1983–84 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHull F.C.
Runners-upCastleford

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.

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

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).

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
1Sun 4 Sep 1983Batley14-30LeedsMount Pleasant2111
2Sun 4 Sep 1983Bradford Northern25-22Hull Kingston RoversOdsal4356
3Sun 4 Sep 1983Castleford36-20HuddersfieldWheldon Road2499
4Sun 4 Sep 1983Dewsbury8-18KeighleyCrown Flatt518
5Sun 4 Sep 1983Doncaster16-12BramleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield357
6Sun 4 Sep 1983Hull F.C.24-8Featherstone RoversBoulevard10168[2]
7Sun 4 Sep 1983Hunslet11-21YorkElland Road1061
8Sun 4 Sep 1983Wakefield Trinity18-10HalifaxBelle Vue2195

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 14 Sep 1983Bradford Northern8-12CastlefordOdsal4684
2Wed 14 Sep 1983Keighley8-30Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane2503[2]
3Wed 14 Sep 1983Wakefield Trinity32-14DoncasterBelle Vue1587
4Wed 14 Sep 1983York16-24LeedsClarence Street1296

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Fri 23 Sep 1983Wakefield Trinity12-34CastlefordBelle Vue5592
2Wed 28 Sep 1983Leeds16-20Hull F.C.Headingley10094[2]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 15 October 1983Hull F.C.13-2CastlefordElland Road14,049£33,5721 2[2][3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

[1][4]

Hull F.C. № Castleford
teams
Gary Kemble1Darren Coen
Patrick Solal2Steve Fenton
Garry Schofield3Tony Marchant
James Leuluai4Gary Hyde
Dane O'Hara5John Kear
David Topliss (c)6John Joyner
Tony Dean7Bob Beardmore (c)
Phil Edmonds8Gary Connell
Ron Wileman9Stuart 'Corgi' Horton
Trevor Skerrett10Malcolm "Mal" Reilly
Wayne Proctor11Andrew Timson
Lee Crooks12Neil James
Mick Crane13Keith England
Fred Ah Kuoi14Ian Orum (for Gary Hyde)
Steve 'Knocker' Norton15Alan Hardy
Arthur BuntingCoachMalcolm "Mal" Reilly
13score2
4HT2
Scorers
Tries
Dane O'Hara (1)T
Wayne Proctor (1)T
Mick Crane (1)T
Goals
GRobert "Bob" Beardmore (1)
Drop Goals
Mick Crane (1)DG
RefereeWilliam "Billy" H. Thompson (Huddersfield)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchMick Crane - Hull - loose forward
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Competition SponsorPhilips Video

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

The road to success

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

1 * 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. 1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  5. 1 2 Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1981. YCRL Committee.
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