1966–67 Yorkshire Cup

1966–67 Yorkshire Cup
1966–67 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Hull Kingston Rovers
Runners-up	Featherstone Rovers
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12.

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482

This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers.

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 sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 2 Sep 1966	Castleford	32-2	Batley	Wheldon Road
2	Fri 2 Sep 1966	Hunslet	21-10	Doncaster	Parkside
3	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Dwesbury	13-13	Wakefield Trinity	Crown Flatt			^[5]
4	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Featherstone Rovers	50-15	York	Post Office Road
5	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Huddersfield	8-4	Bradford Northern	Fartown	9,990		^[4]
6	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Hull F.C.	20-24	Hull Kingston Rovers	Boulevard			^[6]
7	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Keighley	16-30	Halifax	Lawkholme Lane
8	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Leeds	18-20	Bramley	Headingley		1

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

R	Mon 5 Sep 1966	Wakefield Trinity		18-11		Dewsbury	Belle Vue				^[5]

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Mon 12 Sep 1966	Huddersfield	11-6	Wakefield Trinity	Fartown	7,473	^[5]^[4]
2	Tue 13 Sep 1966	Featherstone Rovers	17-9	Bramley	Post Office Road
3	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Castleford	14-18	Halifax	Wheldon Road
4	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Hunslet	3-29	Hull Kingston Rovers	Parkside

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Mon 26 Sep 1966	Featherstone Rovers	20-9	Halifax	Post Office Road
2	Mon 26 Sep 1966	Hull Kingston Rovers	27-7	Huddersfield	Craven Park (1)	10,533	^[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 15 October 1966	Hull Kingston Rovers		25-12		Featherstone Rovers	Headingley	13,241	£3,482	2	^[7]^[8]

Teams and scorers

Hull Kingston Rovers	№	Featherstone Rovers

	teams
Cyril Kellett	1	Dave Kellett
Christopher Young	2	Vaughn Thomas
Alan Burwell	3	Kenneth "Ken" Greatorex
John ny Moore	4	Brian Wrigglesworth
Mike Blackmore	5	Graham Westwood
Roger Millward	6	Michael Smith
Arthur Bunting	7	Carl Dooler
Frank Fox	8	Malcolm Dixon
Peter Flanagan	9	Milan Kosanović
Brian Tyson	10	Colin Forsyth
William Holliday	11	Arnold Morgan
Frank Foster	12	Steve Lyons
Terry Major	13	Tommy Smales
Colin Hutton	Coach	Laurie Gant

25	score	12
17	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Christopher Young (1)	T	Brian Wrigglesworth (1)
Alan Burwelll (1)	T	Colin Forsyth (1)
Johnny Moore (1)	T
Mike Blackmoore (1)	T
Peter Flanagan (1)	T
	Goals
Cyril Kellett (5)	G	Tommy Smales (3)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Brian Baker (Horwich)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match		Cyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - Fullback
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semi-finals		Final

Hunslet	21

Doncaster	10
		Hunslet	3

		Hull Kingston Rovers	29
Hull F.C.	20

Hull Kingston Rovers	24
				Hull Kingston Rovers	27

				Huddersfield	7
Huddersfield	8

Bradford Northern	4
		Huddersfield	11

		Wakefield Trinity	6
Dwesbury	13 (11_

Wakefield Trinity	13 (18)
						Hull Kingston Rovers	25

						Featherstone Rovers	12
Featherstone Rovers	50

York	15
		Featherstone Rovers	17

		Bramley	9
Leeds	18

Bramley	20
				Featherstone Rovers	20

				Halifax	9
Castleford	32

Batley	2
		Castleford	14

		Halifax	18
Keighley	16

Halifax	30

Notes and comments

1 * Bramley were now playing their home matches at a new venue, McLaren Field

2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

References

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ HC&AC Committee (1967). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1967 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1967" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

External links

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[JP1975-76Misc-2] Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.

[HuddYB1967Misc-3] HC&AC Committee (1967). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1967 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.

[HuddMisc-4] "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1967" (PDF).

[WakeTrinMisc-5] J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[HullMisc-6] "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".

[Roth1991-92Misc-7] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[Roth1990-91Misc-8] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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