1975–76 Yorkshire Cup
The 1975–76 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Leeds won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 15-11
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,743 and receipts were £3,617
This was Leeds' fifth victory in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.
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 | Fri 29 Aug 1975 | Castleford | 16-16 | Hull F.C. | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1975 | Huddersfield | 7-19 | Featherstone Rovers | Fartown | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 30 Aug 1975 | Leeds | 32-5 | Halifax | Headingley | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Bradford Northern | 28-12 | Bramley | Odsal | ||||||
| 5 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Doncaster | 11-18 | Keighley | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 26-9 | Wakefield Trinity | Craven Park | ||||||
| 7 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | New Hunslet | 20-5 | Batley | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | ||||||
| 8 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | York | 18-12 | Dewsbury | Clarence Street |
Round 1 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| R | Tue 2 Sep 1975 | Hull F.C. | 15-16 | Castleford | Boulevard |
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 | Sat 13 Sep 1975 | Bradford Northern | 2-22 | Leeds | Odsal | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | Featherstone Rovers | 8-5 | Castleford | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | New Hunslet | 7-15 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | York | 13-16 | Keighley | Clarence Street |
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 | Tue 23 Sep 1975 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19-16 | Featherstone Rovers | Craven Park | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 1 Oct 1975 | Keighley | 2-11 | Leeds | Lawkholme Lane |
Final
Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one pointThe 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