1986–87 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1986 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Castleford Winners Hull F.C. 1985 Yorkshire Cup 1985–86 1987 Yorkshire Cup 1987–88 18 The 1986–87 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, and no "leavers", but another new entrant in the form of Mansfield Marksman and so the total of entries increases by one up to eighteen. This in turn resulted in the necessity to increase the number of matches in the preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen. In a repeat of the 1983–84 Yorkshire Cup's final pairing, Castleford turned the tables, reversing the result and beating Hull F.C. by the score of 31–24 to win the trophy. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,132 and receipts were £31,888. This was the fourth 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 League 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 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefP1Sun 17 Aug 1986Halifax56–0Mansfield MarksmanThrum Hall2962The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by newly elected to the league Mansfield MarksmanP2Wed 3 Sep 1986Sheffield Eagles22–20DoncasterOwlerton Stadium654This is the first Yorkshire Cup match played at Sheffield Eagles' Owlerton Stadium Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 12 Sep 1986Leeds40–4KeighleyHeadingley28622Sun 14 Sep 1986Batley12–14Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant15023Sun 14 Sep 1986Castleford16–10HalifaxWheldon Road 75944Sun 14 Sep 1986Featherstone Rovers40–13YorkPost Office Road17325Sun 14 Sep 1986Hull F.C.29–22BramleyBoulevard3580HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19866Sun 14 Sep 1986Hull Kingston Rovers52–30Huddersfield BarracudasCraven Park (1)37367Sun 14 Sep 1986Hunslet12–40Bradford NorthernElland Road31018Sun 14 Sep 1986Sheffield Eagles9–10DewsburyOwlerton Stadium641 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 24 Sep 1986Bradford Northern42–10DewsburyOdsal26822Wed 24 Sep 1986Castleford38–16LeedsWheldon Road 71983Wed 24 Sep 1986Hull F.C.21–12Wakefield TrinityBoulevard37374Wed 24 Sep 1986Hull Kingston Rovers20–20Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1)3841 Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRFri 26 Sep 1986Featherstone Rovers23–12Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road2385 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 1 Oct 1986Bradford Northern12–16Hull F.C.Odsal47272Wed 1 Oct 1986Featherstone Rovers2–30CastlefordPost Office Road5523 Final Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 11 October 1986Castleford31–24Hull F.C.Headingley11,132£31,888Headingley, 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 1986 YCRL Committee Teams and scorers CastlefordNo.Hull F.C. teams Colin Scott1Gary KembleDavid Plange2Michael BrandTony Marchant3Garry SchofieldChris Johns4Dane O'HaraGary Hyde5Paul EastwoodJohn Joyner6Fred Ah KuoiRobert "Bob" Beardmore7Phil WindleyKevin Ward8David BrownKevin Beardmore9Shaun PatrickBarry Johnson10Andy Dannatt (Sent off)Martin Ketteridge11Steve 'Knocker' NortonBrett Atkins12Lee CrooksKeith England13Jon SharpGary Lord (for Gary Hyde)14Gary Divorty (for Steve Norton)Alan Shillito (for Brett Atkins)15Neil Puckering (for Dave Brown)Malcolm "Mal" ReillyCoachLen Casey 31score2412HT18 Scorers Tries Kevin Ward (1)TMike Brand (2)Kevin Beardmore (2)TDane O'Hara (2)Martin Ketteridge (1)TBrett Atkins (1)T Goals Martin Ketteridge (5)GLee Crooks (4) Drop Goals Robert "Bob" Beardmore (1)DGRefereeJohn McDonald (Wigan)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchKevin Beardmore - Castleford - HKsponsored 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 Hull Kingston Rovers 52 Huddersfield Barracudas 30 Featherstone Rovers 40 York 13 Castleford 16 Halifax 10 Leeds 40 Keighley 4 Hunslet 12 Bradford Northern 40 Sheffield Eagles 9 Dewsbury 10 Hull F.C. 29 Bramley 22 Batley 12 Wakefield Trinity 14 Hull Kingston Rovers 20 (12) Featherstone Rovers 20 (23) Castleford 38 Leeds 16 Bradford Northern 42 Dewsbury 10 Hull F.C. 21 Wakefield Trinity 12 Featherstone Rovers 2 Castleford 30 Bradford Northern 12 Hull F.C. 16 Castleford 31 Hull F.C. 24 See also 1986–87 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