1988–89 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1988–89 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Castleford 1987–88 Yorkshire Cup 1987–88 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup 1989–90 18 The 1988–89 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup rugby league competition was held. Leeds won the trophy by beating the previous season's runner-up, Castleford, with a score of 33–12. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,968 and receipts were £83,591. This was the sixth time in an eleven-year period in which Castleford, previously only winners once (in 1977), made eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning four and finishing runners-up on the other four occasions. It was also the second season in succession that Castleford appeared, and lost, in the final within that eleven-year period. Background In the 1988–89 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 eighteen. As a result, a preliminary round was required to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Preliminary round Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefP1Wed 31 Aug 1988Bramley16–38LeedsMcLaren Field4,258P2Wed 31 Aug 1988Sheffield Eagles8–28Wakefield TrinityOwlerton Stadium1,356 Round 1 Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 18 Sep 1988Castleford94–12HuddersfieldWheldon Road 3,144The first Yorkshire Cup match played by the newly renamed Huddersfield who dropped the "Barracudas"'s suffixThe record score (and highest winning margin) at the time for a Yorkshire Cup match, beating the previous record win of 79-5 (1948)2Sun 18 Sep 1988Featherstone Rovers38–8DoncasterPost Office Road2,6823Sun 18 Sep 1988Halifax36–14BatleyThrum Hall5,3704Sun 18 Sep 1988Hull F.C.53–0HunsletBoulevard3,153HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19885Sun 18 Sep 1988Keighley22–28Hull Kingston RoversLawkholme Lane1,5966Sun 18 Sep 1988Leeds24–21Bradford NorthernHeadingley10,9927Sun 18 Sep 1988Wakefield Trinity46–20DewsburyBelle Vue3,7338Sun 18 Sep 1988York25–4Mansfield MarksmanClarence Street1,370 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 27 Sep 1988Hull F.C.18–0Featherstone RoversBoulevard4,0102Wed 28 Sep 1988Castleford40–14YorkWheldon Road 3,1553Wed 28 Sep 1988Halifax24–2Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall6,2964Wed 28 Sep 1988Leeds15–10Wakefield TrinityHeadingley11,150 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 5 Oct 1988Halifax8–12CastlefordThrum Hall8,4322Wed 5 Oct 1988Leeds12–8Hull F.C.Headingley10,384 Final Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSunday 16 October 1988Leeds33–12CastlefordElland Road22,968£83.591The receipts are given as £76,658 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but the details given in a section of the Huddersfield v Ryedale-York match programmeYorkshire Cup Prelim rd 1992 Huddersfield v Ryedale York Match Programme Huddersfield RLFCYorkshire Cup Prelim rd 1992 v Ryedale-York http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Programmes/1992,%20Ryedale%20York.PDF for the preliminary round on Sunday 23 August 1992 (and all verified by The Rugby League Record Keepers Club), show the receipts as £83,591Raymond 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 Programme dept Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1988 YCRL Committee Teams and scorers Leeds№Castleford teams Gary Spencer1Gary BelcherAndrew Ettingshausen2David PlangeGarry Schofield3Tony MarchantDavid Stephenson4Giles BoothroydCarl Gibson5Chris ChapmanCliff Lyons6Grant AndersonRay Ashton7Robert "Bob" BeardmoreLee Crooks8Kevin WardColin Maskill9Kevin BeardmoreHugh Waddell10Keith EnglandRoy Powell11Martin KetteridgeMark Brooke-Cowden12Ron GibbsDavid Heron13John JoynerPaul Medley (for Mark Brooke-Cowden)14David Roockley (for Chris Chapman)Sam Backo (for Hugh Waddell)15Dean Sampson (for David Roockley)Malcolm "Mal" ReillyCoachDarryl van der Velde 33score1215HT12 Scorers Tries Garry Schofield (2)TGiles Boothroyd (1)Carl Gibson (2)TJohn Joyner (1)Paul Medley (1)T GoalsDavid Stephenson (6)GMartin Ketteridge (2) Drop Goals Garry Schofield (1)DGReferee Robin Whitfield (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchCliff Lyons - Leeds - sosponsored byCompetition Sponsor John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results First round Second round Semi-finals Final Leeds 24 Bradford Northern 21 Wakefield Trinity 46 Dewsbury 20 Hull F.C. 53 Hunslet 0 Featherstone Rovers 38 Doncaster 8 Halifax 36 Batley 14 Keighley 22 Hull Kingston Rovers 28 Castleford 94 Huddersfield 12 York 25 Mansfield Marksman 4 Leeds 15 Wakefield Trinity 10 Hull F.C. 18 Featherstone Rovers 0 Halifax 24 Hull Kingston Rovers 2 Castleford 40 York 14 Leeds 12 Hull F.C. 8 Halifax 8 Castleford 12 Leeds 33 Castleford 12 See also 1988–89 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