1980–81 Yorkshire Cup
The 1980–81 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Leeds winning the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 8-7
The match was played at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,751 and receipts were £15,578
This was Leeds' eighth victory in what has been 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 | Sat 16 Aug 1980 | Leeds | 47-8 | York | Headingley | 2921 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 17 Aug 1980 | Bradford Northern | 10-6 | Batley | Odsal | 3173 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 17 Aug 1980 | Dewsbury | 5-15 | Bramley | Crown Flatt | 1100 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 17 Aug 1980 | Featherstone Rovers | 16-12 | Hull F.C. | Post Office Road | 7025 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 17 Aug 1980 | Halifax | 8-18 | Castleford | Thrum Hall | 2926 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 17 Aug 1980 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 21-17 | Wakefield Trinity | Craven Park | 7628 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 17 Aug 1980 | Hunslet | 22-4 | Doncaster | Mount Pleasant | 550 | |||||
| 8 | Sun 17 Aug 1980 | Keighley | 16-25 | Huddersfield | Lawkholme Lane | 1550 |
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 24 Aug 1980 | Castleford | 26-25 | Bramley | Wheldon Road | 2215 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 24 Aug 1980 | Huddersfield | 20-13 | Bradford Northern | Fartown | 4080 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 24 Aug 1980 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 33-12 | Featherstone Rovers | Craven Park | 9088 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 24 Aug 1980 | Leeds | 31-12 | Hunslet | Headingley | 3940 |
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 10 Sep 1980 | Castleford | 7-11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Wheldon Road | 7328 | |||||
| 2 | Thu 11 Sep 1980 | Leeds | 17-13 | Huddersfield | Headingley | 4418 |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| Leeds | № | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| teams | ||
| Neil Hague | 1 | Ian Robinson |
| Alan Smith | 2 | Gary McHugh |
| David Smith | 3 | Mike Smith |
| John Atkinson | 4 | Phil Hogan |
| Willie Oulton | 5 | Wally Youngman |
| John Holmes | 6 | Dave Hall |
| Kevin Dick | 7 | Paul Harkin |
| Mick Harrison | 8 | Roy Holdstock |
| David Ward | 9 | xRaymond Price |
| Steve Pitchford | 10 | Steve Crooks |
| Graham Eccles | 11 | Phil Lowe |
| Phil Cookson | 12 | Len Casey |
| David Heron | 13 | Mick Crane |
| ? | 14 | ? |
| Carrol | 15 | Paul Rose |
| Robin Dewhurst | Coach | Roger Millward |
| - | ||
| 8 | score | 7 |
| 2 | HT | 7 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Alan Smith | T | Gary McHugh |
| Goals | ||
| Kevin Dick | G | Phil Hogan |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Kevin Dick | DG | |
| Referee | Ronald "Ronnie" Campbell | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Kevin Dick - Leeds - | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | Webster's Brewery |
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