1989–90 Yorkshire Cup

1989–90 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams18
WinnersBradford Northern
Runners-upFeatherstone Rovers

The 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Bradford Northern won the trophy for the second time in three years, this time by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 20-14
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,607 and receipts were £50,775
For the first time, both semi-final matches resulted in draws, both requiring a replay.

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

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Preliminary round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P1 Sun 27 Aug 1989 Dewsbury 18-17 Wakefield Trinity Crown Flatt 2246
P2 Sun 27 Aug 1989 Nottingham City 6-56 Hull F.C. Harvey Hadden Stadium 902 [3]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Batley 5-36 Sheffield Eagles Mount Pleasant 1299
2 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Bramley 12-54 Hull Kingston Rovers McLaren Field 1545
3 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Dewsbury 7-22 Halifax Crown Flatt 3604
4 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Doncaster 23-4 Huddersfield Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 2341
5 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Featherstone Rovers 86-18 Keighley Post Office Road 2209 2
6 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Hull F.C. 20-10 Ryedale-York Boulevard 4317 3 [3]
7 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Hunslet 0-44 Castleford Elland Road 3180
8 Sun 17 Sep 1989 Leeds 8-15 Bradford Northern Headingley 13214

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 Wed 27 Sep 1989 Bradford Northern 19-6 Sheffield Eagles Odsal 4210
2 Wed 27 Sep 1989 Castleford 28-12 Hull Kingston Rovers Wheldon Road 6250
3 Wed 27 Sep 1989 Featherstone Rovers 37-22 Doncaster Post Office Road 3526
4 Wed 27 Sep 1989 Halifax 13-2 Hull F.C. Thrum Hall 8087 [3]

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 Thu 5 Oct 1989 Halifax 16-16 Bradford Northern Thrum Hall 9454
2 Thu 12 Oct 1989 Featherstone Rovers 18-18 Castleford Post Office Road 6227

Semi-final - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R1 Sun 15 Oct 1989 Bradford Northern 26-4 Halifax Odsal 12748
R2 Sun 22 Oct 1989 Castleford 26-28 Featherstone Rovers Wheldon Road 9065

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 5 November 1989 Bradford Northern 20-14 Featherstone Rovers Headingley 12,607 £50,775 4 [2][4][5]

Teams and scorers

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Bradford Northern № Featherstone Rovers
teams
Ian Wilkinson 1 Chris Bibb
Gerry Cordle 2 Barry Drummond
Steve McGowan 3 Iva Ropati
Roger Simpson 4 Paul Newlove
Richard Francis 5 Alan Banks
Ivan Henjak 6 Ian Smales
Paul Harkin 7 Deryck Fox (c)
Kelvin Skerrett 8 Jeff Grayshon
Glenn Barraclough 9 Trevor Clark
Jon Hamer 10 Glenn Bell
David Hobbs (c) 11 Gary Price
Karl Fairbank 12 Glen Booth
John Pendlebury 13 Peter Smith
Keith Mumby (for Ivan Henjak 13m) 14 Alan Dakin (for Glenn Bell 51m)
Paul Medley (for Jon Hamer 9m) 15 Andy Fisher (for Glen Booth 51m)
Ron Willey Coach Peter Fox
20 score 14
12 HT 10
Scorers
Tries
Gerry Cordle (2) T Iva Ropati (1)
Paul Harkin (2) T Peter Smith (1)
Goals
David Hobbs (2) G Deryck Fox (3)
Referee Robin Whitfield (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match Paul Harkin - Bradford Northern - scrum-half
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/results

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Dewsbury 7
Halifax 22
Halifax 13
Hull F.C. 2
Hull F.C. 20
Ryedale-York 10
Halifax 16 (4)
Bradford Northern 16 (26)
Leeds 8
Bradford Northern 15
Bradford Northern 19
Sheffield Eagles 6
Batley 5
Sheffield Eagles 36
Bradford Northern 20
Featherstone Rovers 14
Featherstone Rovers 86
Keighley 16
Featherstone Rovers 37
Doncaster 22
Doncaster 23
Huddersfield 4
Featherstone Rovers 18 (28)
Castleford 18 (26)
Hunslet 0
Castleford 44
Castleford 28
Hull Kingston Rovers 12
Bramley 12
Hull Kingston Rovers 54

Notes and comments

1 * The second highest score in a Yorkshire Cup match to date
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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  3. ^ a b c "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. ^ Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1989. YCRL Committee.