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1983–84 Yorkshire Cup

The 1983–84 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-sixth 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. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

1983–84 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHull F.C.
Runners-upCastleford

Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 13-2 in the final. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,049 and receipts were £33,572. This is the second of three successive Yorkshire Cup final victories by Hull F.C. It is also the second 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 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).

Competition and results edit

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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 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Batley 14-30 Leeds Mount Pleasant 2111
2 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Bradford Northern 25-22 Hull Kingston Rovers Odsal 4356
3 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Castleford 36-20 Huddersfield Wheldon Road 2499
4 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Dewsbury 8-18 Keighley Crown Flatt 518
5 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Doncaster 16-12 Bramley Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 357
6 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Hull F.C. 24-8 Featherstone Rovers Boulevard 10168 [2]
7 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Hunslet 11-21 York Elland Road 1061
8 Sun 4 Sep 1983 Wakefield Trinity 18-10 Halifax Belle Vue 2195

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 Wed 14 Sep 1983 Bradford Northern 8-12 Castleford Odsal 4684
2 Wed 14 Sep 1983 Keighley 8-30 Hull F.C. Lawkholme Lane 2503 [2]
3 Wed 14 Sep 1983 Wakefield Trinity 32-14 Doncaster Belle Vue 1587
4 Wed 14 Sep 1983 York 16-24 Leeds Clarence Street 1296

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 Fri 23 Sep 1983 Wakefield Trinity 12-34 Castleford Belle Vue 5592
2 Wed 28 Sep 1983 Leeds 16-20 Hull F.C. Headingley 10094 [2]

Final edit

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 15 October 1983 Hull F.C. 13-2 Castleford Elland Road 14,049 £33,572 1 2 [2][3][4][5]

Teams and scorers edit

[1][4]

Hull F.C. № Castleford
teams
Gary Kemble 1 Darren Coen
Patrick Solal 2 Steve Fenton
Garry Schofield 3 Tony Marchant
James Leuluai 4 Gary Hyde
Dane O'Hara 5 John Kear
David Topliss (c) 6 John Joyner
Tony Dean 7 Bob Beardmore (c)
Phil Edmonds 8 Gary Connell
Ron Wileman 9 Stuart 'Corgi' Horton
Trevor Skerrett 10 Malcolm "Mal" Reilly
Wayne Proctor 11 Andrew Timson
Lee Crooks 12 Neil James
Mick Crane 13 Keith England
Fred Ah Kuoi 14 Ian Orum (for Gary Hyde)
Steve 'Knocker' Norton 15 Alan Hardy
Arthur Bunting Coach Malcolm "Mal" Reilly
13 score 2
4 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
Dane O'Hara (1) T
Wayne Proctor (1) T
Mick Crane (1) T
Goals
G Robert "Bob" Beardmore (1)
Drop Goals
Mick Crane (1) DG
Referee William "Billy" H. Thompson (Huddersfield)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match Mick Crane - Hull - loose forward
sponsored by
Competition Sponsor Philips Video

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

The road to success edit

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Hunslet 11
York 21
York 16
Leeds 24
Batley 14
Leeds 30
Leeds 16
Hull F.C. 20
Dewsbury 8
Keighley 18
Keighley 8
Hull F.C. 30
Hull F.C. 24
Featherstone Rovers 8
Hull F.C. 13
Castleford 2
Wakefield Trinity 18
Halifax 10
Wakefield Trinity 32
Doncaster 14
Doncaster 16
Bramley 12
Wakefield Trinity 12
Castleford 34
Bradford Northern 25
Hull Kingston Rovers 22
Bradford Northern 8
Castleford 12
Castleford 36
Huddersfield 20

Notes edit

1 * The venue is given as Headingley, Leeds by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[3] and 1990-91[4] and the match programme[5] show this to be Elland Road, Leeds

2 * 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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  5. ^ a b Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1981. YCRL Committee.

External links edit

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