1975–76 Yorkshire Cup

English rugby league competition April 2022 1975–76 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Hull Kingston Rovers 1974 Yorkshire Cup 1974–75 1976 Yorkshire Cup 1976–77 16 The 1975–76 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 15–11 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,743 and receipts were £3,617 This was Leeds' fifth victory (and the first of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons. 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 Press Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 29 Aug 1975Castleford16–16Hull F.C.Wheldon Road HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19752Sat 30 Aug 1975Huddersfield7–19Featherstone RoversFartown3Sat 30 Aug 1975Leeds32–5HalifaxHeadingley4Sun 31 Aug 1975Bradford Northern28–12BramleyOdsal5Sun 31 Aug 1975Doncaster11–18KeighleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield6Sun 31 Aug 1975Hull Kingston Rovers26–9Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)7Sun 31 Aug 1975New Hunslet20–5BatleyElland Road Greyhound Stadium8Sun 31 Aug 1975York18–12DewsburyClarence Street Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRTue 2 Sep 1975Hull F.C.15–16CastlefordBoulevard Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 13 Sep 1975Bradford Northern2–22LeedsOdsal2Sun 14 Sep 1975Featherstone Rovers8–5CastlefordPost Office Road3Sun 14 Sep 1975New Hunslet7–15Hull Kingston RoversElland Road Greyhound Stadium4Sun 14 Sep 1975York13–16KeighleyClarence Street Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 23 Sep 1975Hull Kingston Rovers19–16Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1)2Wed 1 Oct 1975Keighley2–11LeedsLawkholme Lane Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 November 1975Leeds15–11Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley5,743£3,617The attendance is given as 5,304 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 gives the attendance at 5,734Headingley, 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 Leeds№Hull Kingston Rovers teams Marshall1Richard WallaceAlan Smith2Gerald "Ged" DunnNeil Hague3Alan BurwellLes Dyl4Bernard WatsonJohn Atkinson5Clive SullivanJohn Holmes6Glyn TurnerSyd Hynes7Roger MillwardMick Harrison8John MillingtonIan Payne9Clifford "Cliff" DickinsonSteve Pitchford10Steve LyonsGraham Eccles11Paul RoseRay Batten12Neil FoxPhil Cookson13Mick Hughes/R. HughesChristopher Sanderson14?Roy Dickinson (for Steve Pitchford)15Roy Holdstock (for Hughes)Syd HynesCoachArthur Bunting 15score117HT3 Scorers Tries Les Dyl (1)TClive Sullivan (1)Phil Cookson (1)TNeil Fox (1) Goals John Holmes (4)GNeil Fox (2) Drop Goals John Holmes (1)DGRoger Millward (1)RefereeJ. V. Moss (Manchester)Man of the matchNeil Fox - Hull KR - SRsponsored byEssoWhite Rose Trophy for Man of the match Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final York 18 Dewsbury 12 Doncaster 11 Keighley 18 Bradford Northern 28 Bramley 12 Leeds 32 Halifax 5 New Hunslet 20 Batley 5 Hull Kingston Rovers 26 Wakefield Trinity 9 Huddersfield 7 Featherstone Rovers 19 Castleford 16 (16) Hull F.C. 16 (15) York 13 Keighley 16 Bradford Northern 2 Leeds 22 New Hunslet 7 Hull Kingston Rovers 15 Featherstone Rovers 8 Castleford 5 Keighley 2 Leeds 11 Hull Kingston Rovers 19 Featherstone Rovers 16 Leeds 15 Hull Kingston Rovers 1 See also 1975–76 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:1975 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup