1974–75 Yorkshire Cup


The 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 16-13
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,823 and receipts were £3,090
It was also the second consecutive Yorkshire Cup Final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat

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 30 Aug 1974Castleford13-19YorkWheldon Road1778
2Fri 30 Aug 1974Hull Kingston Rovers16-0BatleyCraven Park 3151
3Sat 31 Aug 1974Leeds16-5KeighleyHeadingley3410
4Sun 1 Sep 1974Bradford Northern49-5HuddersfieldOdsal4003
5Sun 1 Sep 1974Bramley52-17DoncasterMcLaren Field800
6Sun 1 Sep 1974Dewsbury12-15Featherstone RoversCrown Flatt3320
7Sun 1 Sep 1974New Hunslet14-17Hull F.C.Elland Road Greyhound Stadium20001
8Sun 1 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity22-12HalifaxBelle Vue2500

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 4 Sep 1974Hull Kingston Rovers23-10BramleyCraven Park 30862
2Tue 10 Sep 1974Hull F.C.12-8LeedsBoulevard40003
3Thu 12 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity24-14Featherstone RoversBelle Vue3300
4Thu 19 Sep 1974York4-26Bradford NorthernClarence Street2576

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 24 Sep 1974Bradford Northern16-16Hull Kingston RoversOdsal2942
2Tue 1 Oct 1974Hull F.C.6-8Wakefield TrinityBoulevard4250

Semi-Final - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RWed 2 Oct 1974Hull Kingston Rovers5-3Bradford NorthernCraven Park 4047

Final

Teams and Scorers

Hull Kingston Rovers№Wakefield Trinity
teams
Robert Smithies1Les Sheard
Clive Sullivan2David Smith
Bernard Watson3Terry "TC" Crook
Phillip "Phil" Coupland4John Hegarty
George Kirkpatrick5John Archer
Roger Millward 6David Topliss
Mike Stephenson7Joseph "Joe" Bonnar
John Millington8George Ballantyne
Dave Heslop9Raymond Handscombe
Paul Rose10Roy Bratt
Cliff Wallis11Trevor Skerrett
Neil Fox12Alan Tonks
Joseph "Joe" Brown13Mick Morgan
Gerald "Ged" Dunn 14Neil Goodwin
Ian Madley 15Ernest Holmes
??CoachPeter Fox
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16score13
5HT7
Scorers
Tries
Gerald "Ged" Dunn TDavid Smith
Bernard Watson TJohn Hegarty
George Kirkpatrick TRoy Bratt
Goals
Neil Fox GTerry "TC" Crook
RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchRoger Millward - Hull KR -
sponsored by
Competition SponsorEsso

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