1982–83 Yorkshire Cup

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

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

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

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]

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
1Sun 5 Sep 1982Bradford Northern15-14Hull Kingston RoversOdsal5244
2Sun 5 Sep 1982Bramley15-13Wakefield TrinityMcLaren Field1852
3Sun 5 Sep 1982Castleford10-33LeedsWheldon Road4906
4Sun 5 Sep 1982Dewsbury11-2DoncasterCrown Flatt500
5Sun 5 Sep 1982Halifax4-14KeighleyThrum Hall2163
6Sun 5 Sep 1982Hull F.C.36-5HuddersfieldBoulevard9153[2]
7Sun 5 Sep 1982Hunslet7-19Featherstone RoversElland Road18001
8Sun 5 Sep 1982York38-7BatleyClarence Street2256

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 8 Sep 1982Bradford Northern8-5YorkOdsal2729
2Wed 8 Sep 1982Featherstone Rovers21-8BramleyPost Office Road1479
3Wed 8 Sep 1982Keighley16-3DewsburyLawkholme Lane1060
4Wed 8 Sep 1982Leeds0-20Hull F.C.Headingley7731[2]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 15 Sep 1982Featherstone Rovers0-11Bradford NorthernPost Office Road2542
2Wed 15 Sep 1982Keighley3-23Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane3938[2]

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 2 October 1982Hull18-7Bradford NorthernElland Road11,755£21,9502[2][3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

[1][4]

Hull No. Bradford Northern
teams
Gary Kemble1Keith Mumby
Steve Evans2David Barends
Terry Day3Les Gant
A'au James Leuluai4Alan Parker
Paul Prendiville5Steve Pullen
David Topliss6Keith Whiteman
Kevin Harkin7Dean Carroll
Trevor Skerrett8Jeff Grayshon
John "Keith" Bridges9Brian Noble
Richard 'Charlie' Stone10Gary Van Bellen
Paul Rose11Graham Idle
Lee Crooks12Dick Jasiewicz
Mick Crane13Gary Hale
?14David Smith (for Steve Pullen)
Steve 'Knocker' Norton (for Mick Crane)15Phil Sanderson (Gary Van Bellan)
Arthur BuntingCoachPeter Fox
18score7
7HT6
Scorers
Tries
Steve Evans (1)TKeith Whiteman (1)
Paul Prendiville (1)T
Paul Rose (2)T
Goals
Lee Crooks (2)GDean Carroll (1)
Drop Goals
Lee Crooks (2)DGDean Carroll (2)
RefereeStanley Wall (Leigh)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchKeith Mumby - Bradford Northern - Fullback
sponsored by
Competition SponsorWebster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd)

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

The road to success
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

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

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
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. "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. 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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