1965–66 Yorkshire Cup


The 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 17-8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,522 and receipts were £4,359

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

Round 1

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 3 Sep 1965Hunslet8-2DoncasterParkside
2Sat 4 Sep 1965Batley9-37HalifaxMount Pleasant
3Sat 4 Sep 1965Castleford22-8Featherstone RoversWheldon Road
47Sat 4 Sep 1965Dewsbury4-27HuddersfieldCrown Flatt2,800
5Sat 4 Sep 1965Hull Kingston Rovers17-9YorkCraven Park
6Sat 4 Sep 1965Keighley2-19Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane
7Sat 4 Sep 1965Leeds40-4BramleyHeadingley
8Sat 4 Sep 1965Wakefield Trinity4-8Hull F.C.Belle Vue

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon? 13 Sep 1965Hunslet9-8Hull F.C.Parkside
2Tue 14 Sep 1965Castleford25-8HalifaxWheldon Road
3Wed 15 Sep 1965Bradford Northern12-6Hull Kingston RoversOdsal
4Wed 15 Sep 1965Huddersfield16-6LeedsFartown4,008

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon? 27 Sep 1965Hunslet17-10CastlefordParkside9,347
2Wed 29 Sep 1965Bradford Northern7-7HuddersfieldOdsal

Semi-Final - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RThu 30 Sep 1965Huddersfield4-7Bradford NorthernFartown

Final

Teams and Scorers

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

The road to success

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between 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 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 December