1977–78 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1977–78 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Castleford Winners Featherstone Rovers 1976 Yorkshire Cup 1976–77 1978 Yorkshire Cup 1978–79 16 The 1977–78 Yorkshire Cup was the seventieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year, for the first time for eighteen years (and the last time in the history of the Yorkshire Cup), a new name appeared on the trophy, with Castleford winning it by beating Featherstone Rovers in the final by the score of 17–7. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 6,318 and receipts were £4,528. It as also Featherstone Rovers's second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances, both of which resulted in a 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 Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 20 Aug 1977Batley6–33LeedsMount Pleasant2Sat 20 Aug 1977Bradford Northern9–20Featherstone RoversOdsal3Sun 21 Aug 1977Dewsbury5–12CastlefordCrown Flatt4Sun 21 Aug 1977Huddersfield17–20YorkFartown5Sun 21 Aug 1977Hull F.C.33–19BramleyBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19776Sun 21 Aug 1977Keighley16–0HalifaxLawkholme Lane7Sun 21 Aug 1977New Hunslet14–8Hull Kingston RoversElland Road Greyhound Stadium8Sun 21 Aug 1977Wakefield Trinity23–10DoncasterBelle Vue Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 27 Aug 1977Leeds18–18Hull F.C.Headingley2Sun 28 Aug 1977Castleford23–17YorkWheldon Road 3Sun 28 Aug 1977Keighley17–8New HunsletLawkholme Lane4Sun 28 Aug 1977Wakefield Trinity2–12Featherstone RoversBelle Vue Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefrWed 31 Aug 1977Hull F.C.19–11LeedsBoulevard Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 13 Sep 1977Hull F.C.5–19Featherstone RoversBoulevard2Fri 17 Sep 1977Keighley4–14CastlefordLawkholme Lane Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 October 1977Castleford17–7Featherstone RoversHeadingley6,318£4,528Headingley, 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 XYorkshire County Rugby League Committee Match Programme ESSO Yorkshitre Cup final 1976 Yorkshire CRL Teams and scorers Castleford№Featherstone Rovers teams Geoff Wraith1John MarsdenTerrence "Terry" Richardson2Steve EvansJohn Joyner3John GilbertPhilip Johnson4Steve QuinnSteve Fenton5Ken KellettBruce Burton6John NewloveClive Pickerill7Peter ButlerTony Fisher8Jeff TownendRobert Spurr9John "Keith" BridgesAlf Weston10Vince Farrar (Captain)James Huddlestone11Michael "Mick" GibbinsMal Reilly (Captain)12Richard 'Charlie' StoneGeoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd13Keith BellGary Stephens (for Clive Pickerill)14Neil Tuffs (for Steve Quinn)Derek Woodall (for Tony Fisher)15Peter Smith (for Richard Stone)Malcolm "Mal" ReillyCoachKeith Cotton 17score74HT2 Scorers Tries Bruce Burton (2)TPeter Smith (1) Goals Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd (5)GSteve Quinn (1)GTownsend (1) Drop Goals Bruce Burton (1)DGRefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchBruce Burton - Castleford - 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 Keighley 16 Halifax 0 New Hunslet 14 Hull Kingston Rovers 8 Dewsbury 5 Castleford 12 Huddersfield 17 York 20 Batley 6 Leeds 33 Hull F.C. 33 Bramley 19 Wakefield Trinity 23 Doncaster 10 Bradford Northern 9 Featherstone Rovers 20 Keighley 17 New Hunslet 8 Castleford 23 York 17 Leeds 18 (11) Hull F.C. 18 (19) Wakefield Trinity 2 Featherstone Rovers 12 Keighley 4 Castleford 14 Hull F.C. 5 Featherstone Rovers 19 Castleford 17 Featherstone Rovers 7 See also 1977–78 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:RFL Yorkshire Cup Yorkshire Cup