The 1983–84 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. 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.
| 1983–84 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Hull F.C. |
| Runners-up | Castleford |
Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 13-2 in the final. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,049 and receipts were £33,572. This is the second of three successive Yorkshire Cup final victories by Hull F.C. It is also the second 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.
Background
editThe 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).
Competition and results
editRound 1
editInvolved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Batley | 14-30 | Leeds | Mount Pleasant | 2111 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Bradford Northern | 25-22 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | 4356 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Castleford | 36-20 | Huddersfield | Wheldon Road | 2499 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Dewsbury | 8-18 | Keighley | Crown Flatt | 518 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Doncaster | 16-12 | Bramley | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 357 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Hull F.C. | 24-8 | Featherstone Rovers | Boulevard | 10168 | [2] | ||||
| 7 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Hunslet | 11-21 | York | Elland Road | 1061 | |||||
| 8 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Wakefield Trinity | 18-10 | Halifax | Belle Vue | 2195 |
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
editInvolved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Bradford Northern | 8-12 | Castleford | Odsal | 4684 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Keighley | 8-30 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | 2503 | [2] | ||||
| 3 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Wakefield Trinity | 32-14 | Doncaster | Belle Vue | 1587 | |||||
| 4 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | York | 16-24 | Leeds | Clarence Street | 1296 |
Round 3 – Semi-finals
editInvolved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 23 Sep 1983 | Wakefield Trinity | 12-34 | Castleford | Belle Vue | 5592 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 28 Sep 1983 | Leeds | 16-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | 10094 | [2] |
Final
edit| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 15 October 1983 | Hull F.C. | 13-2 | Castleford | Elland Road | 14,049 | £33,572 | 1 2 | [2][3][4][5] |
Teams and scorers
edit| Hull F.C. | № | Castleford |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Gary Kemble | 1 | Darren Coen |
| Patrick Solal | 2 | Steve Fenton |
| Garry Schofield | 3 | Tony Marchant |
| James Leuluai | 4 | Gary Hyde |
| Dane O'Hara | 5 | John Kear |
| David Topliss (c) | 6 | John Joyner |
| Tony Dean | 7 | Bob Beardmore (c) |
| Phil Edmonds | 8 | Gary Connell |
| Ron Wileman | 9 | Stuart 'Corgi' Horton |
| Trevor Skerrett | 10 | Malcolm "Mal" Reilly |
| Wayne Proctor | 11 | Andrew Timson |
| Lee Crooks | 12 | Neil James |
| Mick Crane | 13 | Keith England |
| Fred Ah Kuoi | 14 | Ian Orum (for Gary Hyde) |
| Steve 'Knocker' Norton | 15 | Alan Hardy |
| Arthur Bunting | Coach | Malcolm "Mal" Reilly |
| 13 | score | 2 |
| 4 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Dane O'Hara (1) | T | |
| Wayne Proctor (1) | T | |
| Mick Crane (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| G | Robert "Bob" Beardmore (1) | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Mick Crane (1) | DG | |
| Referee | William "Billy" H. Thompson (Huddersfield) | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Mick Crane - Hull - loose forward | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | Philips Video |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
edit| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull F.C. | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
edit1 * The venue is given as Headingley, Leeds by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[3] and 1990-91[4] and the match programme[5] show this to be Elland Road, Leeds
2 * Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C. with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland). The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903-04 season
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Rugby League Project".
- ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
- ^ a b Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1981. YCRL Committee.