1966–67 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Hull Kingston Rovers Winners Featherstone Rovers 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup 1965–66 1967–68 Yorkshire Cup 1967–68 16 The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25–12. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482 This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers. 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 1967 (price 1/-) 1967 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1967 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1967%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 2 Sep 1966Castleford32–2BatleyWheldon Road 2Fri 2 Sep 1966Hunslet21–10DoncasterParkside3Sat 3 Sep 1966Dwesbury13–13Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt 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 84Sat 3 Sep 1966Featherstone Rovers50–15YorkPost Office Road5Sat 3 Sep 1966Huddersfield8–4Bradford NorthernFartown9,9906Sat 3 Sep 1966Hull F.C.20–24Hull Kingston RoversBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19667Sat 3 Sep 1966Keighley16–30HalifaxLawkholme Lane8Sat 3 Sep 1966Leeds18–20BramleyHeadingley Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRMon 5 Sep 1966Wakefield Trinity18–11DewsburyBelle Vue Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 12 Sep 1966Huddersfield11–6Wakefield TrinityFartown7,4732Tue 13 Sep 1966Featherstone Rovers17–9BramleyPost Office Road3Wed 14 Sep 1966Castleford14–18HalifaxWheldon Road 4Wed 14 Sep 1966Hunslet3–29Hull Kingston RoversParkside Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 26 Sep 1966Featherstone Rovers20–9HalifaxPost Office Road2Mon 26 Sep 1966Hull Kingston Rovers27–7HuddersfieldCraven Park (1)10,533 Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 October 1966Hull Kingston Rovers25–12Featherstone RoversHeadingley13,241£3,482Headingley, 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 Rovers№Featherstone Rovers teams Cyril Kellett1Dave KellettChristopher Young2Vaughan ThomasAlan Burwell3Ken GreatorexJohnny Moore4Brian WrigglesworthMike Blackmore5Graham WestwoodRoger Millward6Michael SmithArthur Bunting7Carl DoolerFrank Fox8Malcolm DixonPeter Flanagan9Milan KosanovićBrian Tyson10Colin ForsythWilliam Holliday11Arnold MorganFrank Foster12Steve LyonsTerry Major13Tommy SmalesColin HuttonCoachLaurie Gant 25score1217HT2 Scorers Tries Christopher Young (1)TBrian Wrigglesworth (1)Alan Burwelll (1)TColin Forsyth (1)Johnny Moore (1)TMike Blackmoore (1)TPeter Flanagan (1)T Goals Cyril Kellett (5)GTommy Smales (3)G Drop Goals DGRefereeBrian Baker (Horwich)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchCyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - FBsponsored 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 Hunslet 21 Doncaster 10 Hull F.C. 20 Hull Kingston Rovers 24 Huddersfield 8 Bradford Northern 4 Dwesbury 13 (11_ Wakefield Trinity 13 (18) Featherstone Rovers 50 York 15 Leeds 18 Bramley 20 Castleford 32 Batley 2 Keighley 16 Halifax 30 Hunslet 3 Hull Kingston Rovers 29 Huddersfield 11 Wakefield Trinity 6 Featherstone Rovers 17 Bramley 9 Castleford 14 Halifax 18 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 Huddersfield 7 Featherstone Rovers 20 Halifax 9 Hull Kingston Rovers 25 Featherstone Rovers 12 See also 1966–67 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:1966 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup