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1980–81 Yorkshire Cup

1980–81 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upHull Kingston Rovers

The 1980–81 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Leeds winning the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 8-7

The match was played at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,751 and receipts were £15,578

This was Leeds' eighth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories - for the third time within the sequence) in what has been eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.

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

[1]

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
1 Sat 16 Aug 1980 Leeds 47-8 York Headingley 2921
2 Sun 17 Aug 1980 Bradford Northern 10-6 Batley Odsal 3173
3 Sun 17 Aug 1980 Dewsbury 5-15 Bramley Crown Flatt 1100
4 Sun 17 Aug 1980 Featherstone Rovers 16-12 Hull F.C. Post Office Road 7025 [2]
5 Sun 17 Aug 1980 Halifax 8-18 Castleford Thrum Hall 2926
6 Sun 17 Aug 1980 Hull Kingston Rovers 21-17 Wakefield Trinity Craven Park (1) 7628
7 Sun 17 Aug 1980 Hunslet 22-4 Doncaster Mount Pleasant 550
8 Sun 17 Aug 1980 Keighley 16-25 Huddersfield Lawkholme Lane 1550

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 24 Aug 1980 Castleford 26-25 Bramley Wheldon Road 2215
2 Sun 24 Aug 1980 Huddersfield 20-13 Bradford Northern Fartown 4080
3 Sun 24 Aug 1980 Hull Kingston Rovers 33-12 Featherstone Rovers Craven Park (1) 9088
4 Sun 24 Aug 1980 Leeds 31-12 Hunslet Headingley 3940

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 10 Sep 1980 Castleford 7-11 Hull Kingston Rovers Wheldon Road 7328
2 Thu 11 Sep 1980 Leeds 17-13 Huddersfield Headingley 4418

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 8 November 1980 Leeds 8-7 Hull Kingston Rovers Fartown 9,751 £15,578 1 [3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

[1][4]

Leeds № Hull Kingston Rovers
teams
Neil Hague (see note 2) 1 Ian Robinson
Alan Smith 2 Gary McHugh
David Smith 3 Mike Smith
John Atkinson (see note 3) 4 Phil Hogan
Willie Oulton (see note 4) 5 Wally Youngman
John Holmes 6 Dave Hall
Kevin Dick 7 Paul Harkin
Mick Harrison 8 Roy Holdstock
David Ward 9 xRaymond Price[1]
Steve Pitchford 10 Steve Crooks
Graham Eccles 11 Phil Lowe
Phil Cookson 12 Len Casey (c)
David Heron 13 Mick Crane
? 14 ?
Carrol (for Phil Cookson) 15 Paul Rose (for Steve Crooks)
Robin Dewhurst Coach Roger Millward
8 score 7
2 HT 7
Scorers
Tries
Alan Smith (1) T Gary McHugh (1)
Goals
Kevin Dick (2) G Phil Hogan (2)
Drop Goals
Kevin Dick (1) DG
Referee Ronald "Ronnie" Campbell (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match Kevin Dick - Leeds - scrum-half
sponsored by
Competition Sponsor Webster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd)

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

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Leeds 47
York 8
Leeds 31
Hunslet 12
Hunslet 22
Doncaster 4
Leeds 17
Huddersfield 13
Keighley 16
Huddersfield 25
Huddersfield 20
Bradford Northern 13
Bradford Northern 10
Batley 6
Leeds 8
Hull Kingston Rovers 7
Halifax 8
Castleford 18
Castleford 26
Bramley 25
Dewsbury 5
Bramley 15
Castleford 7
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Hull Kingston Rovers 21
Wakefield Trinity 17
Hull Kingston Rovers 33
Featherstone Rovers 12
Featherstone Rovers 16
Hull F.C. 12

Notes and comments

1 * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.

2 * Neil Hague -The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91[4] and also 1991-92.[3] The RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Neil Hague as a centre (numbered as 4)

3 * John Atkinson - The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91[4] and also 1991-92.[3] The RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows John Atkinson as winger (numbered as 5)

4 * Willie Oulton The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91[4] and also 1991-92.[3] The RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Willie Oulton as the full back (numbered as 1)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. ^ a b c d Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. ^ a b c d e Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  5. ^ Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1980. YCRL Committee.
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