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1959–60 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersFeatherstone Rovers
Runners-upHull F.C.

The 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

For the first time in fourteen years a new name appears on the Yorkshire Cup. Featherstone Rovers who previously won the trophy in the Spring 1940 Wartime competition can now lay claim to a genuine trophy (The wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records) Featherstone Rovers won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 15-14

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,983 and receipts were £4156

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][5][full citation needed]

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 28 Aug 1959 Leeds 28-14 Keighley Headingley
2 Sat 29 Aug 1959 Bradford Northern 10-23 Hull F.C. Odsal [6]
3 Sat 29 Aug 1959 Bramley 17-10 York Barley Mow
4 Sat 29 Aug 1959 Dewsbury 27-14 Castleford Crown Flatt
5 Sat 29 Aug 1959 Featherstone Rovers 24-9 Hull Kingston Rovers Post Office Road
6 Sat 29 Aug 1959 Halifax 17-14 Wakefield Trinity Thrum Hall
7 Sat 29 Aug 1959 Huddersfield 46-12 Doncaster Fartown 3809 [7]
8 Sat 29 Aug 1959 Hunslet 46-8 Batley Parkside

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 7 Sep 1959 Leeds 15-10 Hunslet Headingley
2 Tue 8 Sep 1959 Bramley 14-17 Hull F.C. Barley Mow [6]
3 Wed 9 Sep 1959 Featherstone Rovers 32-18 Dewsbury Post Office Road
4 Mon 14 Sep 1959 Huddersfield 9-16 Halifax Fartown 11435 [5]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 24 Sep 1959 Hull F.C. 18-9 Halifax Boulevard [6]
2 Wed 30 Sep 1959 Featherstone Rovers 14-7 Leeds Post Office Road

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 31 October 1959 Featherstone Rovers 15-14 Hull F.C. Headingley 23,983 £4,156 1 [6][8][9][3]

Teams and Scorers

Featherstone Rovers № Hull F.C.
teams
Jack "Jackie" Fennell 1 Peter Bateson
Frank "Cheyenne" Smith 2 Stan Cowan
Ken Greatorex 3 Brian Cooper
Jim Hunt 4 Brian Saville
Cyril Woolford 5 Dennis Nicholson
Joe Mullaney (c) 6 George Matthews
Don Fox 7 Tommy Finn
Joe Anderson 8 Mick Scott
Willis Fawley 9 Tommy Harris
Malcolm Dixon 10 Jim Drake
Mick Clamp 11 Cyril Sykes
Cliff Lambert 12 Bill Drake
Terry Clawson 13 Johnny Whiteley
Harold Moxon Coach Roy Francis
15 score 14
13 HT 7
Scorers
Tries
Don Fox (1) T Johnny Whiteley (1)
Cliff Lambert (1) T Brian Saville (1)
Cyril Woolford (1) T
Goals
Terry Clawson (4) G Peter Bateson (4)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee unknown

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
            
Featherstone Rovers 24
Hull Kingston Rovers 9
Featherstone Rovers 32
Dewsbury 18
Dewsbury 27
Castleford 14
Featherstone Rovers 14
Leeds 7
Leeds 28
Keighley 14
Leeds 15
Hunslet 10
Hunslet 46
Batley 8
Featherstone Rovers 15
Hull F.C. 14
Bramley 17
York 10
Bramley 14
Hull F.C. 17
Bradford Northern 10
Hull F.C. 23
Hull F.C. 18
Halifax 9
Huddersfield 46
Doncaster 12
Huddersfield 9
Halifax 16
Halifax 17
Wakefield Trinity 14

Notes and comments

1 * 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.

General information for those unfamiliar

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)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 19560–61 - 74th year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  4. ^ HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  5. ^ a b HC&AC Committee (1960). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1960. HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  6. ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  7. ^ "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1960" (PDF).
  8. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  9. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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