# 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup

The 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Bradford Northern won the trophy for the second time in three years, this time by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 20-14 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,607 and receipts were £50,775 For the first time, both semi-final matches resulted in draws, both requiring a replay.

## 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 eighteen. This in turn resulted in the necessity to continue with a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.

## Competition and results
### Preliminary round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| P1 | Sun 27 Aug 1989 | Dewsbury | 18-17 | Wakefield Trinity | Crown Flatt | 2246 | | | |
| P2 | Sun 27 Aug 1989 | Nottingham City | 6-56 | Hull F.C. | Harvey Hadden Stadium | 902 | | | |

### Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Batley | 5-36 | Sheffield Eagles | Mount Pleasant | 1299 | |
| 2 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Bramley | 12-54 | Hull Kingston Rovers | McLaren Field | 1545 | |
| 3 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Dewsbury | 7-22 | Halifax | Crown Flatt | 3604 | |
| 4 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Doncaster | 23-4 | Huddersfield | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 2341 | |
| 5 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Featherstone Rovers | 86-18 | Keighley | Post Office Road | 2209 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Hull F.C. | 20-10 | Ryedale-York | Boulevard | 4317 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Hunslet | 0-44 | Castleford | Elland Road | 3180 | |
| 8 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Leeds | 8-15 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | 13214 | |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | Bradford Northern | 19-6 | Sheffield Eagles | Odsal | 4210 |
| 2 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | Castleford | 28-12 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Wheldon Road | 6250 |
| 3 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | Featherstone Rovers | 37-22 | Doncaster | Post Office Road | 3526 |
| 4 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | Halifax | 13-2 | Hull F.C. | Thrum Hall | 8087 |

### 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 | Thu 5 Oct 1989 | Halifax | 16-16 | Bradford Northern | Thrum Hall | 9454 | | | |
| 2 | Thu 12 Oct 1989 | Featherstone Rovers | 18-18 | Castleford | Post Office Road | 6227 | | | |

### Semi-final - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| R1 | Sun 15 Oct 1989 | Bradford Northern | 26-4 | Halifax | Odsal | 12748 | | | |
| R2 | Sun 22 Oct 1989 | Castleford | 26-28 | Featherstone Rovers | Wheldon Road | 9065 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Sunday 5 November 1989 | Bradford Northern | 20-14 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | 12,607 | £50,775 | 4 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Bradford Northern | № | Featherstone Rovers |
| | teams | |
| Ian Wilkinson | 1 | Chris Bibb |
| Gerry Cordle | 2 | Barry Drummond |
| Steve McGowan | 3 | Iva Ropati |
| Roger Simpson | 4 | Paul Newlove |
| Richard Francis | 5 | Alan Banks |
| Ivan Henjak | 6 | Ian Smales |
| Paul Harkin | 7 | Deryck Fox (c) |
| Kelvin Skerrett | 8 | Jeff Grayshon |
| Glenn Barraclough | 9 | Trevor Clark |
| Jon Hamer | 10 | Glenn Bell |
| David Hobbs (c) | 11 | Gary Price |
| Karl Fairbank | 12 | Glen Booth |
| John Pendlebury | 13 | Peter Smith |
| Keith Mumby (for Ivan Henjak 13m) | 14 | Alan Dakin (for Glenn Bell 51m) |
| Paul Medley (for Jon Hamer 9m) | 15 | Andy Fisher (for Glen Booth 51m) |
| Ron Willey | Coach | Peter Fox |
| 20 | score | 14 |
| 12 | HT | 10 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Gerry Cordle (2) | T | Iva Ropati (1) |
| Paul Harkin (2) | T | Peter Smith (1) |
| | Goals | |
| David Hobbs (2) | G | Deryck Fox (3) |
| Referee | | Robin Whitfield (Widnes) |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | | Paul Harkin - Bradford Northern - scrum-half |
| sponsored by | | |
| Competition Sponsor | | John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

### The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 22 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 22 | Halifax | Halifax | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 20 | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Ryedale-York | Ryedale-York | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ryedale-York | Ryedale-York | 10 | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 16 (4) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 16 (26) | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 8 | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 16 (26) | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 15 | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 19 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 5 | Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 36 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 36 | | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 20 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 14 |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 86 | | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 14 |
| Keighley | Keighley | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 16 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 37 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Doncaster | Doncaster | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 23 | Doncaster | Doncaster | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 4 | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 18 (28) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 18 (26) | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 0 | | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 18 (26) | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 44 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 44 | Castleford | Castleford | 28 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 12 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 54 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * The second highest score in a Yorkshire Cup match to date 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.