1990–91 Yorkshire Cup
The 1990–91 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Castleford won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 11-8
The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,420 and receipts were £61,432
This was the seventh 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. It was also the first of what would be two victories for Castleford in two successive finals. within that eleven-year period.
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 eighteen.This in turn resulted in the necessity to continue with a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.
Competition and Results
Preliminary Round
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| P1 | Sun 19 Aug 1990 | Bradford Northern | 20-12 | Sheffield Eagles | Odsal | 3477 | |||||
| P2 | Sun 19 Aug 1990 | Nottingham City | 6-100 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 1010 | 1 2 3 |
Round 1
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Batley | 17-10 | Huddersfield | Mount Pleasant | 1734 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Dewsbury | 26-14 | Keighley | Crown Flatt | 1056 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Doncaster | 4-40 | Halifax | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 2989 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Featherstone Rovers | 36-4 | Bramley | Post Office Road | 2445 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Hull F.C. | 6-10 | Castleford | Boulevard | 6591 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Leeds | 16-24 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | 13968 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Ryedale-York | 0-10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Ryedale Stadium | 2264 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Wakefield Trinity | 28-18 | Hunslet | Belle Vue | 3150 |
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 | Sun 2 Sep 1990 | Bradford Northern | 12-42 | Castleford | Odsal | 7974 | 5 | ||||
| 2 | Sun 2 Sep 1990 | Dewsbury | 18-8 | Batley | Crown Flatt | 2924 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 2 Sep 1990 | Featherstone Rovers | 22-31 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | 4357 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 2 Sep 1990 | Wakefield Trinity | 26-17 | Halifax | Belle Vue | 6492 |
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 12 Sep 1990 | Castleford | 29-6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Wheldon Road | 7940 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 12 Sep 1990 | Wakefield Trinity | 25-2 | Dewsbury | Belle Vue | 5640 |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| Castleford | № | Wakefield Trinity |
| teams | ||
| Steve Larder | 1 | Kevin Harcombe |
| St. John Ellis | 2 | David Jones |
| Shaun Irwin | 3 | Andrew "Andy" Mason |
| Grant Anderson | 4 | Phil Eden |
| David Plange | 5 | Andrew "Andy" Wilson |
| Graham Steadman | 6 | Tracy Lazenby |
| Gary Atkins | 7 | Mark Conway |
| Lee Crooks | 8 | Adrian Shelford |
| Roy Southernwood | 9 | Billy Conway |
| Dean Sampson | 10 | John Thompson |
| Neil Battye | 11 | Andrew "Andy" Kelly |
| Jeff Hardy | 12 | Gary Price |
| Neil Roebuck | 13 | Nigel Bell |
| Keith England | 14 | Chris Perry |
| Martin Ketteridge | 15 | Richard Slater |
| Darryl van der Velde | Coach | David Topliss |
| - | ||
| 11 | score | 8 |
| 4 | HT | 8 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Gary Atkins | T | Andrew "Andy" Mason |
| David Plange | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Lee Crooks | G | Kevin Harcombe |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Neil Roebuck | DG | |
| Referee | James "Jim" Smith | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Tracy Lazenby - Wakefield Trinity - | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/resultsBrief report on the final
According to the League Express match reporter Mike Beevers :-In front of almost 12,500 fans paying over £60,000, Castleford finally got rid of their Elland Road bogey, having lost all three previous Yorkshire Cup finals played at this ground, by beating local rivals Wakefield Trinity 11-8 in this year's Yorkshire Cup final.
Wakefield stand-off Tracey Lazenby made the break that produced the first try of the match for Andy Mason, which Kevin Harcombe converted from touch.
Castleford hit back through Gary Atkins, but Lee Crooks failed to convert.
Before half time Wakefield went further ahead through a penalty from Kevin Harcombe.
Lee Crooks cut the deficit with a penalty of his own on 49 minutes.
The introduction of international prop Keith ‘Beefy’ England changed the game and, shortly afterwards, winger David Plange, playing his first game of the season, followed up a great trysaving tackle on Andy Mason by scoring the game’s crucial try, which came from a long ball from hooker Graham Southernwood. Skipper Lee Crooks converted to pick up his fifth winners’ medal in the competition, after having won three times with Hull and once with Leeds.
Wakefield stand-off Tracey Lazenby won the White Rose Trophy as man of the match
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