# 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup

The 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating York by the score of 18-8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 10,429 and receipts were £9,188

## 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 |
| 1 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Batley | 8-24 | Halifax | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Bradford Northern | 24-23 | Leeds | Odsal |
| 3 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Bramley | 4-13 | Hull F.C. | McLaren Field |
| 4 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Castleford | 18-11 | Dewsbury | Wheldon Road |
| 5 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Doncaster | 5-20 | Keighley | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield |
| 6 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Featherstone Rovers | 23-8 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road |
| 7 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | Wakefield Trinity | 11-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue |
| 8 | Sun 20 Aug 1978 | York | 25-19 | New Hunslet | Clarence Street |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | Bradford Northern | 28-17 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal |
| 2 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | Featherstone Rovers | 8-20 | Hull F.C. | Post Office Road |
| 3 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | Halifax | 20-8 | Castleford | Thrum Hall |
| 4 | Sun 27 Aug 1978 | York | 13-6 | Keighley | Clarence Street |

### 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 13 Sep 1978 | Bradford Northern | 12-7 | Hull F.C. | Odsal | | | | |
| 2 | Tue 19 Sep 1978 | Halifax | 2-4 | York | Thrum Hall | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 28 October 1978 | Bradford Northern | 18-8 | York | Headingley | 10,429 | £9,188 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Bradford Northern | № | York |
| | teams | |
| Keith Mumby | 1 | Gary Smith |
| David Barends | 2 | Terry Morgan |
| Les Gant | 3 | Terry Day |
| Derrick Parker | 4 | Derek Foster |
| David Redfearn | 5 | Gary Nicholson |
| Ian Slater | 6 | Barry Banks |
| Alan Redfearn | 7 | Paul Harkin |
| Jimmy Thompson | 8 | David Dunkerley |
| Tony Fisher | 9 | Ron Wileman |
| Colin Forsyth | 10 | Billy Harris |
| Neil Fox | 11 | Alan Rhodes |
| Dennis Trotter | 12 | Barry Hollis |
| Bob Haigh | 13 | Stephen/Steven "Steve" Cooper |
| Johnny Wolford (for Ian Slater) | 14 | John Crossley, Jr. (for Terry Day) |
| Graham Joyce (for Colin Forsyth) | 15 | Terry Ramshaw (for Barry Hollis) |
| Peter Fox | Coach | ?? |
| 18 | score | 8 |
| 7 | HT | 5 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Les Gant (1) | T | Gary Smith (1) |
| Derrick Parker (1) | T | |
| Alan Redfearn (1) | T | |
| Bob Haigh (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Neil Fox (3) | G | Barry Banks (2) |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | Barry Hollis (1) |
| Referee | | Michael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes) |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | | Bob Haigh - Bradford Northern - loose forward |
| 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 |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 23 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 23 | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 28 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 7 | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 23 | | | | | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 7 | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 20 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 4 | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 20 | | | | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 13 | | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 18 |
| | | | | | | | | | | York | York | 8 |
| Batley | Batley | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | York | York | 8 |
| Halifax | Halifax | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 24 | Halifax | Halifax | 20 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Castleford | Castleford | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 18 | Castleford | Castleford | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 11 | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | York | York | 4 | | | | |
| York | York | 25 | | | | | | | York | York | 4 | | | | |
| New Hunslet | New Hunslet | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Hunslet | New Hunslet | 19 | York | York | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Keighley | Keighley | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 5 | Keighley | Keighley | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |

## 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.