1965–66 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Bradford Northern Winners Hunslet 1964 Yorkshire Cup 1964–65 1966 Yorkshire Cup 1966–67 16 The 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Bradford Northern winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 17–8 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,522 and receipts were £4,359.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 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 1991 Queen Anne PressHC&AC Committee Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1966 (price 1/-) 1966 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1966 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1966%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 3 Sep 1965Hunslet8–2DoncasterParkside2Sat 4 Sep 1965Batley9–37HalifaxMount Pleasant3Sat 4 Sep 1965Castleford22–8Featherstone RoversWheldon Road 47Sat 4 Sep 1965Dewsbury4–27HuddersfieldCrown Flatt2,8005Sat 4 Sep 1965Hull Kingston Rovers17–9YorkCraven Park (1)6Sat 4 Sep 1965Keighley2–19Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane7Sat 4 Sep 1965Leeds40–4BramleyHeadingley8Sat 4 Sep 1965Wakefield Trinity4–8Hull F.C.Belle VueHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/1965 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon? 13 Sep 1965Hunslet9–8Hull F.C.Parkside2Tue 14 Sep 1965Castleford25–8HalifaxWheldon Road 3Wed 15 Sep 1965Bradford Northern12–6Hull Kingston RoversOdsal4Wed 15 Sep 1965Huddersfield16–6LeedsFartown4,008 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon? 27 Sep 1965Hunslet17–10CastlefordParkside9,3472Wed 29 Sep 1965Bradford Northern7–7HuddersfieldOdsal Semi-final - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRThu 30 Sep 1965Huddersfield4–7Bradford NorthernFartown Final Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 16 October 1965Bradford Northern17–8HunsletHeadingley17,522£4,359Headingley, 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.Hunslet 8-17 Bradford Northern - 16.10.1965 https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.online/matchdetails.php?tselect=123082 Rugby League Records 11 December 2025It's Northern's Cup https://www.newspapers.com/image/1230373633/ Yorkshire Sports 16 October 1965 1 Newspapers.com subscription Teams and scorers Bradford NorthernNo.Hunslet Teams Jack Scattergood1Billy LangtonLionel Williamson2Barry LeeIan Brooke3Geoff SheltonAlan Rhodes4Arthur RenderWillie Walker5Tommy ThompsonDave Stockwell6Alan PreeceThomas Smales7Alan MarchantAlbert Tonkinson8Dennis HartleyDennis Morgan9Bernard PriorDave Hill10Billy BaldwinsonGil Ashton11Bill RamseyTerry Clawson12Geoff GunneyJohnny Rae13Fred Ward Subs Mal Breakspeare14Ray AbbeyAlan Hepworth15Colin LarkinGus RismanCoachFred Ward 17score87HT3 Scorers Tries Lionel Williamson (2)TBarry Lee (1)Ian Brooke (1)TTommy Thompson (1)TT Goals Terry Clawson (4)GBilly Langton (1)G Drop Goals DGRefereeEric Lawrenson (Warrington) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Keighley 2 Bradford Northern 19 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 York 9 Dewsbury 4 Huddersfield 27 Leeds 40 Bramley 4 Hunslet 8 Doncaster 2 Wakefield Trinity 4 Hull F.C. 8 Castleford 22 Featherstone Rovers 8 Batley 9 Halifax 37 Bradford Northern 12 Hull Kingston Rovers 6 Huddersfield 16 Leeds 6 Hunslet 9 Hull F.C. 8 Castleford 25 Halifax 8 Bradford Northern 7 (7) Huddersfield 7 (4) Hunslet 17 Castleford 10 Bradford Northern 17 Hunslet 8 See also 1965–66 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:1965 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup