1968–69 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1968–69 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Castleford 1967 Yorkshire Cup 1967–68 1969 Yorkshire Cup 1969–70 16 The 1968–69 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 22–11. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,573 and receipts were £3,746. 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 1969 (price 1/-) 1969 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1969 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1969%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 6 Sep 1968Doncaster7–13HalifaxBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield2Sat 7 Sep 1968Batley12–11YorkMount Pleasant3Sat 7 Sep 1968Bramley5–24Bradford NorthernMcLaren Field4Sat 7 Sep 1968Dewsbury5–6CastlefordCrown Flatt5Sat 7 Sep 1968Hull F.C.9–30LeedsBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19686Sat 7 Sep 1968Hunslet19–11HuddersfieldParkside1,5007Sat 7 Sep 1968Wakefield Trinity18–30Hull Kingston RoversBelle VueThe score in this match is given as 18-30 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but in "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" the score is given as 18-40 and is further described in the book as "Trinity's heaviest defeat at home in County Cup football and the highest score by any opponent on Trinity's ground for 10 years" 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 88Sun 8 Sep 1968Featherstone Rovers21–10KeighleyPost Office Road Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 16 Sep 1968Hunslet5–5CastlefordParkside2Tue 17 Sep 1968Featherstone Rovers10–18LeedsPost Office Road3Tue 17 Sep 1968Halifax14–10Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall4Wed 18 Sep 1968Bradford Northern17–8BatleyOdsal Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 18 Sep 1968Castleford33–18HunsletWheldon Road Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 29 Sep 1968Bradford Northern15–16CastlefordOdsal2Thu 3 Oct 1968Halifax5–12LeedsThrum Hall Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 19 October 1968Leeds22–11CastlefordBelle Vue12,573£3,746Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and HuddersfieldRaymond 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 Leeds№Castleford teams Bev Risman1Derek EdwardsAlan Smith2Keith HoweSyd Hynes3Ronald HillBernard Watson4Tony ThomasJohn Atkinson5David StephensMick Shoebottom6Alan Hardisty (c)Barry Seabourne7Danny HargraveMick Clark (c)8Dennis HartleyTony Crosby9Clive DickinsonKenny Eyre10John WardBill Ramsey11Peter SmallAlbert Eyre12Brian LockwoodRay Batten13Malcolm "Mal" ReillyJohn Langley14Glyn JonesDavid Hick (for Bill Ramsey)15Michael Redfearn (for Brian Lockwood)Roy FrancisCoachDerek Turner 22score1110HT8 Scorers TriesAlan Smith (1)TRonald Hill (1)Bernard Watson (1)TJohn Atkinson (1)TDavid Hick (1)T GoalsBev Risman (5)GRonald Hill (2)GAlan Hardisty (2)RefereeJoe Manley (Warrington)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchBarry Seabourne - Leeds - shsponsored 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 Doncaster 7 Halifax 13 Wakefield Trinity 18 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 Featherstone Rovers 21 Keighley 10 Hull 9 Leeds 30 Bramley 5 Bradford Northern 24 Batley 12 York 11 Hunslet 19 Huddersfield 11 Dewsbury 5 Castleford 6 Halifax 14 Hull Kingston Rovers 10 Featherstone Rovers 10 Leeds 18 Bradford Northern 17 Batley 8 Hunslet 5 (18) Castleford 5 (33) Halifax 5 Leeds 12 Bradford Northern 15 Castleford 16 Leeds 22 Castleford 11 See also 1968–69 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:1968 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup