1987 Yorkshire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1986	Seasons	1988 >

The 1987 Yorkshire Cup was the 80th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 11-2 in a replay after drawing the first match 12-12
The initial match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The score was 12-12, the attendance was 10,947 and receipts were £40,283
The replay was at Elland Road, Leeds. The score was 11-2, the attendance was 8,175 and receipts were £30,732
This was the fifth 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. 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.

Background

The rugby Football League's 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^[1]

Preliminary Round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

P1	Wed 2 Sep 1987	Hull F.C.	54-8	Huddersfield Barracudas	Boulevard	2402	^[2]
P2	Wed 2 Sep 1987	Wakefield Trinity	25-14	Dewsbury	Belle Vue	1723

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Bramley	39-12	Doncaster	McLaren Field	828
2	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Castleford	32-12	Hunslet	Wheldon Road	4748
3	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Featherstone Rovers	28-6	Batley	Post Office Road	1433
4	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Hull KR	12-19	Bradford Northern	Craven Park (1)	3852
5	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Keighley	12-34	Halifax	Lawkholme Lane	4086
6	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Leeds	28-24	Hull F.C.	Headingley	7704		^[2]
7	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Mansfield Marksman	18-23	York	Lowmoor Road	256	1
8	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Wakefield Trinity	32-18	Sheffield Eagles	Belle Vue	2111

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att

1	Tue 22 Sep 1987	Bramley	6-30	Bradford Northern	McLaren Field	2181
2	Wed 23 Sep 1987	Featherstone Rovers	43-6	York	Post Office Road	1617
3	Wed 23 Sep 1987	Halifax	0-10	Castleford	Thrum Hall	6101
4	Wed 23 Sep 1987	Leeds	36-8	Wakefield Trinity	Headingley	6693

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att

1	Wed 30 Sep 1987	Bradford Northern	16-5	Leeds	Odsal	7730
2	Wed 30 Sep 1987	Featherstone Rovers	8-36	Castleford	Post Office Road	5329

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 17 October 1987	Bradford Northern		12-12		Castleford	Headingley	10,947	£40,283	2	^[3]^[4]^[5]

Final - Replay

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 31 October 1987	Bradford Northern		11-2		Castleford	Elland Road	8,175	£30,732	3	^[3]^[4]^[6]

Teams and Scorers^[1]^[3]^[4]^[6]^[6]

Bradford Northern	№	Castleford

	teams
Gary Mercer	1	David Roockley
Phil Ford	2	David Plange
Steve McGowan	3	Tony Marchant
Roger Simpson	4	Michael Beattie
Richard Francis	5	Gary Hyde
Keith Mumby	6	John Joyner
Paul Harkin	7	Roy Southernwood
Jeff Grayshon	8	Alan Shillito
Brian Noble	9	Kevin Beardmore
Brendan Hill	10	Kevin Ward
Kelvin Skerrett	11	Martin Ketteridge
Karl Fairbank	12	John Fifita
Terry Holmes	13	Bob Lindner
Neil Roebuck (for Terry Holmes)	14	Robert "Bob" Beardmore (for Alan Shillito)
David Hobbs (for Jeff Grayshon)	15	Dean Sampson (for Kevin Beardmore)
Barry Seabourne	Coach	David Sampson

12	score	12
4	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Karl Fairbank (1)	T	David Plange (1)
	T	Bob Lindner (1)
	Goals
Keith Mumby (2)	G	Martin Ketteridge (2)
David Hobbs (2)	G
Referee		K Allett (Southport)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match		Paul Harkin - Bradford Northern - scrum-half/halfback


Replay


	teams
Keith Mumby	1	David Roockley
Phil Ford	2	David Plange
Steve McGowan	3	Tony Marchant
Gary Mercer	4	Michael Beattie
Roger Simpson	5	Gary Hyde
Russell Stewart	6	Roy Southernwood
Paul Harkin	7	Robert "Bob" Beardmore
David Hobbs	8	Kevin Ward
Brian Noble	9	Kenny Hill
Brendan Hill	10	John Fifita
Kelvin Skerrett	11	Martin Ketteridge
Karl Fairbank	12	Keith England
Wayne Heron	13	John Joyner
Neil Roebuck	14	Giles Boothroyd (for Keith England)
David Redfearn	15	Dean Sampson (for John Fifita)

11	score	2
4	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Brendan Hill (1)	T
Wayne Heron (1)	T
	Goals
David Hobbs (1)	G	Martin Ketteridge (1)
	Drop Goals
David Hobbs (1)	DG
Referee		K. Allett (Southport)
No trophy award but man of match was		Brendan Hill - Bradford Northern - prop

sponsored by
Competition Sponsor		John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Bramley	39

Doncaster	12
		Bramley	6

		Bradford Northern	30
Hull KR	12

Bradford Northern	19
				Bradford Northern	16

				Leeds	5
Leeds	28

Hull F.C.	24
		Leeds	36

		Wakefield Trinity	8
Wakefield Trinity	32

Sheffield Eagles	18
						Bradford Northern	12 (11)

						Castleford	12 (2)
Featherstone Rovers	28

Batley	6
		Featherstone Rovers	43

		York	6
Mansfield Marksman	18

York	23
				Featherstone Rovers	8

				Castleford	36
Keighley	12

Halifax	34
		Halifax	0

		Castleford	10
Castleford	32

Hunslet	12

Notes

1 * This is the first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by Mansfield Marksman at their Lowmoor Road stadium in Kirkby-in-Ashfield (During the previous season they had played at Mansfield Town F.C.'s Field Mill ground but moved due to being unable to afford the rent on the low attendances they were attracting.
3 * 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.
4 * Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington

References

1 2 "Rugby League Project".
1 2 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
↑ Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup Final 1987. YCRL Committee.
1 2 3 Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup Final Replay 1987. YCRL Committee.

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