1983–84 Yorkshire Cup
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 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.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 4 Sep 1983 | Batley | 14-30 | Leeds | Mount Pleasant | 2111 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Bradford Northern | 25-22 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | 4356 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Castleford | 36-20 | Huddersfield | Wheldon Road | 2499 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Dewsbury | 8-18 | Keighley | Crown Flatt | 518 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Doncaster | 16-12 | Bramley | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 357 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Hull F.C. | 24-8 | Featherstone Rovers | Boulevard | 10168 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Hunslet | 11-21 | York | Elland Road | 1061 | |||||
| 8 | Sun 4 Sep 1983 | Wakefield Trinity | 18-10 | Halifax | Belle Vue | 2195 |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Bradford Northern | 8-12 | Castleford | Odsal | 4684 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Keighley | 8-30 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | 2503 | |||||
| 3 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Wakefield Trinity | 32-14 | Doncaster | Belle Vue | 1587 | |||||
| 4 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | York | 16-24 | Leeds | Clarence Street | 1296 |
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 | Fri 23 Sep 1983 | Wakefield Trinity | 12-34 | Castleford | Belle Vue | 5592 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 28 Sep 1983 | Leeds | 16-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | 10094 |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| Hull F.C. | № | Castleford |
| teams | ||
| Gary Kemble | 1 | Darren Coen |
| Patrick Solal | 2 | Steve Fenton |
| Garry Schofield | 3 | Tony Marchant |
| James Leuluai | 4 | Gary Hyde |
| Dane O'Hara | 5 | John Kear |
| David Topliss | 6 | John Joyner |
| Tony Dean | 7 | Bob Beardmore |
| Phil Edmonds | 8 | Gary Connell |
| Ron Wileman | 9 | Stuart 'Corgi' Horton |
| Trevor Skerrett | 10 | Malcolm "Mal" Reilly |
| Wayne Proctor | 11 | Andrew Timson |
| Lee Crooks | 12 | Neil James |
| Mick Crane | 13 | Keith England |
| Fred Ah Kuoi | 14 | Ian Orum |
| Steve 'Knocker' Norton | 15 | Alan Hardy |
| Arthur Bunting | Coach | Malcolm "Mal" Reilly |
| - | ||
| 13 | score | 2 |
| 4 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Dane O'Hara | T | |
| Wayne Proctor | T | |
| Mick Crane | T | |
| Goals | ||
| G | Robert "Bob" Beardmore | - |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Mick Crane | DG | |
| Referee | William "Billy" H. Thompson | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Mick Crane - Hull - | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | Philips Video |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point