1980–81 Yorkshire Cup

Occurrence of the Yorkshire Cup competition in the early 80s April 2022 1980–81 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Hull Kingston Rovers 1979 Yorkshire Cup 1979–80 1981 Yorkshire Cup 1981–82 16 The 1980–81 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds winning the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 8–7. The match was played at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,751 and receipts were £15,578. This was Leeds' eighth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories - for the third time within the sequence) in what has been eight times in the space of thirteen seasons. 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 Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 16 Aug 1980Leeds47–8YorkHeadingley29212Sun 17 Aug 1980Bradford Northern10–6BatleyOdsal31733Sun 17 Aug 1980Dewsbury5–15BramleyCrown Flatt11004Sun 17 Aug 1980Featherstone Rovers16–12Hull F.C.Post Office Road7025HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19805Sun 17 Aug 1980Halifax8–18CastlefordThrum Hall29266Sun 17 Aug 1980Hull Kingston Rovers21–17Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)76287Sun 17 Aug 1980Hunslet22–4DoncasterMount Pleasant5508Sun 17 Aug 1980Keighley16–25HuddersfieldLawkholme Lane1550 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 24 Aug 1980Castleford26–25BramleyWheldon Road 22152Sun 24 Aug 1980Huddersfield20–13Bradford NorthernFartown40803Sun 24 Aug 1980Hull Kingston Rovers33–12Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1)90884Sun 24 Aug 1980Leeds31–12HunsletHeadingley3940 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 10 Sep 1980Castleford7–11Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road 73282Thu 11 Sep 1980Leeds17–13HuddersfieldHeadingley4418 Final Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 8 November 1980Leeds8–7Hull Kingston RoversFartown9,751£15,578Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 XYorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1980 YCRL Committee Teams and scorers Leeds№Hull Kingston Rovers teams Neil HagueThe player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91 and also 1991-92. The RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows Neil Hague as a centre (numbered as 4)1Ian RobinsonAlan Smith2Gary McHughDavid Smith3Mike SmithJohn AtkinsonThe player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91 and also 1991-92. The RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows John Atkinson as winger (numbered as 5)4Phil HoganWillie OultonThe player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91 and also 1991-92. The RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows Willie Oulton as the full back (numbered as 1)5Wally YoungmanJohn Holmes6Dave HallKevin Dick7Paul HarkinMick Harrison8Roy HoldstockDavid Ward9xRaymond PriceSteve Pitchford10Steve CrooksGraham Eccles11Phil LowePhil Cookson12Len Casey (c)David Heron13Mick Crane?14?Carrol (for Phil Cookson)15Paul Rose (for Steve Crooks)Robin DewhurstCoachRoger Millward 8score72HT7 Scorers Tries Alan Smith (1)TGary McHugh (1) Goals Kevin Dick (2)GPhil Hogan (2) Drop Goals Kevin Dick (1)DGRefereeRon Campbell (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchKevin Dick - Leeds - shsponsored byCompetition SponsorWebster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd) Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Leeds 47 York 8 Hunslet 22 Doncaster 4 Keighley 16 Huddersfield 25 Bradford Northern 10 Batley 6 Halifax 8 Castleford 18 Dewsbury 5 Bramley 15 Hull Kingston Rovers 21 Wakefield Trinity 17 Featherstone Rovers 16 Hull F.C. 12 Leeds 31 Hunslet 12 Huddersfield 20 Bradford Northern 13 Castleford 26 Bramley 25 Hull Kingston Rovers 33 Featherstone Rovers 12 Leeds 17 Huddersfield 13 Castleford 7 Hull Kingston Rovers 11 Leeds 8 Hull Kingston Rovers 7 See also 1980–81 Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:1980 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup