1992 Yorkshire Cup


The 1992 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-fifth and last occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Sheffield Eagles by the score of 29-16

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants but one "leavers", Scarborough Pirates having folded after just one season and a large loss, and so the total of entries decreased by one from last season, to a total of 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 NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
P1Sun 23 Aug 1992Castleford Tigers10-16Bradford NorthernWheldon Road49881
P2Sun 23 Aug 1992Huddersfield36-12Ryedale-YorkFartown16192Last ever competitive fixture at Fartown

Round 1

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 11 Sep 1992Sheffield Eagles34-14HalifaxDon Valley Stadium3596
2Sun 13 Sep 1992Bradford Northern34-22BramleyOdsal3108
3Sun 13 Sep 1992Featherstone Rovers40-8DewsburyPost Office Road24683
4Sun 13 Sep 1992Huddersfield16-8BatleyLeeds Road1714
5Sun 13 Sep 1992Hull F.C.14-6Hull Kingston RoversBoulevard8825
6Sun 13 Sep 1992Leeds28-20HunsletHeadingley5952
7Sun 13 Sep 1992Nottingham City4-30Keighley CougarsHarvey Hadden Stadium327
8Sun 13 Sep 1992Wakefield Trinity54-14DoncasterBelle Vue3229

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 23 Sep 1992Bradford Northern8-17Sheffield EaglesOdsal3333
2Wed 23 Sep 1992Featherstone Rovers18-8HuddersfieldPost Office Road2385
3Wed 23 Sep 1992Hull F.C.26-16LeedsBoulevard6609
4Wed 23 Sep 1992Wakefield Trinity22-16Keighley CougarsBelle Vue2508

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 06 Oct 1992Sheffield Eagles12-8Hull F.C.Don Valley Stadium3017
2Wed 07 Oct 1992Featherstone Rovers8-22Wakefield TrinityPost Office Road5544

Final

The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,918.
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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Sunday 18 October 1992Wakefield Trinity29-16Sheffield EaglesElland Road7,918??4-

Teams and Scorers

Wakefield Trinity№Sheffield Eagles--
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teams--
Gary Spencer1Garry Jack--
David Jones2Mark Ganson--
Andrew "Andy" Mason3Richard Price--
Peter Benson4David Mycoe--
Andrew "Andy" Wilson5David Plange--
Nigel Wright6Mark Aston--
Geoff Bagnall7Tim Lumb--
Mark Webster8Paul Broadbent--
Nigel Bell9Mick Cook--
John Glancy10Dale Laughton--
Gary Price11Bruce McGuire--
Darren Fritz12Paul Carr--
Richard Slater13Anthony Farrell--
Richard Goddard14Andy Young--
Billy Conway15Hugh Waddell--
David ToplissCoachGary Hetherington--
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29score16--
11HT0--
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Scorers--
Tries--
Geoff Bagnall TBruce McGuire --
Andrew "Andy" Mason TMark Gamson --
Gary Price T--
Richard Slater T--
Gary Spencer T--
Goals--
Peter Benson GDavid Mycoe --
Nigel Wright G--
Nigel Wright DG--
Refereeunknown --
White Rose man of the matchNigel Wright?
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

Postscript

To date, this was the last season for the Yorkshire competitions, which except for the break due to the two World Wars, had taken place annually since its inauguration in the 1905–06 season.

It was fitting that all the major players, with the possible exceptions of Keighley Cougars, Bramley, Doncaster and Sheffield Eagles had their name inscribed on the trophy, during the eighty-five occasions on which the tournament took place, and possible just as well the no "none-Yorkshire" club managed to win the trophy during that period!
It was only after the two county finals had been played that it was announced that both competitions were to be scrapped; news which came as a major surprise and shock to the fans. The reasons given by the ruling body, the Rugby Football League, were that it was deemed the cup was adding to fixture congestion for more successful sides and also that a local county cup did not fit the modern image of Rugby League.

Records from the Yorkshire Cup competition

RecordHolder
In FinalRecord
Most appearances21Leeds-
Most wins17Leeds-
Most consecutive wins4Huddersfield1913-14, 14-15, 1919 Spring & 1919 Autumn-
3Hull F.C.
2Bradford Northern
2Castleford
2Halifax
2Hull Kingston Rovers
2Leeds
2Wakefield Trinity
Most consecutive appearances4Huddersfield1913-14, 14-15, 1919 Spring & 1919 Autumn-
3Hull F.C. Bradford Northern v Huddersfield 1949-
Smallest Attendance5536 - Belle VueCastleford v Hull Kingston Rovers 1971-
Highest Receipts£83,591 - Elland RoadLeeds v Castleford 1988-
Individual in a final-
Most tries4Stan MoorhouseHuddersfield v Leeds 1919-
Most goals6David StephensonLeeds v Castleford Tigers 1988-
Most points16 Graham SteadmanCastleford Tigers v Bradford Northern 1991-
14 Martin KetteridgeCastleford Tigers v Hull F.C. 1986
Players Records in all finals
Most Appearances10Douglas ClarkHuddersfield 1909, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19 Spring, 19 Autumn, 23, 25 & 1926-
Most Tries6Stan MoorhouseHuddersfield 1911, 14 & 1919 Autumn-
6Stanley "Stan" SmithLeeds 1934, 35 & 1937
6Alan SmithLeeds 1968, 70, 79 & 1980
Most Goals19Neil FoxWakefield Trinity, Hull Kingston Rovers & Bradford Northern 1958, 60, 61, 64, 75 & 1978-
Most Points53Neil Foxclubs/games as above-
In competition
Highest Score6-100Nottingham Cityv Hull Kingston Rovers 1990-
Other record scores at the time94-12Castlefordv Huddersfield 1988-
8-76Hunsletv Halifax 1972
73-5Wakefield Trinityv Bradford Northern 1961
67-0Huddersfieldv Bramley 1913
68-2Bradfordv Bramley 1906
Highest score v junior club79-5Huddersfieldv Yorkshire Amateurs 1948-
Highest aggregate score140-5Huddersfieldv Yorkshire Amateurs 1948-

Entrants and number of cup wins

This table list all the semi-professional clubs which have entered the competition and the number of their cup final wins, cup final runner-up spots, and losing semi-final appearances.
No.cup winnerNo,runner-upNolosing Semi-Final appearances
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Acton & Willesden000
Barrow0011943
Batley1191241909, 1922, 1924, 195281908, 1914, 1919, 1923, 1937, 1950, 1958, 1981
Bradford1190600
Bradford Northern111940, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1978, 1987, 198941913, 1981, 1982, 1991101925, 1942, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1985, 1986
Bramley0051921, 1929, 1949, 1970, 1971
Brighouse Rangers000
Castleford51977, 1981, 1986, 1990, 199181948, 1950, 1968, 1971, 1983, 1985, 1987, 198891928, 1932, 1934, 1947, 1955, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1989
Coventry000
Dewsbury31925, 1927, 194241918, 1921, 1940, 1972161908, 1913, 1920, 1923, 1928, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1963, 1967, 1976, 1979, 1990
Doncaster000
Featherstone Rovers21939, 195981928, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1989121925, 1940, 1952, 1961, 1962, 1975, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992
Halifax51908, 1944, 1954, 1955, 196341905, 1907, 1941, 1979161906, 1909, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1988, 1989
Huddersfield121909, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1950, 1952, 195781910, 1923, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1942, 1949, 1960121933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1953, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1980
Hull F.C.51923, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984121912, 1914, 1920, 1927, 1938, 1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1967, 1986141907, 1910, 1918, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1936, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1992
Hull Kingston Rovers71920, 1929, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1974, 198571906, 1911, 1933, 1962, 1975, 1980, 1984101905, 1910, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1939, 1946, 1969, 1981, 1990
Hunslet31905, 1907, 196261908, 1929, 1931, 1944, 1956, 1965111911, 1912, 1914, 1920, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953
New Hunslet0011976
Keighley Cougars021943, 195171906, 1929, 1960, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1982
Leeds171921, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1958, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 198841919, 1947, 1961, 1964161911, 1912, 1922, 1924, 1945, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1969, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1976, 1907,
Mansfield Marksman000
Newcastle000
Normanton000
Oldham000
Pontefract000
St. Helens000
Scarborough Pirates000
Sheffield Eagles0119920
Wakefield Trinity101910, 1924, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1992101926, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1945, 1958, 1973, 1974, 1990121907, 1909, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1930, 1938, 1948, 1979, 1983, 1991
Wigan0031941, 1942, 1944
Ryedale-York31922, 1933, 193631935, 1957, 197871905, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1956, 1958, 1961