
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
- ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
- ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1975). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
- ^ a b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.