1962–63 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Hunslet Winners Hull Kingston Rovers 1961 Yorkshire Cup 1961–62 1963 Yorkshire Cup 1963–64 16 The 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hunslet won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 12–2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,742 and receipts were £4,514 It is the last time for twenty-two years that the attendance at a Yorkshire Cup final would again exceed 20,000 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 Jack Winstanley and Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne PressHC&AC committee Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1963 (price 1/-) 1963 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1963 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1963%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 7 Sep 1962Castleford28–2BatleyWheldon Road 2Fri 7 Sep 1962Hull F.C.12–3HuddersfieldBoulevard9,000HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19623Sat 8 Sep 1962Bradford Northern5–11BramleyOdsal4Sat 8 Sep 1962Featherstone Rovers25–10DoncasterPost Office Road5Sat 8 Sep 1962Halifax22–7DewsburyThrum Hall6Sat 8 Sep 1962Hull Kingston Rovers45–10KeighleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 8 Sep 1962Hunslet34–9Wakefield TrinityParkside J. C. Lindley and D. W. Armitage 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973 1973 Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee 0 35617852 88Sat 8 Sep 1962Leeds12–12YorkHeadingley Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 12 Sep 1962York7–6LeedsClarence Street Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 17 Sep 1962Featherstone Rovers21–10BramleyPost Office Road2Mon 17 Sep 1962Hull Kingston Rovers28–12CastlefordCraven Park (1)3Mon 17 Sep 1962Hunslet18–7Hull F.C.Parkside4Wed 19 Sep 1962York2–12HalifaxClarence Street Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 1 Oct 1962Halifax6–7HunsletThrum Hall2Mon 1 Oct 1962Hull Kingston Rovers22–6Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1) Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 27 October 1962Hunslet12–2Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley22,742£4,514Headingley, 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.Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year 1977 News of the World Ltd Teams and scorers Hunslet№Hull Kingston Rovers teams William "Billy" Langton1Cyril KellettBarry Lee2Graham PaulGeoff Shelton3Terry MajorAlan Preece4Mike BlackmoreArthur Render5Robert HarrisBrian Gabbitas6Dave ElliottJeff Stevenson7Brian HatchDennis Hartley8Ken GriceBernard Prior9Alan LockwoodKen Eyre10Jim DrakeWilliam "Billy" Baldwinson11Brian TysonCliff Lambert12John TaylorFred Ward13Harry Poole (c)Fred WardCoachColin Hutton 12score25HT0 Scorers Tries Geoff Shelton (1)TBilly Baldwinson (1)T Goals Billy Langton (2)GCyril Kellett (1)Dennis Hartley (1)G Drop Goals DGRefereeRon Gelder (Wilmslow) 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 Leeds 12 (6) York 12 (7) Halifax 22 Dewsbury 7 Hunslet 34 Wakefield Trinity 9 Hull F.C. 12 Huddersfield 3 Hull Kingston Rovers 45 Keighley 10 Castleford 28 Batley 2 Featherstone Rovers 25 Doncaster 10 Bradford Northern 5 Bramley 11 York 2 Halifax 12 Hunslet 18 Hull F.C. 7 Hull Kingston Rovers 28 Castleford 12 Featherstone Rovers 21 Bramley 10 Halifax 6 Hunslet 7 Hull Kingston Rovers 22 Featherstone Rovers 6 Hunslet 12 Hull Kingston Rovers 2 See also 1962–63 Northern 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:1962 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup