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1959–60 Yorkshire Cup
1959–60 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Featherstone Rovers
Runners-up	Hull F.C.
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.

For the first time in fourteen years a new name appeared on the Yorkshire Cup. Featherstone Rovers who previously won the trophy in the spring 1940 wartime competition, could now lay claim to a genuine trophy; the wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records.

Featherstone Rovers won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by a score of 15-14.

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,983 and receipts were £4156.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers", 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

Round 1 involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Fri 28 Aug 1959	Leeds	28-14	Keighley	Headingley
2	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Bradford Northern	10-23	Hull F.C.	Odsal		^[6]
3	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Bramley	17-10	York	Barley Mow
4	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Dewsbury	27-14	Castleford	Crown Flatt
5	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Featherstone Rovers	24-9	Hull Kingston Rovers	Post Office Road
6	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Halifax	17-14	Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall
7	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Huddersfield	46-12	Doncaster	Fartown	3809	^[7]
8	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Hunslet	46-8	Batley	Parkside

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Mon 7 Sep 1959	Leeds	15-10	Hunslet	Headingley
2	Tue 8 Sep 1959	Bramley	14-17	Hull F.C.	Barley Mow		^[6]
3	Wed 9 Sep 1959	Featherstone Rovers	32-18	Dewsbury	Post Office Road
4	Mon 14 Sep 1959	Huddersfield	9-16	Halifax	Fartown	11435	^[5]

Round 3 – semifinals

Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Thu 24 Sep 1959	Hull F.C.	18-9	Halifax	Boulevard	^[6]
2	Wed 30 Sep 1959	Featherstone Rovers	14-7	Leeds	Post Office Road

Final

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

	Saturday 31 October 1959	Featherstone Rovers		15-14		Hull F.C.	Headingley	23,983	£4,156	1	^[6]^[8]^[9]^[3]

Teams and scorers

Featherstone Rovers	No.	Hull F.C.

	Teams
Jack "Jackie" Fennell	1	Peter Bateson
Frank "Cheyenne" Smith	2	Stan Cowan
Ken Greatorex	3	Brian Cooper
Jim Hunt	4	Brian Saville
Cyril Woolford	5	Dennis Nicholson
Joe Mullaney (c)	6	George Matthews
Don Fox	7	Tommy Finn
Joe Anderson	8	Mick Scott
Willis Fawley	9	Tommy Harris
Malcolm Dixon	10	Jim Drake
Mick Clamp	11	Cyril Sykes
Cliff Lambert	12	Bill Drake
Terry Clawson	13	Johnny Whiteley
Harold Moxon	Coach	Roy Francis

15	Score	14
13	HT	7

	Scorers
	Tries
Don Fox (1)	T	Johnny Whiteley (1)
Cliff Lambert (1)	T	Brian Saville (1)
Cyril Woolford (1)	T
	Goals
Terry Clawson (4)	G	Peter Bateson (4)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Charlie Appleton (Warrington)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semifinals		Final

Featherstone Rovers	24

Hull Kingston Rovers	9
		Featherstone Rovers	32

		Dewsbury	18
Dewsbury	27

Castleford	14
				Featherstone Rovers	14

				Leeds	7
Leeds	28

Keighley	14
		Leeds	15

		Hunslet	10
Hunslet	46

Batley	8
						Featherstone Rovers	15

						Hull F.C.	14
Bramley	17

York	10
		Bramley	14

		Hull F.C.	17
Bradford Northern	10

Hull F.C.	23
				Hull F.C.	18

				Halifax	9
Huddersfield	46

Doncaster	12
		Huddersfield	9

		Halifax	16
Halifax	17

Wakefield Trinity	14

Notes and comments

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.

General information

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) 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 (in the form of Acton & Willesden.

The rugby league season always (until the onset of "summer rugby" in 1996) ran from around August through around May. This competition always took place early in the season, in the autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December. The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list occurred during, and immediately after, the two world wars.

References

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 19560–61 - 74th year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
^ HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
^ ^a ^b HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960. HC&AC Supporters' Club.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1960" (PDF).
^ 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.

[EmpNews1960–61Misc-3] David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 19560–61 - 74th year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.

[HuddYB1960Misc-4] HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.

[HuddMisc-5] HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960. HC&AC Supporters' Club.

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

[HuddMiscWeb-7] "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1960" (PDF).

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

[Roth1990-91Misc-9] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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