1968–69 Yorkshire Cup
The 1968–69 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 22-11. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,573 and receipts were £3,746.
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
Round 1
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Fri 6 Sep 1968 | Doncaster | 7-13 | Halifax | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 7 Sep 1968 | Batley | 12-11 | York | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 7 Sep 1968 | Bramley | 5-24 | Bradford Northern | McLaren Field | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 7 Sep 1968 | Dewsbury | 5-6 | Castleford | Crown Flatt | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 7 Sep 1968 | Hull F.C. | 9-30 | Leeds | Boulevard | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 7 Sep 1968 | Hunslet | 19-11 | Huddersfield | Parkside | 1,500 | |||||
| 7 | Sat 7 Sep 1968 | Wakefield Trinity | 18-30 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Sun 8 Sep 1968 | Featherstone Rovers | 21-10 | Keighley | Post Office Road |
Round 2 - Quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Mon 16 Sep 1968 | Hunslet | 5-5 | Castleford | Parkside | ||||||
| 2 | Tue 17 Sep 1968 | Featherstone Rovers | 10-18 | Leeds | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 3 | Tue 17 Sep 1968 | Halifax | 14-10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 4 | Wed 18 Sep 1968 | Bradford Northern | 17-8 | Batley | Odsal |
Round 2 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| R | Wed 18 Sep 1968 | Castleford | 33-18 | Hunslet | Wheldon Road |
Round 3 – Semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Sun 29 Sep 1968 | Bradford Northern | 15-16 | Castleford | Odsal | ||||||
| 2 | Thu 3 Oct 1968 | Halifax | 5-12 | Leeds | Thrum Hall |