1976 Yorkshire Cup

1976-77 Yorkshire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 16
Winners Leeds
Runners-up Featherstone Rovers
< 1975 Seasons 1977 >

The 1976 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 16-12
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,645 and receipts were £5,198
This was Leeds' sixth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.
It as also Featherstone Rovers's first of two consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances, both of which resulted in a defeat

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entants 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[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 22 Aug 1976Batley11-27KeighleyMount Pleasant
2Sun 22 Aug 1976Bradford Northern9-11LeedsOdsal
3Sun 22 Aug 1976Bramley7-15Wakefield TrinityMcLaren Field
4Sun 22 Aug 1976Doncaster5-54Featherstone RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
5Sun 22 Aug 1976Halifax21-11YorkThrum Hall
6Sun 22 Aug 1976Huddersfield18-26DewsburyFartown
7Sun 22 Aug 1976Hull KR12-18CastlefordCraven Park (1)
8Sun 22 Aug 1976New Hunslet16-8Hull F.C.Elland Road Greyhound Stadium[3]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Fri 27 Aug 1976Castleford12-12LeedsWheldon Road
2Sun 29 Aug 1976Halifax14-26DewsburyThrum Hall
3Sun 29 Aug 1976New Hunslet24-1KeighleyElland Road Greyhound Stadium
4Sun 29 Aug 1976Wakefield Trinity9-16Featherstone RoversBelle Vue

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RTue 31 Aug 1976Leeds21-20CastlefordHeadingley

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 8 Sep 1976Featherstone Rovers34-0New HunsletPost Office Road
2Tue 21 Sep 1976Leeds31-15DewsburyHeadingley

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 16 October 1976Leeds16-12Featherstone RoversHeadingley764551981 2[4][5][6]

Teams and Scorers[5]

Leeds № Featherstone Rovers
teams
Marshall1Harold Box
Neil Hague2Graham Bray
Syd Hynes3Paul Coventry
Les Dyl4Steve Quinn
David Smith5Kenneth "Ken" Kellett
John Holmes6John Newlove
Banner7Dale Fennell
Roy Dickinson8Michael "Mick" Gibbins
David Ward9John "Keith" Bridges
Steve Pitchford10Vince Farrar
Graham Eccles11Richard Stone
Christopher Burton12Peter Smith
Phil Cookson13Keith Bell
Christopher Sanderson14Neil Tuffs
?15Johnny Spells (for Keith Bell)
Syd HynesCoachKeith Cotton
16score12
11HT5
Scorers
Tries
Les Dyl (2)TGraham Bray (1)
Graham Eccles (1)TPeter Smith (1)
Phil Cookson (1)T
Goals
Marshall (2)GSteve Quinn (3)
RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchLes Dyl - Leeds - centre
sponsored by
Competition SponsorEsso

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Bradford
Bramley
Bradford
Leeds
Wakefield Trinity
Leeds
Bradford
Keighley
Keighley
New Blackpool
Keighley
York
York
Batley
Bradford 8
Hull KR 5
Hull KR
Pontefract
Hull KR
Huddersfield
Dewsbury
Huddersfield
Hull KR
Halifax
Hull
Halifax
Halifax
Hunslet
Hunslet
bye

Notes and comments

1 * The attendance is given as 7,644 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[5] gives the attendance as one more at 7,645
2 * Headingley, 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.


See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
  2. ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ↑ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. 1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  6. ↑ Yorkshire County Rugby League Committee. Match Programme ESSO Yorkshitre Cup final 1976. Yorkshire CRL.

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