1982–83 Yorkshire Cup

1982–83 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHull
Runners-upBradford Northern

The 1982–83 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Hull F.C. winning the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 18-7

The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,755 and receipts were £21,950

This is the first of three successive Yorkshire Cup final victories by Hull F.C. and the first of four final appearances in five years. It is also the second successive year that Bradford Northern played in the Yorkshire Cup final, and on both occasions they ended as runner-up.

Background

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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

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Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 5 Sep 1982 Bradford Northern 15-14 Hull Kingston Rovers Odsal 5244
2 Sun 5 Sep 1982 Bramley 15-13 Wakefield Trinity McLaren Field 1852
3 Sun 5 Sep 1982 Castleford 10-33 Leeds Wheldon Road 4906
4 Sun 5 Sep 1982 Dewsbury 11-2 Doncaster Crown Flatt 500
5 Sun 5 Sep 1982 Halifax 4-14 Keighley Thrum Hall 2163
6 Sun 5 Sep 1982 Hull F.C. 36-5 Huddersfield Boulevard 9153 [2]
7 Sun 5 Sep 1982 Hunslet 7-19 Featherstone Rovers Elland Road 1800 1
8 Sun 5 Sep 1982 York 38-7 Batley Clarence Street 2256

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 8 Sep 1982 Bradford Northern 8-5 York Odsal 2729
2 Wed 8 Sep 1982 Featherstone Rovers 21-8 Bramley Post Office Road 1479
3 Wed 8 Sep 1982 Keighley 16-3 Dewsbury Lawkholme Lane 1060
4 Wed 8 Sep 1982 Leeds 0-20 Hull F.C. Headingley 7731 [2]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Featherstone Rovers 0-11 Bradford Northern Post Office Road 2542
2 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Keighley 3-23 Hull F.C. Lawkholme Lane 3938 [2]

Final

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Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 2 October 1982 Hull 18-7 Bradford Northern Elland Road 11,755 £21,950 2 [2][3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

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Hull No. Bradford Northern
teams
Gary Kemble 1 Keith Mumby
Steve Evans 2 David Barends
Terry Day 3 Les Gant
A'au James Leuluai 4 Alan Parker
Paul Prendiville 5 Steve Pullen
David Topliss 6 Keith Whiteman
Kevin Harkin 7 Dean Carroll
Trevor Skerrett 8 Jeff Grayshon
John "Keith" Bridges 9 Brian Noble
Richard 'Charlie' Stone 10 Gary Van Bellen
Paul Rose 11 Graham Idle
Lee Crooks 12 Dick Jasiewicz
Mick Crane 13 Gary Hale
? 14 David Smith (for Steve Pullen)
Steve 'Knocker' Norton (for Mick Crane) 15 Phil Sanderson (Gary Van Bellan)
Arthur Bunting Coach Peter Fox
18 score 7
7 HT 6
Scorers
Tries
Steve Evans (1) T Keith Whiteman (1)
Paul Prendiville (1) T
Paul Rose (2) T
Goals
Lee Crooks (2) G Dean Carroll (1)
Drop Goals
Lee Crooks (2) DG Dean Carroll (2)
Referee Stanley Wall (Leigh)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match Keith Mumby - Bradford Northern - Fullback
sponsored by
Competition Sponsor Webster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd)

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

The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Halifax 4
Keighley 14
Keighley 16
Dewsbury 3
Dewsbury 11
Doncaster 2
Keighley 3
Hull 23
Castleford 10
Leeds 33
Leeds 0
Hull 20
Hull 36
Huddersfield 5
Hull 18
Bradford Northern 7
Hunslet 7
Featherstone Rovers 19
Featherstone Rovers 21
Bramley 8
Bramley 15
Wakefield Trinity 13
Featherstone Rovers 0
Bradford Northern 11
Bradford Northern 15
Hull Kingston Rovers 14
Bradford Northern 8
York 5
York 38
Batley 7

Notes and comments

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1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match played by Hunsletat their new ground, Leeds United's Elland Road

2 * Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C. with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland). The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903–04 season

General information for those unfamiliar

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  5. ^ Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1982. YCRL Committee.
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