1969–70 Yorkshire Cup
The 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 12-9
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,089 and receipts were £3,419
This was only Hull FC's second Yorkshire Cup win in thirteen Final appearances and in many quarters the club had been classed as "the bridesmaid but never the bride". It was also to be Featherstone Rovers's first of two successive final defeats
This was the last Yorkshire Cup final for 9 years in which the attendance would reach 10,000
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 | Sun 3 Aug 1969 | Dewsbury | 8-19 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt | 2,000 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 6 Aug 1969 | Bramley | 2-6 | Batley | McLaren Field | ||||||
| 3 | Thu 7 Aug 1969 | Halifax | 27-15 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 4 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 20-6 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | ||||||
| 5 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | York | 20-7 | Hunslet | Clarence Street | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Hull F.C. | 30-4 | Castleford | Boulevard | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Keighley | 4-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 8 | Sun 10 Aug 1969 | Doncaster | 18-20 | Featherstone Rovers | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield |
Round 2 - Quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Fri 15 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 44-6 | Halifax | Headingley | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Batley | 20-30 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 24-7 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road | 3,446 | |||||
| 4 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | York | 15-22 | Hull F.C. | Clarence Street |
Round 3 – Semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Thu 28 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 10-9 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 17-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley |
Final
Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two pointsThe road to success
General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between 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.The Rugby League season always 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 December