1991–92 Yorkshire Cup


The 1991–92 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Cup holders, Castleford, retained the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 28-6
The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 8,916 and receipts were £?
This was the eighth time in the incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977–78, had made eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions. It was also the second year in succession that Castleford had won the trophy. within that eleven-year period.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers" but one new entrant in the form of Scarborough Pirates and so the total of entries increased by one from last season, to a total of nineteen.
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 3 matches and 6 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
P1Sun 25 Aug 1991Doncaster10-14Scarborough PiratesBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield10801
P2Sun 25 Aug 1991Nottingham City7-36HuddersfieldHarvey Hadden Stadium176
P3Sun 25 Aug 1991Ryedale-York36-8HunsletRyedale Stadium707

Round 1

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sun 15 Sep 1991Batley12-36CastlefordMount Pleasant3089
2Sun 15 Sep 1991Featherstone Rovers30-7Scarborough PiratesPost Office Road27612
3Sun 15 Sep 1991Hull F.C.16-11LeedsBoulevard8255
4Sun 15 Sep 1991Hull Kingston Rovers18-5DewsburyCraven Park 30603
5Sun 15 Sep 1991Halifax18-24Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall6132
6Sun 15 Sep 1991Huddersfield28-10Ryedale-YorkFartown1387
7Sun 15 Sep 1991Keighley Cougars8-20BramleyCougar Park12044
8Mon 16 Sep 1991Sheffield Eagles13-15Bradford NorthernDon Valley Stadium20125

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 25 Sep 1991Bramley15-38Bradford NorthernMcLaren Field2009
2Wed 25 Sep 1991Castleford24-12Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road4953
3Wed 25 Sep 1991Huddersfield9-52Wakefield TrinityFartown4799
4Wed 25 Sep 1991Hull F.C.16-16Featherstone RoversBoulevard6437

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RTue 01 Oct 1991Featherstone Rovers21-18Hull F.C.Post Office Road3751

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 09 Oct 1991Bradford Northern14-10Wakefield TrinityOdsal4173
2Wed 09 Oct 1991Castleford18-10Featherstone RoversWheldon Road8890

Final

Teams and Scorers

Castleford№Bradford Northern
teams
Graham Steadman1Ian Wilkinson
St. John Ellis2Daio Powell
Graeme Bradley3Darrall Shelford
Richie Blackmore4Steve McGowan
David Nelson5Roger Simpson
Tony Smith6Tony Anderson
Mike Ford7Neil Summers
Lee Crooks 8David Hobbs
Graham Southernwood9Brian Noble
Keith England10Jon Hamer
Neil Battye11Paul Medley
Shaun Irwin12Karl Fairbank
Tawera Nikau13Steve Barnett
Grant Anderson14Alex Green
Dean Sampson15David Croft
Darryl van der VeldeCoachDavid Hobbs
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28score6
12HT6
Scorers
Tries
Graham Steadman TDaio Powell
Neil Battye T
Mike Ford T
Tony Smith T
Goals
Graham Steadman GDavid Hobbs
RefereeJohn Holdsworth
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchGraham Steadman
sponsored by
Competition SponsorJohn 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/results

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