1982–83 Yorkshire Cup
The 1982–83 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull F.C. winning the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 18-7
The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,755 and receipts were £21,950
This is the first of three successive Yorkshire Cup final victories by Hull F.C. and the first of four final appearances in five years. It is also the second successive year that Bradford Northern played in the Yorkshire Cup final, and on both occasions they ended as runner-up.
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 No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Bradford Northern | 15-14 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | 5244 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Bramley | 15-13 | Wakefield Trinity | McLaren Field | 1852 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Castleford | 10-33 | Leeds | Wheldon Road | 4906 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Dewsbury | 11-2 | Doncaster | Crown Flatt | 500 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Halifax | 4-14 | Keighley | Thrum Hall | 2163 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Hull F.C. | 36-5 | Huddersfield | Boulevard | 9153 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Hunslet | 7-19 | Featherstone Rovers | Elland Road | 1800 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | York | 38-7 | Batley | Clarence Street | 2256 |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Bradford Northern | 8-5 | York | Odsal | 2729 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Featherstone Rovers | 21-8 | Bramley | Post Office Road | 1479 | |||||
| 3 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Keighley | 16-3 | Dewsbury | Lawkholme Lane | 1060 | |||||
| 4 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Leeds | 0-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | 7731 |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 15 Sep 1982 | Featherstone Rovers | 0-11 | Bradford Northern | Post Office Road | 2542 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 15 Sep 1982 | Keighley | 3-23 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | 3938 |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| Hull | № | Bradford Northern |
| teams | ||
| Gary Kemble | 1 | Keith Mumby |
| Steve Evans | 2 | David Barends |
| Terry Day | 3 | Les Gant |
| A'au James Leuluai | 4 | Alan Parker |
| Paul Prendiville | 5 | Steve Pullen |
| David Topliss | 6 | Keith Whiteman |
| Kevin Harkin | 7 | Dean Carroll |
| Trevor Skerrett | 8 | Jeff Grayshon |
| John "Keith" Bridges | 9 | Brian Noble |
| Richard 'Charlie' Stone | 10 | Gary Van Bellen |
| Paul Rose | 11 | Graham Idle |
| Lee Crooks | 12 | Dick Jasiewicz |
| Mick Crane | 13 | Gary Hale |
| ? | 14 | David Smith |
| Steve 'Knocker' Norton | 15 | Phil Sanderson |
| Arthur Bunting | Coach | Peter Fox |
| - | ||
| 18 | score | 7 |
| 7 | HT | 6 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Steve Evans | T | Keith Whiteman |
| Paul Prendiville | T | |
| Paul Rose | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Lee Crooks | G | Dean Carroll |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Lee Crooks | DG | Dean Carroll |
| Referee | Stanley Wall | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Keith Mumby - Bradford Northern - | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | Webster's Brewery |
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