1970–71 Yorkshire Cup

1970–71 Yorkshire Cup
1970–71 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Featherstone Rovers
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 23–7

The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 6,753 and receipts were £1,879

This was Featherstone Rovers's second Yorkshire Cup final defeat in successive competitions

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

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Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 28 Aug 1970	Hull Kingston Rovers	9–27	Hull F.C.	Craven Park (1)		^[3]
2	Sat 29 Aug 1970	Bramley	27–5	Bradford Northern	McLaren Field
3	Sat 29 Aug 1970	Castleford	29–4	Halifax	Wheldon Road
4	Sat 29 Aug 1970	Featherstone Rovers	40–9	York	Post Office Road
5	Sat 29 Aug 1970	Wakefield Trinity	10–20	Leeds	Belle Vue		^[4]
6	Sun 30 Aug 1970	Dewsbury	12–10	Keighley	Crown Flatt
7	Sun 30 Aug 1970	Huddersfield	17–0	Batley	Fartown
8	Sun 30 Aug 1970	Hunslet	w/o	Doncaster	Parkside	1

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Mon 7 Sep 1970	Castleford	7–14	Leeds	Wheldon Road
2	Fri 11 Sep 1970	Bramley	12–7	Dewsbury	McLaren Field
3	Fri 11 Sep 1970	Hull F.C.	42–0	Doncaster	Boulevard	^[3]
4	Wed 16 Sep 1970	Huddersfield	8–10	Featherstone Rovers	Fartown

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Tue 29 Sep 1970	Hull F.C.	11–12	Leeds	Boulevard	^[3]
2	Fri 2 Oct 1970	Featherstone Rovers	23–2	Bramley	Post Office Road

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 21 November 1970	Leeds		23–7		Featherstone Rovers	Odsal	6,753	£1,879	2	^[5]^[6]

Teams and scorers

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Leeds	No.	Featherstone Rovers

	teams
John Holmes	1	Cyril Kellett
Alan Smith	2	Michael "Mick" Smith
Syd Hynes (c)	3	Keith Cotton
Ronnie Cowan	4	John Newlove
John Atkinson	5	David "Dave" Hartley
Anthony Wainwright	6	Chris Harding
Mick Shoebottom	7	Terry Hudson
John Burke	8	Sam Windmill
Peter Dunn	9	Dennis Morgan (Sent off)
Phil Cookson	10	Steve Lyons
Bill Ramsey	11	Alan Rhodes
Bob Haigh	12	James "Jimmy" Thompson
Ray Batten	13	Vince Farrar
John Langley (for Anthony Wainwright)	14	Paul Coventry (for Chris Harding)
?	15	?
Derek Turner	Coaches	Laurie Gant

23	score	7
8	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Alan Smith (2)	T	Dave Hartley (1)
John Atkinson (1)	T
Peter Dunn (1)	T
Bill Ramsey (1)	T
	T
	T
	T
	Goals
Syd Hynes (4)	G	Cyril Kellett (2)
	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
	DG
	DG
Referee		D S Brown (Preston)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match		Syd Hynes - Leeds - Centre
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semi-finals		Final

Hull Kingston Rovers	9

Hull F.C.	27
		Hull F.C.	42

		Doncaster	0
Hunslet	w/o

Doncaster
				Hull F.C.	11

				Leeds	12
Castleford	29

Halifax	4
		Castleford	7

		Leeds	14
Wakefield Trinity	10

Leeds	20
						Leeds	23

						Featherstone Rovers	7
Huddersfield	17

Huddersfield	0
		Huddersfield	8

		Featherstone Rovers	10
Featherstone Rovers	40

York	9
				Featherstone Rovers	23

				Bramley	2
Bramley	27

Bradford Northern	5
		Bramley	12

		Dewsbury	7
Dewsbury	12

Keighley	10

Notes and comments

1 * Just prior to the new season's start, the Hunslet players were told they had to accept a cut in wages. This they refused to accept as they had not had a rise for eight years. They went on strike. When the management threatened to close down the club, the players relented and backed down, but after only one match they went back on strike. This match was not played and Doncaster awarded a walk-over.

2 * 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

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0-356-17852-8.
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-17852-8.
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-17851-X.

External links

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[JP1975-76Misc-2] Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.

[HullMisc-3] "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".

[WakeTrinMisc-4] J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0-356-17852-8.

[Roth1991-92Misc-5] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-17852-8.

[Roth1990-91Misc-6] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-17851-X.

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