1970–71 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1970–71 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Featherstone Rovers 1969 Yorkshire Cup 1969–70 1971 Yorkshire Cup 1971–72 16 The 1970–71 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 23–7 The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 6,753 and receipts were £1,879 This was Featherstone Rovers's second Yorkshire Cup final defeat in successive competitions 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 Press Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 28 Aug 1970Hull Kingston Rovers9–27Hull F.C.Craven Park (1)HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19702Sat 29 Aug 1970Bramley27–5Bradford NorthernMcLaren Field3Sat 29 Aug 1970Castleford29–4HalifaxWheldon Road 4Sat 29 Aug 1970Featherstone Rovers40–9YorkPost Office Road5Sat 29 Aug 1970Wakefield Trinity10–20LeedsBelle Vue J. C. Lindley and D. W. Armitage 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973 1973 Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee 0-356-17852-86Sun 30 Aug 1970Dewsbury12–10KeighleyCrown Flatt7Sun 30 Aug 1970Huddersfield17–0BatleyFartown8Sun 30 Aug 1970Hunsletw/oDoncasterParksideJust prior to the new season's start, the Hunslet players were told they had to accept a cut in wages. This they refused to accept as they had not had a rise for eight years. They went on strike. When the management threatened to close down the club, the players relented and backed down, but after only one match they went back on strike. This match was not played and Doncaster awarded a walk-over. Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 7 Sep 1970Castleford7–14LeedsWheldon Road 2Fri 11 Sep 1970Bramley12–7DewsburyMcLaren Field3Fri 11 Sep 1970Hull F.C.42–0DoncasterBoulevard4Wed 16 Sep 1970Huddersfield8–10Featherstone RoversFartown Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 29 Sep 1970Hull F.C.11–12LeedsBoulevard2Fri 2 Oct 1970Featherstone Rovers23–2BramleyPost Office Road Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 21 November 1970Leeds23–7Featherstone RoversOdsal6,753£1,879Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v WarringtonRaymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0-356-17852-8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0-356-17851-X Teams and scorers LeedsNo.Featherstone Rovers teams John Holmes1Cyril KellettAlan Smith2Michael "Mick" SmithSyd Hynes (c) 3Keith CottonRonnie Cowan4John NewloveJohn Atkinson5David "Dave" HartleyAnthony Wainwright6Chris HardingMick Shoebottom7Terry HudsonJohn Burke8Sam WindmillPeter Dunn9Dennis Morgan (Sent off)Phil Cookson10Steve LyonsBill Ramsey11Alan RhodesBob Haigh12James "Jimmy" ThompsonRay Batten13Vince FarrarJohn Langley (for Anthony Wainwright)14Paul Coventry (for Chris Harding)?15?Derek TurnerCoaches Laurie Gant 23score78HT2 Scorers Tries Alan Smith (2)TDave Hartley (1)John Atkinson (1)TPeter Dunn (1)TBill Ramsey (1)TTTT Goals Syd Hynes (4)GCyril Kellett (2)GG Drop Goals DGDGDGRefereeD S Brown (Preston)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchSyd Hynes - Leeds - CEsponsored by 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 Hull Kingston Rovers 9 Hull F.C. 27 Hunslet w/o Doncaster Castleford 29 Halifax 4 Wakefield Trinity 10 Leeds 20 Huddersfield 17 Huddersfield 0 Featherstone Rovers 40 York 9 Bramley 27 Bradford Northern 5 Dewsbury 12 Keighley 10 Hull F.C. 42 Doncaster 0 Castleford 7 Leeds 14 Huddersfield 8 Featherstone Rovers 10 Bramley 12 Dewsbury 7 Hull F.C. 11 Leeds 12 Featherstone Rovers 23 Bramley 2 Leeds 23 Featherstone Rovers 7 See also 1970–71 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:1970 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup