# 1977–78 Yorkshire Cup

The 1977–78 Yorkshire Cup was the seventieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year, for the first time for eighteen years (and the last time in the history of the Yorkshire Cup), a new name appeared on the trophy, with Castleford winning it by beating Featherstone Rovers in the final by the score of 17-7. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 6,318 and receipts were £4,528. It as also Featherstone Rovers's second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances, both of which resulted in a 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 |
| 1 | Sat 20 Aug 1977 | Batley | 6-33 | Leeds | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | Sat 20 Aug 1977 | Bradford Northern | 9-20 | Featherstone Rovers | Odsal |
| 3 | Sun 21 Aug 1977 | Dewsbury | 5-12 | Castleford | Crown Flatt |
| 4 | Sun 21 Aug 1977 | Huddersfield | 17-20 | York | Fartown |
| 5 | Sun 21 Aug 1977 | Hull F.C. | 33-19 | Bramley | Boulevard |
| 6 | Sun 21 Aug 1977 | Keighley | 16-0 | Halifax | Lawkholme Lane |
| 7 | Sun 21 Aug 1977 | New Hunslet | 14-8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium |
| 8 | Sun 21 Aug 1977 | Wakefield Trinity | 23-10 | Doncaster | Belle Vue |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 27 Aug 1977 | Leeds | 18-18 | Hull F.C. | Headingley |
| 2 | Sun 28 Aug 1977 | Castleford | 23-17 | York | Wheldon Road |
| 3 | Sun 28 Aug 1977 | Keighley | 17-8 | New Hunslet | Lawkholme Lane |
| 4 | Sun 28 Aug 1977 | Wakefield Trinity | 2-12 | Featherstone Rovers | Belle Vue |

### Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| r | Wed 31 Aug 1977 | Hull F.C. | 19-11 | Leeds | Boulevard | | | | |

### 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 13 Sep 1977 | Hull F.C. | 5-19 | Featherstone Rovers | Boulevard | | | | |
| 2 | Fri 17 Sep 1977 | Keighley | 4-14 | Castleford | Lawkholme Lane | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 15 October 1977 | Castleford | 17-7 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | 6,318 | £4,528 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Castleford | № | Featherstone Rovers |
| | teams | |
| Geoff Wraith | 1 | John Marsden |
| Terrence "Terry" Richardson | 2 | Steve Evans |
| John Joyner | 3 | John Gilbert |
| Philip Johnson | 4 | Steve Quinn |
| Steve Fenton | 5 | Ken Kellett |
| Bruce Burton | 6 | John Newlove |
| Clive Pickerill | 7 | Peter Butler |
| Tony Fisher | 8 | Jeff Townend |
| Robert Spurr | 9 | John "Keith" Bridges |
| Alf Weston | 10 | Vince Farrar (Captain) |
| James Huddlestone | 11 | Michael "Mick" Gibbins |
| Mal Reilly (Captain) | 12 | Richard 'Charlie' Stone |
| Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd | 13 | Keith Bell |
| Gary Stephens (for Clive Pickerill) | 14 | Neil Tuffs (for Steve Quinn) |
| Derek Woodall (for Tony Fisher) | 15 | Peter Smith (for Richard Stone) |
| Malcolm "Mal" Reilly | Coach | Keith Cotton |
| 17 | score | 7 |
| 4 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Bruce Burton (2) | T | Peter Smith (1) |
| | Goals | |
| Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd (5) | G | Steve Quinn (1) |
| | G | Townsend (1) |
| | Drop Goals | |
| Bruce Burton (1) | DG | |
| Referee | | Michael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes) |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | | Bruce Burton - Castleford - 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 |
| Keighley | Keighley | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 0 | Keighley | Keighley | 17 | | | | | | | |
| | | | New Hunslet | New Hunslet | 8 | | | | | | | |
| New Hunslet | New Hunslet | 14 | New Hunslet | New Hunslet | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 8 | | | | Keighley | Keighley | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 14 | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 5 | | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 14 | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 12 | Castleford | Castleford | 23 | | | | | | | |
| | | | York | York | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 17 | York | York | 17 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 20 | | | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 17 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 7 |
| Batley | Batley | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 7 |
| Leeds | Leeds | 33 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 33 | Leeds | Leeds | 18 (11) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 18 (19) | | | | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 33 | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 18 (19) | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 19 | | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 19 | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 23 | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 19 | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 10 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 9 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |