1973–74 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1973–74 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Wakefield Trinity 1972 Yorkshire Cup 1972–73 1974 Yorkshire Cup 1974–75 16 The 1973–74 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup Rugby competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 7–2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,621 and receipts were £3,728. This was Leeds' fourth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons. It was also the first of two consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat 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 1974–75 1975 Queen Anne Press Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttNotesRef1Fri 31 Aug 1973Castleford32–8YorkWheldon Road 1697 2Sat 01 Sep 1973Batley23–8Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant691 3Sat 01 Sep 1973Halifax15–17KeighleyThrum Hall1352 4Sat 01 Sep 1973Hull F.C.8–10HuddersfieldBoulevard1800 HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19735Sat 01 Sep 1973Leeds30–5DewsburyHeadingley5882 6Sun 02 Sep 1973Bradford Northern29–7New HunsletOdsal4418The first Yorkshire Cup match played by the newly re-formed New Hunslet club7Sun 02 Sep 1973Bramley4–19Featherstone RoversMcLaren Field1950 8Sun 02 Sep 1973Wakefield Trinity39–7DoncasterBelle Vue2548 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttNotesRef1Fri 07 Sep 1973Castleford29–8HuddersfieldWheldon Road1700 2Sat 08 Sep 1973Batley2–27LeedsMount Pleasant2542 3Sun 09 Sep 1973Bradford Northern27–14Featherstone RoversOdsal5369 4Sun 09 Sep 1973Keighley4–39Wakefield TrinityLawkholme Lane2620 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttNotesRef1Tue 25 Sep 1973Leeds10–5Bradford NorthernHeadingley6416 2Tue 26 Sep 1973Wakefield Trinity19–18CastlefordBelle Vue4642 Final Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 20 October 1973Leeds7–2Wakefield TrinityHeadingley7,621£3,728Headingley, 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 XFrank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year 1974 News of the World Ltd Teams and scorers Leeds№Wakefield Trinity teams John Holmes1Geoff WraithJohn Langley2David SmithSyd Hynes3Terry "TC" CrookLes Dyl4John HegartyJohn Atkinson5Barry ParkerAlan Hardisty (c) 6David ToplissKeith Hepworth7Joseph "Joe" BonnarDavid Jeanes8Rob ValentineDavid Ward9Mick Morgan (c)Geoffrey Clarkson10Roy BrattGraham Eccles11David KnowlesPhil Cookson12Ken EndersbyRay Batten13Ernest HolmesDavid Marshall (for John Langley)14Les Sheard (for Geoff Wraith 33m)Bill Ramsey (for David Jeanes)15George Ballantyne (for David Knowles 57m)Eric AshtonCoachNeil Fox 7score25HT2 Scorers Tries John Langley (1)T Goals David Marshall (1)GTerry "TC" Crook (1)Syd Hynes (1)GRefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchKeith Hepworth - Leeds - sh Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Batley 23 Hull Kingston Rovers 8 Leeds 30 Dewsbury 5 Bradford Northern 29 New Hunslet 7 Bramley 4 Featherstone Rovers 19 Halifax 15 Keighley 17 Wakefield Trinity 39 Doncaster 7 Castleford 32 York 8 Hull F.C. 8 Huddersfield 10 Batley 2 Leeds 27 Bradford Northern 27 Featherstone Rovers 14 Keighley 4 Wakefield Trinity 39 Castleford 29 Huddersfield 8 Leeds 10 Bradford Northern 5 Wakefield Trinity 19 Castleford 18 Leeds 7 Wakefield Trinity 2 See also 1973–74 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes and comments 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:1973 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup