1986–87 Yorkshire Cup

1986 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams18
WinnersCastleford
Runners-upHull F.C.

The 1986–87 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, and no "leavers", but another new entrant in the form of Mansfield Marksman and so the total of entries increases by one up to eighteen. This in turn resulted in the necessity to increase the number of matches in the preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.

In a repeat of the 1983–84 Yorkshire Cup's final pairing, Castleford turned the tables, reversing the result and beating Hull F.C. by the score of 31-24 to win the trophy. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,132 and receipts were £31,888. This was the fourth time in the incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions.

Background

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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)

Competition and results

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Preliminary round

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
P1 Sun 17 Aug 1986 Halifax 56-0 Mansfield Marksman Thrum Hall 2962 1
P2 Wed 3 Sep 1986 Sheffield Eagles 22-20 Doncaster Owlerton Stadium 654 2

Round 1

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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 12 Sep 1986 Leeds 40-4 Keighley Headingley 2862
2 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Batley 12-14 Wakefield Trinity Mount Pleasant 1502
3 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Castleford 16-10 Halifax Wheldon Road 7594
4 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Featherstone Rovers 40-13 York Post Office Road 1732
5 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Hull F.C. 29-22 Bramley Boulevard 3580 [2]
6 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Hull Kingston Rovers 52-30 Huddersfield Barracudas Craven Park (1) 3736
7 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Hunslet 12-40 Bradford Northern Elland Road 3101
8 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Sheffield Eagles 9-10 Dewsbury Owlerton Stadium 641

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 24 Sep 1986 Bradford Northern 42-10 Dewsbury Odsal 2682
2 Wed 24 Sep 1986 Castleford 38-16 Leeds Wheldon Road 7198
3 Wed 24 Sep 1986 Hull F.C. 21-12 Wakefield Trinity Boulevard 3737 [2]
4 Wed 24 Sep 1986 Hull Kingston Rovers 20-20 Featherstone Rovers Craven Park (1) 3841

Round 2 - replays

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Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Fri 26 Sep 1986 Featherstone Rovers 23-12 Hull Kingston Rovers Post Office Road 2385

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 1 Oct 1986 Bradford Northern 12-16 Hull F.C. Odsal 4727 [2]
2 Wed 1 Oct 1986 Featherstone Rovers 2-30 Castleford Post Office Road 5523

Final

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Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 11 October 1986 Castleford 31-24 Hull F.C. Headingley 11,132 £31,888 3 [2][3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

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Castleford No. Hull F.C.
teams
Colin Scott 1 Gary Kemble
David Plange 2 Michael Brand
Tony Marchant 3 Garry Schofield
Chris Johns 4 Dane O'Hara
Gary Hyde 5 Paul Eastwood
John Joyner 6 Fred Ah Kuoi
Robert "Bob" Beardmore 7 Phil Windley
Kevin Ward 8 David Brown
Kevin Beardmore 9 Shaun Patrick
Barry Johnson 10 Andy Dannatt (Sent off)
Martin Ketteridge 11 Steve 'Knocker' Norton
Brett Atkins 12 Lee Crooks
Keith England 13 Jon Sharp
Gary Lord (for Gary Hyde) 14 Gary Divorty (for Steve Norton)
Alan Shillito (for Brett Atkins) 15 Neil Puckering (for Dave Brown)
Malcolm "Mal" Reilly Coach Len Casey
31 score 24
12 HT 18
Scorers
Tries
Kevin Ward (1) T Mike Brand (2)
Kevin Beardmore (2) T Dane O'Hara (2)
Martin Ketteridge (1) T
Brett Atkins (1) T
Goals
Martin Ketteridge (5) G Lee Crooks (4)
Drop Goals
Robert "Bob" Beardmore (1) DG
Referee John McDonald (Wigan)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the match Kevin Beardmore - Castleford - Hooker
sponsored by
Competition Sponsor John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

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The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Hull Kingston Rovers 52
Huddersfield Barracudas 30
Hull Kingston Rovers 20 (12)
Featherstone Rovers 20 (23)
Featherstone Rovers 40
York 13
Featherstone Rovers 2
Castleford 30
Castleford 16
Halifax 10
Castleford 38
Leeds 16
Leeds 40
Keighley 4
Castleford 31
Hull F.C. 24
Hunslet 12
Bradford Northern 40
Bradford Northern 42
Dewsbury 10
Sheffield Eagles 9
Dewsbury 10
Bradford Northern 12
Hull F.C. 16
Hull F.C. 29
Bramley 22
Hull F.C. 21
Wakefield Trinity 12
Batley 12
Wakefield Trinity 14

Notes

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1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by newly elected to the league Mansfield Marksman

2 * This is the first Yorkshire Cup match played at Sheffield Eagles' Owlerton Stadium

3 * 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  3. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  5. ^ Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept. Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1986. YCRL Committee.
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