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1973–74 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

The 1973–74 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup Rugby competition had been held.

Leeds won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 7-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,621 and receipts were £3,728.[1][2][3]

This was Leeds' fourth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons. It was also the first of two consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat

Background

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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)

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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Round 1

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Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Notes Ref
1 Fri 31 Aug 1973 Castleford 32-8 York Wheldon Road 1697
2 Sat 01 Sep 1973 Batley 23-8 Hull Kingston Rovers Mount Pleasant 691
3 Sat 01 Sep 1973 Halifax 15-17 Keighley Thrum Hall 1352
4 Sat 01 Sep 1973 Hull F.C. 8-10 Huddersfield Boulevard 1800 [5]
5 Sat 01 Sep 1973 Leeds 30-5 Dewsbury Headingley 5882
6 Sun 02 Sep 1973 Bradford Northern 29-7 New Hunslet Odsal 4418 [a]
7 Sun 02 Sep 1973 Bramley 4-19 Featherstone Rovers McLaren Field 1950
8 Sun 02 Sep 1973 Wakefield Trinity 39-7 Doncaster Belle Vue 2548

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Notes Ref
1 Fri 07 Sep 1973 Castleford 29-8 Huddersfield Wheldon Road 1700
2 Sat 08 Sep 1973 Batley 2-27 Leeds Mount Pleasant 2542
3 Sun 09 Sep 1973 Bradford Northern 27-14 Featherstone Rovers Odsal 5369
4 Sun 09 Sep 1973 Keighley 4-39 Wakefield Trinity Lawkholme Lane 2620

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Notes Ref
1 Tue 25 Sep 1973 Leeds 10-5 Bradford Northern Headingley 6416
2 Tue 26 Sep 1973 Wakefield Trinity 19-18 Castleford Belle Vue 4642

Final

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Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 20 October 1973 Leeds 7-2 Wakefield Trinity Headingley 7,621 £3,728 [b] [2][3][6]

Teams and scorers

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Leeds № Wakefield Trinity
teams
John Holmes 1 Geoff Wraith
John Langley 2 David Smith
Syd Hynes 3 Terry "TC" Crook
Les Dyl 4 John Hegarty
John Atkinson 5 Barry Parker
Alan Hardisty (c) 6 David Topliss
Keith Hepworth 7 Joseph "Joe" Bonnar
David Jeanes 8 Rob Valentine
David Ward 9 Mick Morgan (c)
Geoffrey Clarkson 10 Roy Bratt
Graham Eccles 11 David Knowles
Phil Cookson 12 Ken Endersby
Ray Batten 13 Ernest Holmes
David Marshall (for John Langley) 14 Les Sheard (for Geoff Wraith 33m)
Bill Ramsey (for David Jeanes) 15 George Ballantyne (for David Knowles 57m)
Eric Ashton Coach Neil Fox
7 score 2
5 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
John Langley (1) T
Goals
David Marshall (1) G Terry "TC" Crook (1)
Syd Hynes (1) G
Referee Michael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match Keith Hepworth - Leeds - scrum-half

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Batley 23
Hull Kingston Rovers 8
Batley 2
Leeds 27
Leeds 30
Dewsbury 5
Leeds 10
Bradford Northern 5
Bradford Northern 29
New Hunslet 7
Bradford Northern 27
Featherstone Rovers 14
Bramley 4
Featherstone Rovers 19
Leeds 7
Wakefield Trinity 2
Halifax 15
Keighley 17
Keighley 4
Wakefield Trinity 39
Wakefield Trinity 39
Doncaster 7
Wakefield Trinity 19
Castleford 18
Castleford 32
York 8
Castleford 29
Huddersfield 8
Hull F.C. 8
Huddersfield 10

See also

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Notes and comments

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  1. ^ The first Yorkshire Cup match played by the newly re-formed New Hunslet club
  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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  3. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  4. ^ a b Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1975). John Player Yearbook 1974–75. Queen Anne Press.
  5. ^ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. ^ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1974). News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year. News of the World Ltd.
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