1972–73 Yorkshire Cup


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

Round 1

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 25 Aug 1972Huddersfield26-5DoncasterFartown
2Fri 25 Aug 1972Hull F.C.8-19LeedsBoulevard
3Sat 26 Aug 1972Bramley16-9YorkMcLaren Field
4Sun 27 Aug 1972Wakefield Trinity38-17KeighleyBelle Vue
5Sun 27 Aug 1972Dewsbury19-5CastlefordCrown Flatt
6Sun 27 Aug 1972Featherstone Rovers38-8BatleyPost Office Road
7Sun 27 Aug 1972Hull Kingston Rovers36-27Bradford NorthernCraven Park
8Sun 27 Aug 1972Hunslet8-76HalifaxParkside

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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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

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 20 Sep 1972Dewsbury19-10HalifaxCrown Flatt
2Wed 20 Sep 1972Leeds26-13HuddersfieldHeadingley

Final

Teams and Scorers

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

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.
The Rugby League season always 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