1967–68 Yorkshire Cup

The 1967–68 Yorkshire Cup was the sixtieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1967–68 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Hull Kingston Rovers
Runners-up	Hull F.C.
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 9-6

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 16,729 and receipts were £5,515

This final was a repeat of the 1920-21 final, in the only other final, to date, to be contested by the two clubs, and in which Hull Kingston Rovers also defeated local neighbours and fierce rivals Hull F.C. in a closely contested match. In 1920 the score was 2-0; this time it was almost as close.

This is also the second consecutive year in which Hull Kingston Rovers had won the trophy

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	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Fri 1 Sep 1967	Castleford		7-13		Hull F.C.	Wheldon Road				[5]
2	Fri 1 Sep 1967	Keighley		5-23		Wakefield Trinity	Lawkholme Lane				[6]
3	Fri 1 Sep 1967	Leeds		25-10		Batley	Headingley
4	Sat 2 Sep 1967	Bradford Northern		15-16		Dewsbury	Odsal
5	Sat 2 Sep 1967	Bramley		4-7		Huddersfield	McLaren Field	5,070		1	[4]
6	Sat 2 Sep 1967	Doncaster		10-28		Halifax	Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
7	Sat 2 Sep 1967	Hunslet		14-8		Featherstone Rovers	Parkside
8	Sat 2 Sep 1967	York		4-22		Hull Kingston Rovers	Clarence Street

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Tue 12 Sep 1967	Halifax		2-11		Hull F.C.	Thrum Hall				[5]
2	Tue 12 Sep 1967	Leeds		18-14		Hunslet	Headingley
3	Wed 13 Sep 1967	Huddersfield		11-11		Dewsbury	Fartown	7,380			[4]
4	Wed 13 Sep 1967	Wakefield Trinity		13-13		Hull Kingston Rovers	Belle Vue				[6]

Round 2 - replays

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
R1	Thu 14 Sep 1967	Dewsbury		5-4		Huddersfield	Crown Flatt	4,400			[4]
R2	Fri 15 Sep 1967	Hull Kingston Rovers		14-5		Wakefield Trinity	Craven Park (1)				[6]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Tue 26 Sep 1967	Dewsbury		0-21		Hull Kingston Rovers	Crown Flatt
2	Wed 27 Sep 1967	Hull F.C.		31-6		Leeds	Boulevard				[5]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 14 October 1967	Hull Kingston Rovers		8-7		Hull F.C.	Headingley	16,729	£5,515	2	[7][8]

Teams and scorers

Hull Kingston Rovers	№	Hull F.C.
	teams
Cyril Kellett	1	Arthur Keegan
Christopher Young	2	Norman Oliver
John Moore	3	David Doyle-Davidson
Dave Elliott	4	John Maloney
Alan Burwell	5	Geoff Stocks
Roger Millward	6	Terry Devonshire
Colin Cooper	7	Chris Davidson
William Holliday	8	Mick Harrison
Peter Flanagan	9	Alan McGlone
Brian Mennell	10	Eric Broom
Phil Lowe	11	John Edson
John Hickson	12	Jim Macklin
Terry Major	13	Cyril Sykes
Frank Foster (for John Hickson)	14
Colin Hutton	Coach	Johnny Whiteley
9	score	6
7	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Alan Burwell (1)	T
Roger Millward (1)	T	Chris Davidson (1)
	Goals
Cyril Kellett (1)	G	John Maloney (1)
	G	Chris Davidson (1)
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Dennis Davies (Manchester)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match		Chris Davidson - Hull F.C. - scrum-half
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semi-finals					Final
	Bramley		4
	Huddersfield		7
						Huddersfield		11 (4)
						Dewsbury		11 (5)
	Bradford Northern		15
	Dewsbury		16
											Dewsbury		0
											Hull Kingston Rovers		21
	Keighley		5
	Wakefield Trinity		23
						Wakefield Trinity		13 (5)
						Hull Kingston Rovers		13 (14)
	York		4
	Hull Kingston Rovers		22
																Hull Kingston Rovers		8
																Hull F.C.		7
	Doncaster		10
	Halifax		28
						Halifax		2
						Hull F.C.		11
	Castleford		7
	Hull F.C.		13
											Hull F.C.		31
											Leeds		6
	Leeds		25
	Batley		10
						Leeds		18
						Hunslet		14
	Hunslet		14
	Featherstone Rovers		8

Notes and comments

1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match played by Bramley at the new stadium, McLaren Field

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

• 1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
3. HC&AC Committee (1968). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1968 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
4. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1968" (PDF).
5. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
6. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
8. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org