1991–92 Yorkshire Cup

The 1991–92 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1991–92 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams19
WinnersCastleford
Runners-upBradford Northern

Cup holders, Castleford, retained the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 28-6

The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 8,916 and receipts were £?

This was the eighth time in the incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977–78, had made eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions. It was also the second year in succession that Castleford had won the trophy. within that eleven-year period.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers" but one new entrant in the form of Scarborough Pirates and so the total of entries increased by one from last season, to a total of nineteen.

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

[1]

Preliminary round

Involved 3 matches and 6 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P1Sun 25 Aug 1991Doncaster10-14Scarborough PiratesBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield10801
P2Sun 25 Aug 1991Nottingham City7-36HuddersfieldHarvey Hadden Stadium176
P3Sun 25 Aug 1991Ryedale-York36-8HunsletRyedale Stadium707

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 15 Sep 1991Batley12-36CastlefordMount Pleasant3089
2Sun 15 Sep 1991Featherstone Rovers30-7Scarborough PiratesPost Office Road27612
3Sun 15 Sep 1991Hull F.C.16-11LeedsBoulevard8255[2]
4Sun 15 Sep 1991Hull Kingston Rovers18-5DewsburyCraven Park (2)30603
5Sun 15 Sep 1991Halifax18-24Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall6132
6Sun 15 Sep 1991Huddersfield28-10Ryedale-YorkFartown1387
7Sun 15 Sep 1991Keighley Cougars8-20BramleyCougar Park12044
8Mon 16 Sep 1991Sheffield Eagles13-15Bradford NorthernDon Valley Stadium20125

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 25 Sep 1991Bramley15-38Bradford NorthernMcLaren Field2009
2Wed 25 Sep 1991Castleford24-12Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road4953
3Wed 25 Sep 1991Huddersfield9-52Wakefield TrinityFartown4799
4Wed 25 Sep 1991Hull F.C.16-16Featherstone RoversBoulevard6437[2]

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RTue 01 Oct 1991Featherstone Rovers21-18Hull F.C.Post Office Road3751[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 09 Oct 1991Bradford Northern14-10Wakefield TrinityOdsal4173
2Wed 09 Oct 1991Castleford18-10Featherstone RoversWheldon Road8890

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 20 October 1991Castleford28-6Bradford NorthernElland Road8,916?6[3][4]

Teams and scorers

[1]

Castleford № Bradford Northern
teams
Graham Steadman1Ian Wilkinson
St. John Ellis2Daio Powell
Graeme Bradley3Darrall Shelford
Richie Blackmore4Steve McGowan
David Nelson5Roger Simpson
Tony Smith6Tony Anderson
Mike Ford7Neil Summers
Lee Crooks (c)8David Hobbs
Graham Southernwood9Brian Noble (c)
Keith England10Jon Hamer
Neil Battye11Paul Medley
Shaun Irwin12Karl Fairbank
Tawera Nikau13Steve Barnett
Grant Anderson14Alex Green
Dean Sampson15David Croft
Darryl van der VeldeCoachDavid Hobbs
28score6
12HT6
Scorers
Tries
Graham Steadman (2)TDaio Powell (1)
Neil Battye (1)T
Mike Ford (1)T
Tony Smith (1)T
Goals
Graham Steadman (4)GDavid Hobbs (1)
RefereeJohn Holdsworth (Kippax)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchGraham Steadman
sponsored by
Competition SponsorJohn 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
            
Batley 12
Castleford 36
Castleford 34
Hull Kingston Rovers 12
Hull Kingston Rovers 18
Dewsbury 5
Castleford 18
Featherstone Rovers 10
Hull F.C. 16
Leeds 11
Hull F.C. 16 (18)
Featherstone Rovers 16 (21)
Featherstone Rovers 30
Scarborough Pirates 7
Castleford 28
Bradford Northern 6
Keighley Cougars 8
Bramley 20
Bramley 15
Bradford Northern 38
Sheffield Eagles 13
Bradford Northern 15
Bradford Northern 14
Wakefield Trinity 10
Huddersfield 28
Ryedale-York 10
Huddersfield 9
Wakefield Trinity 52
Halifax 18
Wakefield Trinity 24

Notes and comments

1 * The first match to be played in the Yorkshire Cup by newly elected to the league Scarborough Pirates (this was also the club's very first match to be played)

2 * The second (and last) Yorkshire Cup match to be played by Scarborough Pirates, who folded after just one season after reputedly losing over £100,000

3 * The first match to be played by Hull Kingston Rovers since moving into their new purpose built stadium

4 * The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by Keighley Cougars after the re-branding of the club and the stadium with the Cougars suffix

5 * The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by Sheffield Eagles since moving into their new home at Don Valley Stadium

6 * 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. Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1991. YCRL Committee.
  4. Macklin, Keith (21 October 1991). "Steadman inspires sharp Castleford to Yorkshire Cup". The Times. No. 64156. p. 34.
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