1966–67 Yorkshire Cup

The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the competition had been held.

1966–67 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Hull Kingston Rovers
Runners-up	Featherstone Rovers

Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12.

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482

This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers.

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][2][3][4]

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
1	Fri 2 Sep 1966	Castleford		32-2		Batley	Wheldon Road
2	Fri 2 Sep 1966	Hunslet		21-10		Doncaster	Parkside
3	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Dwesbury		13-13		Wakefield Trinity	Crown Flatt				[5]
4	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Featherstone Rovers		50-15		York	Post Office Road
5	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Huddersfield		8-4		Bradford Northern	Fartown	9,990			[4]
6	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Hull F.C.		20-24		Hull Kingston Rovers	Boulevard				[6]
7	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Keighley		16-30		Halifax	Lawkholme Lane
8	Sat 3 Sep 1966	Leeds		18-20		Bramley	Headingley			1

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
R	Mon 5 Sep 1966	Wakefield Trinity		18-11		Dewsbury	Belle Vue				[5]

Round 2 - Quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 12 Sep 1966	Huddersfield		11-6		Wakefield Trinity	Fartown	7,473			[5][4]
2	Tue 13 Sep 1966	Featherstone Rovers		17-9		Bramley	Post Office Road
3	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Castleford		14-18		Halifax	Wheldon Road
4	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Hunslet		3-29		Hull Kingston Rovers	Parkside

Round 3 – Semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 26 Sep 1966	Featherstone Rovers		20-9		Halifax	Post Office Road
2	Mon 26 Sep 1966	Hull Kingston Rovers		27-7		Huddersfield	Craven Park (1)	10,533			[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 15 October 1966	Hull Kingston Rovers		25-12		Featherstone Rovers	Headingley	13,241	£3,482	2	[7][8]

Teams and scorers

Hull Kingston Rovers	№	Featherstone Rovers
	teams
Cyril Kellett	1	Dave Kellett
Christopher Young	2	Vaughn Thomas
Alan Burwell	3	Kenneth "Ken" Greatorex
Johnny Moore	4	Brian Wrigglesworth
Mike Blackmore	5	Graham Westwood
Roger Millward	6	Michael Smith
Arthur Bunting	7	Carl Dooler
Frank Fox	8	Malcolm Dixon
Peter Flanagan	9	Milan Kosanović
Brian Tyson	10	Colin Forsyth
William Holliday	11	Arnold Morgan
Frank Foster	12	Steve Lyons
Terry Major	13	Tommy Smales
Colin Hutton	Coach	Laurie Gant
25	score	12
17	HT	2
	Scorers
	Tries
Christopher Young (1)	T	Brian Wrigglesworth (1)
Alan Burwelll (1)	T	Colin Forsyth (1)
Johnny Moore (1)	T
Mike Blackmoore (1)	T
Peter Flanagan (1)	T
	Goals
Cyril Kellett (5)	G	Tommy Smales (3)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Brian Baker (Horwich)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match		Cyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - Fullback
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Hunslet		21
	Doncaster		10
						Hunslet		3
						Hull Kingston Rovers		29
	Hull F.C.		20
	Hull Kingston Rovers		24
											Hull Kingston Rovers		27
											Huddersfield		7
	Huddersfield		8
	Bradford Northern		4
						Huddersfield		11
						Wakefield Trinity		6
	Dwesbury		13 (11_
	Wakefield Trinity		13 (18)
																Hull Kingston Rovers		25
																Featherstone Rovers		12
	Featherstone Rovers		50
	York		15
						Featherstone Rovers		17
						Bramley		9
	Leeds		18
	Bramley		20
											Featherstone Rovers		20
											Halifax		9
	Castleford		32
	Batley		2
						Castleford		14
						Halifax		18
	Keighley		16
	Halifax		30

Notes and comments

1 * Bramley were now playing their home matches at a new venue, McLaren Field

2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

See also

• 1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
3. HC&AC Committee (1967). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1967 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
4. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1967" (PDF).
5. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
6. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
8. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org