1977–78 Yorkshire Cup

1977–78 Yorkshire Cup
1977–78 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Castleford
Runners-up	Featherstone Rovers
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Yorkshire Cup was the seventieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year, for the first time for eighteen years (and the last time in the history of the Yorkshire Cup), a new name appeared on the trophy, with Castleford winning it by beating Featherstone Rovers in the final by the score of 17-7. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 6,318 and receipts were £4,528. It as also Featherstone Rovers's second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances, both of which resulted in a defeat.

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	Ref

1	Sat 20 Aug 1977	Batley	6-33	Leeds	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 20 Aug 1977	Bradford Northern	9-20	Featherstone Rovers	Odsal
3	Sun 21 Aug 1977	Dewsbury	5-12	Castleford	Crown Flatt
4	Sun 21 Aug 1977	Huddersfield	17-20	York	Fartown
5	Sun 21 Aug 1977	Hull F.C.	33-19	Bramley	Boulevard	^[2]
6	Sun 21 Aug 1977	Keighley	16-0	Halifax	Lawkholme Lane
7	Sun 21 Aug 1977	New Hunslet	14-8	Hull Kingston Rovers	Elland Road Greyhound Stadium
8	Sun 21 Aug 1977	Wakefield Trinity	23-10	Doncaster	Belle Vue

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 27 Aug 1977	Leeds	18-18	Hull F.C.	Headingley	^[2]
2	Sun 28 Aug 1977	Castleford	23-17	York	Wheldon Road
3	Sun 28 Aug 1977	Keighley	17-8	New Hunslet	Lawkholme Lane
4	Sun 28 Aug 1977	Wakefield Trinity	2-12	Featherstone Rovers	Belle Vue

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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

r	Wed 31 Aug 1977	Hull F.C.		19-11		Leeds	Boulevard				^[2]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Tue 13 Sep 1977	Hull F.C.	5-19	Featherstone Rovers	Boulevard	^[2]
2	Fri 17 Sep 1977	Keighley	4-14	Castleford	Lawkholme Lane

Final

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

	Saturday 15 October 1977	Castleford		17-7		Featherstone Rovers	Headingley	6,318	£4,528	1	^[3]^[4]^[5]

Teams and scorers

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Castleford	№	Featherstone Rovers

	teams
Geoff Wraith	1	John Marsden
Terrence "Terry" Richardson	2	Steve Evans
John Joyner	3	John Gilbert
Philip Johnson	4	Steve Quinn
Steve Fenton	5	Ken Kellett
Bruce Burton	6	John Newlove
Clive Pickerill	7	Peter Butler
Tony Fisher	8	Jeff Townend
Robert Spurr	9	John "Keith" Bridges
Alf Weston	10	Vince Farrar (Captain)
James Huddlestone	11	Michael "Mick" Gibbins
Mal Reilly (Captain)	12	Richard 'Charlie' Stone
Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd	13	Keith Bell
Gary Stephens (for Clive Pickerill)	14	Neil Tuffs (for Steve Quinn)
Derek Woodall (for Tony Fisher)	15	Peter Smith (for Richard Stone)
Malcolm "Mal" Reilly	Coach	Keith Cotton

17	score	7
4	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Bruce Burton (2)	T	Peter Smith (1)
	Goals
Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd (5)	G	Steve Quinn (1)
	G	Townsend (1)
	Drop Goals
Bruce Burton (1)	DG
Referee		Michael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match		Bruce Burton - Castleford - stand-off
sponsored by
Competition Sponsor		Esso

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semi-finals		Final

Keighley	16

Halifax	0
		Keighley	17

		New Hunslet	8
New Hunslet	14

Hull Kingston Rovers	8
				Keighley	4

				Castleford	14
Dewsbury	5

Castleford	12
		Castleford	23

		York	17
Huddersfield	17

York	20
						Castleford	17

						Featherstone Rovers	7
Batley	6

Leeds	33
		Leeds	18 (11)

		Hull F.C.	18 (19)
Hull F.C.	33

Bramley	19
				Hull F.C.	5

				Featherstone Rovers	19
Wakefield Trinity	23

Doncaster	10
		Wakefield Trinity	2

		Featherstone Rovers	12
Bradford Northern	9

Featherstone Rovers	20

Notes

1 * 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".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
^ Yorkshire County Rugby League Committee. Match Programme ESSO Yorkshitre Cup final 1976. Yorkshire CRL.

External links

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

[HullMisc-2] "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".

[Roth1991-92Misc-3] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[Roth1990-91Misc-4] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

[ProgMisc-5] Yorkshire County Rugby League Committee. Match Programme ESSO Yorkshitre Cup final 1976. Yorkshire CRL.

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