1959–60 Yorkshire Cup

The 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1959–60 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersFeatherstone Rovers
Runners-upHull F.C.

For the first time in fourteen years a new name appears on the Yorkshire Cup. Featherstone Rovers who previously won the trophy in the Spring 1940 Wartime competition can now lay claim to a genuine trophy (The wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records) Featherstone Rovers won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 15-14

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,983 and receipts were £4156

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

[1][2][3][4][5]

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
1Fri 28 Aug 1959Leeds28-14KeighleyHeadingley
2Sat 29 Aug 1959Bradford Northern10-23Hull F.C.Odsal[6]
3Sat 29 Aug 1959Bramley17-10YorkBarley Mow
4Sat 29 Aug 1959Dewsbury27-14CastlefordCrown Flatt
5Sat 29 Aug 1959Featherstone Rovers24-9Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road
6Sat 29 Aug 1959Halifax17-14Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall
7Sat 29 Aug 1959Huddersfield46-12DoncasterFartown3809[7]
8Sat 29 Aug 1959Hunslet46-8BatleyParkside

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 7 Sep 1959Leeds15-10HunsletHeadingley
2Tue 8 Sep 1959Bramley14-17Hull F.C.Barley Mow[6]
3Wed 9 Sep 1959Featherstone Rovers32-18DewsburyPost Office Road
4Mon 14 Sep 1959Huddersfield9-16HalifaxFartown11435[5]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 24 Sep 1959Hull F.C.18-9HalifaxBoulevard[6]
2Wed 30 Sep 1959Featherstone Rovers14-7LeedsPost Office Road

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 31 October 1959Featherstone Rovers15-14Hull F.C.Headingley23,983£4,1561[6][8][9][3]

Teams and scorers
Featherstone Rovers No. Hull F.C.
teams
Jack "Jackie" Fennell1Peter Bateson
Frank "Cheyenne" Smith2Stan Cowan
Ken Greatorex3Brian Cooper
Jim Hunt4Brian Saville
Cyril Woolford5Dennis Nicholson
Joe Mullaney (c)6George Matthews
Don Fox7Tommy Finn
Joe Anderson8Mick Scott
Willis Fawley9Tommy Harris
Malcolm Dixon10Jim Drake
Mick Clamp11Cyril Sykes
Cliff Lambert12Bill Drake
Terry Clawson13Johnny Whiteley
Harold MoxonCoachRoy Francis
15score14
13HT7
Scorers
Tries
Don Fox (1)TJohnny Whiteley (1)
Cliff Lambert (1)TBrian Saville (1)
Cyril Woolford (1)T
Goals
Terry Clawson (4)GPeter Bateson (4)
G
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeCharlie Appleton (Warrington)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success
First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Featherstone Rovers 24
Hull Kingston Rovers 9
Featherstone Rovers 32
Dewsbury 18
Dewsbury 27
Castleford 14
Featherstone Rovers 14
Leeds 7
Leeds 28
Keighley 14
Leeds 15
Hunslet 10
Hunslet 46
Batley 8
Featherstone Rovers 15
Hull F.C. 14
Bramley 17
York 10
Bramley 14
Hull F.C. 17
Bradford Northern 10
Hull F.C. 23
Hull F.C. 18
Halifax 9
Huddersfield 46
Doncaster 12
Huddersfield 9
Halifax 16
Halifax 17
Wakefield Trinity 14

Notes and comments

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.

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
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  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 19560–61 - 74th year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  4. HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  5. HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960. HC&AC Supporters' Club.
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  7. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1960" (PDF).
  8. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  9. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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