1974–75 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Hull Kingston Rovers Winners Wakefield Trinity 1973 Yorkshire Cup 1973–74 1975 Yorkshire Cup 1975–76 16 The 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup was the 67th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 16–13 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,823 and receipts were £3,090 It was also the second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat 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 & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975–76 1975 Queen Anne PressFrank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year 1974 News of the World LtdFrank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1975–76 - 89th year 1975 News of the World Ltd Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 30 Aug 1974Castleford13–19YorkWheldon Road 17782Fri 30 Aug 1974Hull Kingston Rovers16–0BatleyCraven Park (1)31513Sat 31 Aug 1974Leeds16–5KeighleyHeadingley34104Sun 1 Sep 1974Bradford Northern49–5HuddersfieldOdsal40035Sun 1 Sep 1974Bramley52–17DoncasterMcLaren Field8006Sun 1 Sep 1974Dewsbury12–15Featherstone RoversCrown Flatt33207Sun 1 Sep 1974New Hunslet14–17Hull F.C.Elland Road Greyhound Stadium2000The first Yorkshire Cup match played at this Elland Road Greyhound StadiumHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19748Sun 1 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity22-12HalifaxBelle Vue2500 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 4 Sep 1974Hull Kingston Rovers23–10BramleyCraven Park (1)3086The score is given incorrectly as 0-10 by the John Player yearbook 1975–76 but as 23-10 by the RUGBYLEAGUEproject and others2Tue 10 Sep 1974Hull F.C.12–8LeedsBoulevard4000The date is given as Wednesday 11 September by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but by the official Hull archives as Tuesday 10 September.3Thu 12 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity24–14Featherstone RoversBelle Vue33004Thu 19 Sep 1974York4–26Bradford NorthernClarence Street2576 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 24 Sep 1974Bradford Northern16–16Hull Kingston RoversOdsal29422Tue 1 Oct 1974Hull F.C.6–8Wakefield TrinityBoulevard4250 Semi-final - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 2 Oct 1974Hull Kingston Rovers5–3Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)4047 Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 26 October 1974Hull Kingston Rovers16–13Wakefield TrinityHeadingley5,823£3,090Headingley, 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 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 X Teams and scorers Hull Kingston RoversNo.Wakefield Trinity teams Robert Smithies1Les SheardClive Sullivan2David SmithBernard Watson3Terry "TC" CrookPhillip "Phil" Coupland4John HegartyGeorge Kirkpatrick5John ArcherRoger Millward (c) 6David ToplissMike Stephenson7Joseph "Joe" BonnarJohn Millington8George BallantyneDave Heslop9Raymond HandscombePaul Rose10Roy BrattCliff Wallis11Trevor SkerrettNeil Fox12Alan TonksJoseph "Joe" Brown13Mick Morgan (c)Gerald "Ged" Dunn (for Clive Sullivan)14Neil Goodwin (for Alan Tonks)Ian Madley (for Neil Fox)15Ernest Holmes (for Neil Goodwin)??CoachPeter Fox 16score135HT7 Scorers Tries Gerald "Ged" Dunn (1)TDavid Smith (1)Bernard Watson (2)TJohn Hegarty (1)George Kirkpatrick (1)TRoy Bratt (1) Goals Neil Fox (2)GTerry "TC" Crook (2)RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchRoger Millward - Hull KR - sosponsored byCompetition SponsorEsso Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Castleford 13 York 19 Bradford Northern 49 Huddersfield 5 Hull Kingston Rovers 16 Batley 0 Bramley 52 Doncaster 17 New Hunslet 14 Hull F.C. 17 Leeds 16 Keighley 5 Wakefield Trinity 22 Halifax 12 Dewsbury 12 Featherstone Rovers 15 York 4 Bradford Northern 26 Hull Kingston Rovers 23 Bramley 10 Hull F.C. 12 Leeds 8 Wakefield Trinity 24 Featherstone Rovers 14 Bradford Northern 16 (3) Hull Kingston Rovers 16 (5) Hull F.C. 6 Wakefield Trinity 8 Hull Kingston Rovers 16 Wakefield Trinity 13 See also 1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Yorkshire Cup 1974/75 https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup-1974-75/results.html Rugby League Project Category:1974 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup