1972–73 Yorkshire Cup

65th edition of the Yorkshire Cup April 2022 1972–73 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Dewsbury 1971 Yorkshire Cup 1971–72 1973 Yorkshire Cup 1973–74 16 The 1972–73 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds winning the trophy by beating Dewsbury by the score of 36–9 in what would be Dewsbury's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,806 and receipts were £2,659 This was Leeds third victory (and the first of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons Background The staging of the previous season's Yorkshire Cup during July and August was deemed a financial failure,Yorkshire R.L. praise Whiteley, Millward https://www.newspapers.com/image/879447452 Hull Daily Mail Sports Mail 3 Jun 1972 10 Newspapers.com subscription and the competition reverted to its usual place in the calendar between August and October. For the first time in its history, the competition was sponsored after agreeing a deal with Esso.York find RL a sponsor https://www.newspapers.com/image/1054707724 The Northern Echo Yorkshire Darlington 24 Jul 1972 13 Newspapers.com subscription 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 Press First Round Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 25 Aug 1972Huddersfield26–5DoncasterFartown2Fri 25 Aug 1972Hull F.C.8–19LeedsBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19723Sat 26 Aug 1972Bramley16–9YorkMcLaren Field4Sun 27 Aug 1972Wakefield Trinity38–17KeighleyBelle Vue 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 85Sun 27 Aug 1972Dewsbury19–5CastlefordCrown Flatt6Sun 27 Aug 1972Featherstone Rovers38–8BatleyPost Office Road7Sun 27 Aug 1972Hull Kingston Rovers36–27Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)8Sun 27 Aug 1972Hunslet8–76HalifaxParkside Second Round Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 5 Sep 1972Leeds36–5Featherstone RoversHeadingley2Wed 6 Sep 1972Bramley8–20DewsburyMcLaren Field3Wed 6 Sep 1972Huddersfield12–8Hull Kingston RoversFartown4Thu 7 Sep 1972Wakefield Trinity9–11HalifaxBelle Vue Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 20 Sep 1972Dewsbury19–10HalifaxCrown Flatt2Wed 20 Sep 1972Leeds26–13HuddersfieldHeadingley Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 7 October 1972Leeds36–9DewsburyOdsal7,806£2,659Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington.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 LeedsNo.Dewsbury Teams John Holmes1Adrian RushtonAlan Smith2Greg AshcroftSyd Hynes3Alan ChildeLes Dyl4Terry DayJohn Atkinson5Jeff YowardAlan Hardisty (c) 6Allan AgarKeith Hepworth7Alan BatesTerry Clawson8Graham BellDavid Ward9Mike StephensonBill Ramsey10Trevor LowePhil Cookson11Jeff GrayshonGraham Eccles12John BatesRay Batten13Steve HankinsJohn Langley (for Hepworth)14Steve Lee (for Bates)Tony Fisher (for Clawson)15Harry Beverley (for Bell) Derek TurnerCoachTommy Smales 36score915HT2 Scorers Tries John Holmes (3)TGreg Ashcroft (1)Les Dyl (2)TJohn AtkinsonTAlan Hardisty (1)TGraham Eccles (1)T Goals Syd Hynes (1)GAlan Bates (3)Terry Clawson (5)GRefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchJohn Holmes - Leeds - FBsponsored byCompetition SponsorEsso Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Hull F.C. 8 Leeds 19 Featherstone Rovers 38 Batley 8 Huddersfield 26 Doncaster 5 Hull Kingston Rovers 36 Bradford Northern 27 Bramley 16 York 9 Dewsbury 19 Castleford 5 Wakefield Trinity 38 Keighley 7 Hunslet 8 Halifax 76 Leeds 36 Featherstone Rovers 5 Huddersfield 12 Hull Kingston Rovers 8 Bramley 8 Dewsbury 20 Wakefield Trinity 9 Halifax 11 Leeds 26 Huddersfield 13 Dewsbury 19 Halifax 10 Leeds 36 Dewsbury 9 See also 1972–73 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:1972 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup