# 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup

The 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup was the 67th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 16-13
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,823 and receipts were £3,090
It was also the second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat

## 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 30 Aug 1974 | Castleford | 13-19 | York | Wheldon Road | 1778 | |
| 2 | Fri 30 Aug 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16-0 | Batley | Craven Park (1) | 3151 | |
| 3 | Sat 31 Aug 1974 | Leeds | 16-5 | Keighley | Headingley | 3410 | |
| 4 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Bradford Northern | 49-5 | Huddersfield | Odsal | 4003 | |
| 5 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Bramley | 52-17 | Doncaster | McLaren Field | 800 | |
| 6 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Dewsbury | 12-15 | Featherstone Rovers | Crown Flatt | 3320 | |
| 7 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | New Hunslet | 14-17 | Hull F.C. | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | 2000 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Wakefield Trinity | 22-12 | Halifax | Belle Vue | 2500 | |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Wed 4 Sep 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 23-10 | Bramley | Craven Park (1) | 3086 | 2 |
| 2 | Tue 10 Sep 1974 | Hull F.C. | 12-8 | Leeds | Boulevard | 4000 | 3 |
| 3 | Thu 12 Sep 1974 | Wakefield Trinity | 24-14 | Featherstone Rovers | Belle Vue | 3300 | |
| 4 | Thu 19 Sep 1974 | York | 4-26 | Bradford Northern | Clarence Street | 2576 | |

### 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 | Tue 24 Sep 1974 | Bradford Northern | 16-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | 2942 | | | |
| 2 | Tue 1 Oct 1974 | Hull F.C. | 6-8 | Wakefield Trinity | Boulevard | 4250 | | | |

### Semi-final - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| R | Wed 2 Oct 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5-3 | Bradford Northern | Craven Park (1) | 4047 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 26 October 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16-13 | Wakefield Trinity | Headingley | 5,823 | £3,090 | 4 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Hull Kingston Rovers | No. | Wakefield Trinity |
| | teams | |
| Robert Smithies | 1 | Les Sheard |
| Clive Sullivan | 2 | David Smith |
| Bernard Watson | 3 | Terry "TC" Crook |
| Phillip "Phil" Coupland | 4 | John Hegarty |
| George Kirkpatrick | 5 | John Archer |
| Roger Millward (c) | 6 | David Topliss |
| Mike Stephenson | 7 | Joseph "Joe" Bonnar |
| John Millington | 8 | George Ballantyne |
| Dave Heslop | 9 | Raymond Handscombe |
| Paul Rose | 10 | Roy Bratt |
| Cliff Wallis | 11 | Trevor Skerrett |
| Neil Fox | 12 | Alan Tonks |
| Joseph "Joe" Brown | 13 | Mick Morgan (c) |
| Gerald "Ged" Dunn (for Clive Sullivan) | 14 | Neil Goodwin (for Alan Tonks) |
| Ian Madley (for Neil Fox) | 15 | Ernest Holmes (for Neil Goodwin) |
| ?? | Coach | Peter Fox |
| 16 | score | 13 |
| 5 | HT | 7 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Gerald "Ged" Dunn (1) | T | David Smith (1) |
| Bernard Watson (2) | T | John Hegarty (1) |
| George Kirkpatrick (1) | T | Roy Bratt (1) |
| | Goals | |
| Neil Fox (2) | G | Terry "TC" Crook (2) |
| Referee | | Michael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes) |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | | Roger Millward - Hull KR - stand-off |
| sponsored by | | |
| Competition Sponsor | | Esso |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

### 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 |
| Castleford | Castleford | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 19 | York | York | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 26 | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 49 | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 26 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 5 | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 16 (3) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 (5) | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 (5) | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 23 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Bramley | Bramley | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 52 | Bramley | Bramley | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 17 | | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 13 |
| New Hunslet | New Hunslet | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 13 |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 17 | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leeds | Leeds | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 16 | Leeds | Leeds | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 5 | | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 22 | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 12 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 14 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 12 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 14 | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match played at this Elland Road Greyhound Stadium
2 * The score is given incorrectly as 0-10 by the John Player yearbook 1975–76 but as 23-10 by the RUGBYLEAGUEproject and others
3 * The date is given as Wednesday 11 September by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but by the official Hull archives as Tuesday 10 September.
4 * 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.