1971–72 Yorkshire Cup
The 1971–72 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-fourth occasion on which the RFL Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 11-7. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,536 and receipts were £1,589. The attendance was a Yorkshire Cup final record, the lowest ever, a record which would never be beaten.
This is the second time in four seasons that Castleford, finished as runner-up.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved either 6 or 7 matches and either 14 or 15 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Sat 31 Jul 1971 | Castleford | 24-5 | Batley | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 31 Jul 1971 | Hull F.C. | 9-2 | Featherstone Rovers | Boulevard | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Doncaster | 12-4 | Bradford Northern | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Halifax | 19-10 | York | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 5 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Hunslet | 10-17 | Keighley | Parkside | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Wakefield Trinity | 11-4 | Huddersfield | Belle Vue | ||||||
| 7 | Bramley | BYE | Leeds | 2 | |||||||
| 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | BYE | Dewsbury | 2 | - |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Fri 6 Aug 1971 | Castleford | 13-10 | Wakefield Trinity | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 2 | Fri 6 Aug 1971 | Keighley | 16-12 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 8 Aug 1971 | Bramley | 18-12 | Halifax | McLaren Field | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 8 Aug 1971 | Doncaster | 14-24 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Fri 13 Aug 1971 | Castleford | 12-7 | Keighley | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 15 Aug 1971 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 25-6 | Bramley | Craven Park |
Final
Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two pointsThe 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