1979–80 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upHalifax

The 1979–80 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Leeds winning the trophy by beating Halifax by the score of 15-6

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,137 and receipts were £9,999

This was Leeds' seventh victory (and the first of two consecutive victories for the third time within the sequence) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.

This would be Halifax's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, giving them a total record of five wins and four defeats.

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]

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 17 Aug 1979Bramley5-12HalifaxMcLaren Field
2Sun 19 Aug 1979Leeds26-14CastlefordHeadingley
3Sun 19 Aug 1979Dewsbury16-15YorkCrown Flatt
4Sun 19 Aug 1979Huddersfield7-22Bradford NorthernFartown
5Sun 19 Aug 1979Hull F.C.13-19Featherstone RoversBoulevard[2]
6Sun 19 Aug 1979Hunslet33-12KeighleyMount Pleasant1
7Sun 19 Aug 1979Wakefield Trinity28-16Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue
8Sun 19 Aug 1979Batley26-14Doncastervenue unknown

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 26 Aug 1979Batley6-29LeedsMount Pleasant
2Sun 26 Aug 1979Bradford Northern5-30Wakefield TrinityOdsal
3Sun 26 Aug 1979Featherstone Rovers16-17DewsburyPost Office Road
4Sun 26 Aug 1979Halifax23-12HunsletThrum Hall

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 19 Sep 1979Wakefield Trinity7-12LeedsBelle Vue
2Thu 20 Sep 1979Halifax5-3DewsburyThrum Hall

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 27 October 1979Leeds15-6HalifaxHeadingley9,137£9,9992 3[3][4]

Teams and scorers

[4]

Leeds Halifax
teams
Neil Hague1Jimmy Birts
Alan Smith2Derek Howard
David Smith3Graham Garrod
Les Dyl4David Cholmondeley
John Atkinson5Keith Waites
John Holmes6Bob Blacker
Kevin Dick7Terry Langton
Roy Dickinson8Peter Jarvis
David Ward9Dean Raistrick
Steve Pitchford10Alan Wood
Graham Eccles11Mick Scott
David Heron12Greg Sharp
Phil Cookson13David "Buzzy" Busfield
John Sanderson14Mick Snee (for Derek Howard)
Bryan Adams (for David Heron)15David Callon (for Peter Jarvis)
Syd HynesCoachMaurice Bamford
15score6
10HT6
Scorers
Tries
Alan Smith (2)T
David Smith (1)T
Goals
Kevin Dick (3)GJimmy Birts (3)
RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchAlan Smith - Leeds - Wing
sponsored by
Competition SponsorEsso

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

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Huddersfield 7
Bradford Northern 22
Bradford Northern 5
Wakefield Trinity 30
Wakefield Trinity 28
Hull Kingston Rovers 16
Wakefield Trinity 7
Leeds 12
Batley 26
Doncaster 14
Batley 6
Leeds 29
Leeds 26
Castleford 14
Leeds 15
Halifax 6
Bramley 5
Halifax 12
Halifax 23
Hunslet 12
Hunslet 33
Keighley 12
Halifax 5
Dewsbury 3
Hull F.C. 13
Featherstone Rovers 19
Featherstone Rovers 16
Dewsbury 17
Dewsbury 16
York 15

Notes and comments

1 * This was the first Yorkshire Cup match played by the renamed Hunslet at their "new" temporary home at Batley's Mount Pleasant after the owners of Elland Road Greyhound Stadium suddenly closed the previous ground

2 * The attendance is given as 9,134 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[3] and 1990-91[4] gives the attendance as three more at 9,137

3 * 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. 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
  2. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. 1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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