1978–79 Yorkshire Cup
The 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating York by the score of 18-8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 10,429 and receipts were £9,188
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 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Batley | 8-24 | Halifax | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Bradford Northern | 24-23 | Leeds | Odsal | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Bramley | 4-13 | Hull F.C. | McLaren Field | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Castleford | 18-11 | Dewsbury | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 5 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Doncaster | 5-20 | Keighley | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Featherstone Rovers | 23-8 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 7 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Wakefield Trinity | 11-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue | ||||||
| 8 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | York | 25-19 | New Hunslet | Clarence Street |
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 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | Bradford Northern | 28-17 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | Featherstone Rovers | 8-20 | Hull F.C. | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | Halifax | 20-8 | Castleford | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | York | 13-6 | 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 | Wed 13 Sep 1978 | Bradford Northern | 12-7 | Hull F.C. | Odsal | ||||||
| 2 | Tue 19 Sep 1978 | Halifax | 2-4 | York | Thrum Hall |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| Bradford Northern | № | York |
| teams | ||
| Keith Mumby | 1 | Gary Smith |
| David Barends | 2 | Terry Morgan |
| Les Gant | 3 | Terry Day |
| Derrick Parker | 4 | Derek Foster |
| David Redfearn | 5 | Gary Nicholson |
| Ian Slater | 6 | Barry Banks |
| Alan Redfearn | 7 | Paul Harkin |
| Jimmy Thompson | 8 | David Dunkerley |
| Tony Fisher | 9 | Ron Wileman |
| Colin Forsyth | 10 | Billy Harris |
| Neil Fox | 11 | Alan Rhodes |
| Dennis Trotter | 12 | Barry Hollis |
| Bob Haigh | 13 | Stephen/Steven "Steve" Cooper |
| Johnny Wolford | 14 | John Crossley, Jr. |
| Graham Joyce | 15 | Terry Ramshaw |
| Peter Fox | Coach | ?? |
| - | ||
| 18 | score | 8 |
| 7 | HT | 5 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Les Gant | T | Gary Smith |
| Derrick Parker | T | |
| Alan Redfearn | T | |
| Bob Haigh | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Neil Fox | G | Barry Banks |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | Barry Hollis | - |
| Referee | Michael "Mick" J. Naughton | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Bob Haigh - Bradford Northern - | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | Esso |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The 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