1962–63 Yorkshire Cup

1962–63 Yorkshire Cup
1962–63 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Hunslet
Runners-up	Hull Kingston Rovers
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hunslet won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 12-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,742 and receipts were £4,514 It is the last time for twenty-two years that the attendance at a Yorkshire Cup final would again exceed 20,000

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

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Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Fri 7 Sep 1962	Castleford	28-2	Batley	Wheldon Road
2	Fri 7 Sep 1962	Hull F.C.	12-3	Huddersfield	Boulevard	9,000	^[5]^[4]
3	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Bradford Northern	5-11	Bramley	Odsal
4	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Featherstone Rovers	25-10	Doncaster	Post Office Road
5	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Halifax	22-7	Dewsbury	Thrum Hall
6	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Hull Kingston Rovers	45-10	Keighley	Craven Park (1)
7	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Hunslet	34-9	Wakefield Trinity	Parkside		^[6]
8	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Leeds	12-12	York	Headingley

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

R	Wed 12 Sep 1962	York		7-6		Leeds	Clarence Street

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Mon 17 Sep 1962	Featherstone Rovers	21-10	Bramley	Post Office Road
2	Mon 17 Sep 1962	Hull Kingston Rovers	28-12	Castleford	Craven Park (1)
3	Mon 17 Sep 1962	Hunslet	18-7	Hull F.C.	Parkside	^[5]
4	Wed 19 Sep 1962	York	2-12	Halifax	Clarence Street

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue

1	Mon 1 Oct 1962	Halifax	6-7	Hunslet	Thrum Hall
2	Mon 1 Oct 1962	Hull Kingston Rovers	22-6	Featherstone Rovers	Craven Park (1)

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 27 October 1962	Hunslet		12-2		Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	22,742	£4,514	1	^[7]^[8]

Teams and scorers

Hunslet	№	Hull Kingston Rovers

	teams
William "Billy" Langton	1	Cyril Kellett
Barry Lee	2	Graham Paul
Geoff Shelton	3	Terry Major
Alan Preece	4	Mike Blackmore
Arthur Render	5	Robert Harris
Brian Gabbitas	6	Dave Elliott
Jeff Stevenson	7	Brian Hatch
Dennis Hartley	8	Ken Grice
Bernard Prior	9	Alan Lockwood
Ken Eyre	10	Jim Drake
William "Billy" Baldwinson	11	Brian Tyson
Cliff Lambert	12	John Taylor
Fred Ward	13	Harry Poole (c)
Fred Ward	Coach	Colin Hutton

12	score	2
5	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Geoff Shelton (1)	T
Billy Baldwinson (1)	T
	Goals
Billy Langton (2)	G	Cyril Kellett (1)
Dennis Hartley (1)	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Ron Gelder (Wilmslow)

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

Leeds	12 (6)

York	12 (7)
		York	2

		Halifax	12
Halifax	22

Dewsbury	7
				Halifax	6

				Hunslet	7
Hunslet	34

Wakefield Trinity	9
		Hunslet	18

		Hull F.C.	7
Hull F.C.	12

Huddersfield	3
						Hunslet	12

						Hull Kingston Rovers	2
Hull Kingston Rovers	45

Keighley	10
		Hull Kingston Rovers	28

		Castleford	12
Castleford	28

Batley	2
				Hull Kingston Rovers	22

				Featherstone Rovers	6
Featherstone Rovers	25

Doncaster	10
		Featherstone Rovers	21

		Bramley	10
Bradford Northern	5

Bramley	11

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.

References

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ HC&AC committee (1963). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1963 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
^ ^a ^b "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1963" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.

External links

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[JP1975-76Misc-2] Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.

[HuddYB1963Misc-3] HC&AC committee (1963). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1963 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.

[HuddMisc-4] "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1963" (PDF).

[HullMisc-5] "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".

[WakeTrinMisc-6] J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[Roth1991-92Misc-7] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[NewsoftheWorld&EmpNews1963–64Misc-8] Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.

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