# 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup

The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12.
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482
This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers.

## 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 (with no byes) and 16 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Fri 2 Sep 1966 | Castleford | 32-2 | Batley | Wheldon Road | | |
| 2 | Fri 2 Sep 1966 | Hunslet | 21-10 | Doncaster | Parkside | | |
| 3 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Dwesbury | 13-13 | Wakefield Trinity | Crown Flatt | | |
| 4 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Featherstone Rovers | 50-15 | York | Post Office Road | | |
| 5 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Huddersfield | 8-4 | Bradford Northern | Fartown | 9,990 | |
| 6 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Hull F.C. | 20-24 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Boulevard | | |
| 7 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Keighley | 16-30 | Halifax | Lawkholme Lane | | |
| 8 | Sat 3 Sep 1966 | Leeds | 18-20 | Bramley | Headingley | | 1 |

### Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| R | Mon 5 Sep 1966 | Wakefield Trinity | 18-11 | Dewsbury | Belle Vue | | | | |

### Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Mon 12 Sep 1966 | Huddersfield | 11-6 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | 7,473 |
| 2 | Tue 13 Sep 1966 | Featherstone Rovers | 17-9 | Bramley | Post Office Road | |
| 3 | Wed 14 Sep 1966 | Castleford | 14-18 | Halifax | Wheldon Road | |
| 4 | Wed 14 Sep 1966 | Hunslet | 3-29 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Parkside | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Mon 26 Sep 1966 | Featherstone Rovers | 20-9 | Halifax | Post Office Road | | | | |
| 2 | Mon 26 Sep 1966 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27-7 | Huddersfield | Craven Park (1) | 10,533 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 15 October 1966 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 25-12 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | 13,241 | £3,482 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Hull Kingston Rovers | № | Featherstone Rovers |
| | teams | |
| Cyril Kellett | 1 | Dave Kellett |
| Christopher Young | 2 | Vaughn Thomas |
| Alan Burwell | 3 | Kenneth "Ken" Greatorex |
| Johnny Moore | 4 | Brian Wrigglesworth |
| Mike Blackmore | 5 | Graham Westwood |
| Roger Millward | 6 | Michael Smith |
| Arthur Bunting | 7 | Carl Dooler |
| Frank Fox | 8 | Malcolm Dixon |
| Peter Flanagan | 9 | Milan Kosanović |
| Brian Tyson | 10 | Colin Forsyth |
| William Holliday | 11 | Arnold Morgan |
| Frank Foster | 12 | Steve Lyons |
| Terry Major | 13 | Tommy Smales |
| Colin Hutton | Coach | Laurie Gant |
| 25 | score | 12 |
| 17 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Christopher Young (1) | T | Brian Wrigglesworth (1) |
| Alan Burwelll (1) | T | Colin Forsyth (1) |
| Johnny Moore (1) | T | |
| Mike Blackmoore (1) | T | |
| Peter Flanagan (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Cyril Kellett (5) | G | Tommy Smales (3) |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | Brian Baker (Horwich) |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | | Cyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - Fullback |
| sponsored by | | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 10 | Hunslet | Hunslet | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 29 | | | | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 20 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 29 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 24 | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 7 | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 7 | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 4 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Dwesbury | Dwesbury | 13 (11_ | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 13 (18) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 13 (18) | | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 25 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 12 |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 50 | | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 12 |
| York | York | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 15 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 17 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Bramley | Bramley | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 18 | Bramley | Bramley | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 20 | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 20 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 9 | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 32 | | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 9 | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 2 | Castleford | Castleford | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Halifax | Halifax | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 16 | Halifax | Halifax | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 30 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * Bramley were now playing their home matches at a new venue, McLaren Field
2 * 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.