1989–90 Yorkshire Cup


The 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Bradford Northern won the trophy for the second time in three years, this time by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 20-14

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,607 and receipts were £50,775

For the first time, both semi-final matches resulted in draws, both requiring a replay.

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 eighteen.

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

Preliminary Round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
P1Sun 27 Aug 1989Dewsbury18-17Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt2246
P2Sun 27 Aug 1989Nottingham City6-56Hull F.C.Harvey Hadden Stadium902

Round 1

Involved 5 matches and 13 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sun 17 Sep 1989Batley5-36Sheffield EaglesMount Pleasant1299
2Sun 17 Sep 1989Bramley12-54Hull Kingston RoversMcLaren Field1545
3Sun 17 Sep 1989Dewsbury7-22HalifaxCrown Flatt3604
4Sun 17 Sep 1989Doncaster23-4HuddersfieldBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield2341
5Sun 17 Sep 1989Featherstone Rovers86-18KeighleyPost Office Road22092
6Sun 17 Sep 1989Hull F.C.20-10Ryedale-YorkBoulevard43173
7Sun 17 Sep 1989Hunslet0-44CastlefordElland Road3180
8Sun 17 Sep 1989Leeds8-15Bradford NorthernHeadingley13214

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Wed 27 Sep 1989Bradford Northern19-6Sheffield EaglesOdsal4210
2Wed 27 Sep 1989Castleford28-12Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road6250
3Wed 27 Sep 1989Featherstone Rovers37-22DoncasterPost Office Road3526
4Wed 27 Sep 1989Halifax13-2Hull F.C.Thrum Hall8087

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Thu 5 Oct 1989Halifax16-16Bradford NorthernThrum Hall9454
2Thu 12 Oct 1989Featherstone Rovers18-18CastlefordPost Office Road6227

Semi-Final - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
R1Sun 15 Oct 1989Bradford Northern26-4HalifaxOdsal12748
R2Sun 22 Oct 1989Castleford26-28Featherstone RoversWheldon Road9065

Final

Teams and Scorers

Bradford Northern№Featherstone Rovers
teams
Ian Wilkinson1Chris Bibb
Gerry Cordle2Barry Drummond
Steve McGowan3Iva Ropati
Roger Simpson4Paul Newlove
Richard Francis5Alan Banks
Ivan Henjak6Ian Smales
Paul Harkin7Deryck Fox
Kelvin Skerrett8Jeff Grayshon
Glenn Barraclough9Trevor Clark
Jon Hamer10Glenn Bell
David Hobbs 11Gary Price
Karl Fairbank12Glen Booth
John Pendlebury13Peter Smith
Keith Mumby 14Alan Dakin
Paul Medley 15Andy Fisher
Ron WilleyCoachPeter Fox
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20score14
12HT10
Scorers
Tries
Gerry Cordle TIva Ropati
Paul Harkin TPeter Smith
Goals
David Hobbs GDeryck Fox
RefereeRobin Whitfield
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchPaul Harkin - Bradford Northern -
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

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