1989–90 Yorkshire Cup

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.

1989–90 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	18
Winners	Bradford Northern
Runners-up	Featherstone Rovers
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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

• 1989–90 Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
3. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
4. 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.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896–97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org