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1989–90 Yorkshire Cup

1989–90 Yorkshire Cup

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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.

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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

[1][2]

Preliminary round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

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Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

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Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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Semi-final - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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Final

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Teams and scorers

[1][4]

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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.

General information for those unfamiliar

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-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 (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

See also

References

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