1985–86 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1985–86 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Hull Kingston Rovers Winners Castleford 1984 Yorkshire Cup 1984–85 1986 Yorkshire Cup 1986–87 17 The 1985–86 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers", but one new entrant in the form of newcomers to the league, Sheffield Eagles and so the total of entries increases by one up to seventeen. This in turn resulted in the necessity to introduce a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen. Last year's runner-up, Hull Kingston Rovers returned to the finals stage to win the trophy this year by beating Castleford by the score of 22–18. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,686 and receipts were £36,327. It was the third time in the incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions. Background The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden). The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars). Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Preliminary round Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefP1Wed 4 Sep 1985Castleford38–6Sheffield EaglesWheldon Road 1748This is the first Yorkshire Cup match played by Sheffield Eagles, newly elected to the league Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 15 Sep 1985Batley10–14DewsburyMount Pleasant21482Sun 15 Sep 1985Bradford Northern40–15Wakefield TrinityOdsal31803Sun 15 Sep 1985Bramley22–10DoncasterMcLaren Field5824Sun 15 Sep 1985Castleford60–2HunsletWheldon Road 27085Sun 15 Sep 1985Halifax52–14Huddersfield BarracudasThrum Hall25166Sun 15 Sep 1985Hull Kingston Rovers12–10Hull F.C.Craven Park (1)10115HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results https://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19857Sun 15 Sep 1985Leeds60–12KeighleyHeadingley47758Sun 15 Sep 1985York18–26Featherstone RoversClarence Street2283 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 25 Sep 1985Dewsbury2–48LeedsCrown Flatt37002Wed 25 Sep 1985Featherstone Rovers11–22Bradford NorthernPost Office Road21853Wed 25 Sep 1985Halifax4–24CastlefordThrum Hall40124Wed 25 Sep 1985Hull Kingston Rovers30–6BramleyCraven Park (1)3959 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 2 Oct 1985Hull Kingston Rovers11–5Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)60082Wed 2 Oct 1985Leeds10–14CastlefordHeadingley10281 Final Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSunday 27 October 1985Hull Kingston Rovers22–18CastlefordHeadingley12,686£36,327Headingley, 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 Programme dept Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1985 YCRL Committee Teams and scorers Hull Kingston RoversNo.Castleford teams George Fairbairn1Gary LordGarry Clark2David PlangeJohn Dorahy3Tony MarchantGary Prohm4Gary HydeDavid Laws5Tony SpearsGordon Smith6Steve DiamondPaul Harkin7Robert "Bob" BeardmorePeter Johnston8Kevin WardDavid Watkinson9Kevin BeardmoreAsuquo "Zook" Ema10Barry JohnsonChris Burton11Keith EnglandPhil Hogan12Martin KetteridgeGavin Miller13John JoynerJohn Lydiat (for George Fairbairn)14David RoockleyAndy Kelly (for Phil Hogan)15Ian Fletcher Roger MillwardCoachMalcolm "Mal" Reilly 22score1810HT6 Scorers Tries Garry Clark (1)TTony Marchant (2)Gavin Miller (2)TRobert "Bob" Beardmore (1) GoalsJohn Dorahy (5)GSteve Diamond (1)GRobert "Bob" Beardmore (2)RefereeRon Campbell (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchGavin Miller - Hull KR - LFsponsored byCompetition Sponsor John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Hull Kingston Rovers 12 Hull F.C. 10 Bramley 22 Doncaster 10 York 18 Featherstone Rovers 26 Bradford Northern 40 Wakefield Trinity 15 Batley 10 Dewsbury 14 Leeds 60 Keighley 12 Halifax 52 Huddersfield Barracudas 14 Castleford 60 Hunslet 2 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 Bramley 6 Featherstone Rovers 11 Bradford Northern 22 Dewsbury 2 Leeds 48 Halifax 4 Castleford 24 Hull Kingston Rovers 11 Bradford Northern 5 Leeds 10 Castleford 14 Hull Kingston Rovers 22 Castleford 18 See also 1985–86 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