1984–85 Yorkshire Cup


The 1984–85 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-seventh 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. In this year's final, Hull F.C. beat close neighbours and fierce rivals Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 29-12. The match was played at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull. The city was formally in the East Riding of Yorkshire, followed by Humberside and is now in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was moved to this stadium from the provisionally reserved venue due to the interest showed by fans and after requests by both finalists, and the organisers were rewarded with a crowd of 25,237 and gate receipts more than doubled from last year's £33,572 to £68,639. This is only the third meeting of these two clubs in the Yorkshire Cup final, on the two previous occasions Hull Kingston Rovers defeated Hull FC, in 1920-21 by 2-0 and 1967 by 8-7; this time it was revenge and by a wider margin. This is the third successive Yorkshire Cup final victory for Hull F.C. And the first of two successive Final appearances by Hull Kingston Rovers

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 NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 15 Sep 1984Wakefield Trinity0-30Bradford NorthernBelle Vue2403
2Sun 16 Sep 1984Batley17-18Featherstone RoversMount Pleasant1611
3Sun 16 Sep 1984Castleford14-16LeedsWheldon Road4706
4Sun 16 Sep 1984Dewsbury4-12BramleyCrown Flatt861
5Sun 16 Sep 1984Doncaster4-48Hull Kingston RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield1889
6Sun 16 Sep 1984Huddersfield Barracudas9-6KeighleyArena 8410161
7Sun 16 Sep 1984Hull F.C.30-10HalifaxBoulevard7797
8Sun 16 Sep 1984York20-16HunsletClarence Street2377

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 26 Sep 1984Bradford Northern4-10LeedsOdsal7650
2Wed 26 Sep 1984Featherstone Rovers18-2BramleyPost Office Road1503
3Wed 26 Sep 1984Hull Kingston Rovers18-2Huddersfield BarracudasCraven Park 5186
4Wed 26 Sep 1984York8-38Hull F.C.Clarence Street4494

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 16 Oct 1984Hull F.C.24-1LeedsBoulevard104772 3
2Wed 17 Oct 1984Featherstone Rovers2-22Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road4354

Final

Teams and Scorers

Hull№Hull Kingston Rovers
teams
Gary Kemble1George Fairbairn
A'au James Leuluai2Garry Clark
Garry Schofield3Ian Robinson
Steve Evans4Gary Prohm
Dane O'Hara5David Laws
Fred Ah Kuoi6Mike Smith
Peter Sterling7Paul Harkin
Phil Edmonds8Mark Broadhurst
Shaun Patrick9David Watkinson
Lee Crooks10Asuquo "Zook" Ema
Steve 'Knocker' Norton11Chris Burton
Wayne Proctor12Andy Kelly
Gary Divorty13Dave Hall
Paul Rose14Chris Rudd
David Topliss15Steve Hartley
Arthur BuntingCoachRoger Millward
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29score12
8HT12
Scorers
Tries
Gary Kemble TGeorge Fairbairn
Steve Evans TIan Robinson
Lee Crooks TDavid Hall
Steve 'Knocker' Norton T
Goals
Garry Schofield G
Drop Goals
Garry Schofield DG
RefereeG. Fred Lindop
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchPeter Sterling - Hull -
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Competition SponsorPhillips Video

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

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