1972–73 Yorkshire Cup

The 1972–73 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1972–73 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upDewsbury

Leeds winning the trophy by beating Dewsbury by the score of 36-9 in what would be Dewsbury's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final

The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,806 and receipts were £2,659

This was Leeds third victory (and the first of two consecutive victories) in what would be 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

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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
1Fri 25 Aug 1972Huddersfield26-5DoncasterFartown
2Fri 25 Aug 1972Hull F.C.8-19LeedsBoulevard[3]
3Sat 26 Aug 1972Bramley16-9YorkMcLaren Field
4Sun 27 Aug 1972Wakefield Trinity38-17KeighleyBelle Vue[4]
5Sun 27 Aug 1972Dewsbury19-5CastlefordCrown Flatt
6Sun 27 Aug 1972Featherstone Rovers38-8BatleyPost Office Road
7Sun 27 Aug 1972Hull Kingston Rovers36-27Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)
8Sun 27 Aug 1972Hunslet8-76HalifaxParkside

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 5 Sep 1972Leeds36-5Featherstone RoversHeadingley
2Wed 6 Sep 1972Bramley8-20DewsburyMcLaren Field
3Wed 6 Sep 1972Huddersfield12-8Hull Kingston RoversFartown
4Thu 7 Sep 1972Wakefield Trinity9-11HalifaxBelle Vue[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 20 Sep 1972Dewsbury19-10HalifaxCrown Flatt
2Wed 20 Sep 1972Leeds26-13HuddersfieldHeadingley

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 7 October 1972Leeds36-9DewsburyOdsal7,806£2,6591[5][6]

Teams and Scorers
Leeds № Dewsbury
teams
John Holmes1Adrian Rushton
Alan Smith2Greg Ashcroft
Syd Hynes3Alan Childe
Les Dyl4Terry Day
John Atkinson5Jeff Yorward?
Alan Hardisty (c)6Allan Agar
Keith Hepworth7Alan Bates
Terry Clawson8John Bell?
David Ward9Mike "Stevo" Stephenson
Bill Ramsey10Trevor "Dick" Lowe
Phil Cookson11Jeff Grayshon
Graham Eccles12John Bates
Ray Batten13Steve Hankins
John Langley (for Keith Hepworth)14Steve Lee (for John Bates)
Tony Fisher (for Terry Clawson)15Harry Beverley (for John Bell)
Derek TurnerCoachTommy Smales
36score9
15HT2
Scorers
Tries
John Holmes (3)TGreg Ashcroft (1)
Les Dyl (2)T
John AtkinsonT
Alan Hardisty (1)T
Graham Eccles (1)T
Goals
Syd Hynes (1)GAlan Bates (3)
Terry Clawson (5)G
RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchJohn Holmes - Leeds - Fullback
sponsored by
Competition SponsorEsso

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

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The road to success
First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Hull F.C. 8
Leeds 19
Leeds 36
Featherstone Rovers 5
Featherstone Rovers 38
Batley 8
Leeds 26
Huddersfield 13
Huddersfield 26
Doncaster 5
Huddersfield 12
Hull Kingston Rovers 8
Hull Kingston Rovers 36
Bradford Northern 27
Leeds 36
Dewsbury 9
Bramley 16
York 9
Bramley 8
Dewsbury 20
Dewsbury 19
Castleford 5
Dewsbury 19
Halifax 10
Wakefield Trinity 38
Keighley 7
Wakefield Trinity 9
Halifax 11
Hunslet 8
Halifax 76

Notes and comments

1 * 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.

General information for those unfamiliar

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)

See also

References
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  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 35617852 8.
  5. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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