1965–66 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersBradford Northern
Runners-upHunslet

The 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Bradford Northern winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 17-8

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,522 and receipts were £4,359

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 sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

[1][2][3][4]

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
1Fri 3 Sep 1965Hunslet8-2DoncasterParkside
2Sat 4 Sep 1965Batley9-37HalifaxMount Pleasant
3Sat 4 Sep 1965Castleford22-8Featherstone RoversWheldon Road
47Sat 4 Sep 1965Dewsbury4-27HuddersfieldCrown Flatt2,800[4]
5Sat 4 Sep 1965Hull Kingston Rovers17-9YorkCraven Park (1)
6Sat 4 Sep 1965Keighley2-19Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane
7Sat 4 Sep 1965Leeds40-4BramleyHeadingley
8Sat 4 Sep 1965Wakefield Trinity4-8Hull F.C.Belle Vue[5]

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon? 13 Sep 1965Hunslet9-8Hull F.C.Parkside[5]
2Tue 14 Sep 1965Castleford25-8HalifaxWheldon Road
3Wed 15 Sep 1965Bradford Northern12-6Hull Kingston RoversOdsal
4Wed 15 Sep 1965Huddersfield16-6LeedsFartown4,008[4]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon? 27 Sep 1965Hunslet17-10CastlefordParkside9,347
2Wed 29 Sep 1965Bradford Northern7-7HuddersfieldOdsal

Semi-final - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RThu 30 Sep 1965Huddersfield4-7Bradford NorthernFartown

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 16 October 1965Bradford Northern17-8HunsletHeadingley17,522£4,3591[6][7]

Teams and scorers

Bradford Northern No. Hunslet
teams
Joe Scattergood?1Billy Langton
Lionel Williamson2Barry Lee
Ian Brooke3Geoff Shelton
Alan Rhodes4Arthur Render
Willie Walker5Tommy Thompson
Dave Stockwell6Alan Preece
Thomas Smales7Alan Marchant
Albert Tonkinson8Dennis Hartley
Dennis Morgan?9Bernard Prior
Dave Hill10William "Billy" Baldwinson/Ken Eyre
G Ashton11Bill Ramsey
Terry Clawson12Geoff Gunney
Johnny Rae13Fred Ward
Gus RismanCoachFred Ward
17score8
7HT3
Scorers
Tries
Lionel Williamson (2)TBarry Lee (1)
Ian Brooke (1)TTommy Thompson (1)
T
T
Goals
Terry Clawson (4)GBilly Langton (1)
G
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeEric Lawrenson (Warrington)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Keighley 2
Bradford Northern 19
Bradford Northern 12
Hull Kingston Rovers 6
Hull Kingston Rovers 17
York 9
Bradford Northern 7 (7)
Huddersfield 7 (4)
Dewsbury 4
Huddersfield 27
Huddersfield 16
Leeds 6
Leeds 40
Bramley 4
Bradford Northern 17
Hunslet 8
Hunslet 8
Doncaster 2
Hunslet 9
Hull F.C. 8
Wakefield Trinity 4
Hull F.C. 8
Hunslet 17
Castleford 10
Castleford 22
Featherstone Rovers 8
Castleford 25
Halifax 8
Batley 9
Halifax 37

Notes and comments

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

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. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. HC&AC Committee (1966). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1966 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  4. 1 2 3 "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1966" (PDF).
  5. 1 2 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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