1990–91 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1990–91 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Castleford Winners Wakefield Trinity 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup 1989–90 1991–92 Yorkshire Cup 1991–92 18 The 1990–91 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Castleford won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 11–8 The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,420 and receipts were £61,432 This was the seventh 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. It was also the first of what would be two victories for Castleford in two successive finals. within that eleven-year period. 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 eighteen. This in turn resulted in the necessity to continue with a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Preliminary round Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefP1Sun 19 Aug 1990Bradford Northern20–12Sheffield EaglesOdsal3477P2Sun 19 Aug 1990Nottingham City6–100Hull Kingston RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield1010Match transferred from the home ground of Harvey Hadden Stadium to Doncaster's Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield in hope of bigger attendance etc.At the time this was the Hull Kingston Rovers record scoreThe highest score and winning margin and first time over 100 points scored - in a Yorkshire Cup tie Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 26 Aug 1990Batley17–10HuddersfieldMount Pleasant17342Sun 26 Aug 1990Dewsbury26–14KeighleyCrown Flatt10563Sun 26 Aug 1990Doncaster4–40HalifaxBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield29894Sun 26 Aug 1990Featherstone Rovers36–4BramleyPost Office Road24455Sun 26 Aug 1990Hull F.C.6–10CastlefordBoulevard6591HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19906Sun 26 Aug 1990Leeds16–24Bradford NorthernHeadingley139687Sun 26 Aug 1990Ryedale-York0–10Hull Kingston RoversRyedale Stadium2264The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at Ryedale-York's new stadium8Sun 26 Aug 1990Wakefield Trinity28–18HunsletBelle Vue3150 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 2 Sep 1990Bradford Northern12–42CastlefordValley Parade7974Match played at Valley Parade, home of Bradford City A.F.C.2Sun 2 Sep 1990Dewsbury18–8BatleyCrown Flatt29243Sun 2 Sep 1990Featherstone Rovers22–31Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road43574Sun 2 Sep 1990Wakefield Trinity26–17HalifaxBelle Vue6492 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 12 Sep 1990Castleford29–6Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road 79402Wed 12 Sep 1990Wakefield Trinity25–2DewsburyBelle Vue5640 Final Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSunday 23 September 1990Castleford11–8Wakefield TrinityElland Road12,420£61,432Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C. with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland). The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903-04 season Teams and scorers Castleford№Wakefield Trinity Teams Steve Larder1Kevin HarcombeSt. John Ellis2David JonesShaun Irwin3Andy MasonGrant Anderson4Phil EdenDavid Plange5Andy WilsonGraham Steadman6Tracy LazenbyGary Atkins7Mark ConwayLee Crooks (c)8Adrian ShelfordRoy Southernwood9Billy ConwayDean Sampson10John ThompsonNeil Battye11Andy Kelly (c)Jeff Hardy12Gary PriceNeil Roebuck13Nigel BellSubsKeith England (for Atkins 49 m)14Chris Perry (for Kelly 55 m)Martin Ketteridge (for Battye 77 m)15Richard Slater (for B. Conway 38 m)Darryl Van de VeldeCoachDavid Topliss 11score84HT8 Scorers Tries Gary Atkins (1)TAndy Mason (1)David Plange (1)T Goals Lee Crooks (1)GKevin Harcombe (2) Drop Goals Neil Roebuck (1)DGRefereeJames "Jim" Smith (Halifax)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchTracy Lazenby - Wakefield Trinity - sosponsored 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 Leeds 16 Bradford Northern 24 Hull F.C. 6 Castleford 10 Featherstone Rovers 36 Bramley 4 Ryedale-York 0 Hull Kingston Rovers 10 Wakefield Trinity 28 Hunslet 18 Doncaster 4 Halifax 40 Dewsbury 26 Keighley 14 Batley 17 Huddersfield 10 Bradford Northern 12 Castleford 42 Featherstone Rovers 22 Hull Kingston Rovers 31 Wakefield Trinity 26 Halifax 17 Dewsbury 18 Batley 8 Castleford 29 Hull Kingston Rovers 6 Wakefield Trinity 25 Dewsbury 2 Castleford 11 Wakefield Trinity 8 Brief report on the final According to the League Express match reporter Mike Beevers (abridged as follows) :- In front of almost 12,500 fans paying over £60,000, Castleford finally got rid of their Elland Road bogey, having lost all three previous Yorkshire Cup finals played at this ground, by beating local rivals Wakefield Trinity 11-8 in this year's Yorkshire Cup final. Wakefield stand-off Tracey Lazenby made the break that produced the first try of the match for Andy Mason, which Kevin Harcombe converted from touch. Castleford hit back through Gary Atkins, but Lee Crooks failed to convert. Before half time Wakefield went further ahead through a penalty from Kevin Harcombe. Lee Crooks cut the deficit with a penalty of his own on 49 minutes. The introduction of international prop Keith ‘Beefy’ England changed the game and, shortly afterwards, winger David Plange, playing his first game of the season, followed up a great trysaving tackle on Andy Mason by scoring the game’s crucial try, which came from a long ball from hooker Graham Southernwood. Skipper Lee Crooks converted to pick up his fifth winners’ medal in the competition, after having won three times with Hull and once with Leeds. Wakefield stand-off Tracey Lazenby won the White Rose Trophy as man of the matchMike Beavers on the 1990 Yorkshire Cup final http://www.totalrl.com/web/the-big-cs-win-trophies/ See also 1990–91 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