# 1982–83 Yorkshire Cup

The 1982–83 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by a score of 18-7.
The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,755 and receipts were £21,950.
This is the first of three successive Yorkshire Cup final victories by Hull F.C. and the first of four final appearances in five years. It is also the second successive year that Bradford Northern played in the Yorkshire Cup final; on both occasions they ended as runner-up.

## Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers", 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

Round 1 involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Bradford Northern | 15-14 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | 5244 | |
| 2 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Bramley | 15-13 | Wakefield Trinity | McLaren Field | 1852 | |
| 3 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Castleford | 10-33 | Leeds | Wheldon Road | 4906 | |
| 4 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Dewsbury | 11-2 | Doncaster | Crown Flatt | 500 | |
| 5 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Halifax | 4-14 | Keighley | Thrum Hall | 2163 | |
| 6 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Hull F.C. | 36-5 | Huddersfield | Boulevard | 9153 | |
| 7 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | Hunslet | 7-19 | Featherstone Rovers | Elland Road | 1800 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun 5 Sep 1982 | York | 38-7 | Batley | Clarence Street | 2256 | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Bradford Northern | 8-5 | York | Odsal | 2729 |
| 2 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Featherstone Rovers | 21-8 | Bramley | Post Office Road | 1479 |
| 3 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Keighley | 16-3 | Dewsbury | Lawkholme Lane | 1060 |
| 4 | Wed 8 Sep 1982 | Leeds | 0-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | 7731 |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 15 Sep 1982 | Featherstone Rovers | 0-11 | Bradford Northern | Post Office Road | 2542 | | | |
| 2 | Wed 15 Sep 1982 | Keighley | 3-23 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | 3938 | | | |

### Final

| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 2 October 1982 | Hull | 18-7 | Bradford Northern | Elland Road | 11,755 | £21,950 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Hull | No. | Bradford Northern |
| | Teams | |
| Gary Kemble | 1 | Keith Mumby |
| Steve Evans | 2 | David Barends |
| Terry Day | 3 | Les Gant |
| A'au James Leuluai | 4 | Alan Parker |
| Paul Prendiville | 5 | Steve Pullen |
| David Topliss | 6 | Keith Whiteman |
| Kevin Harkin | 7 | Dean Carroll |
| Trevor Skerrett | 8 | Jeff Grayshon |
| John "Keith" Bridges | 9 | Brian Noble |
| Richard 'Charlie' Stone | 10 | Gary Van Bellen |
| Paul Rose | 11 | Graham Idle |
| Lee Crooks | 12 | Dick Jasiewicz |
| Mick Crane | 13 | Gary Hale |
| ? | 14 | David Smith (for Steve Pullen) |
| Steve 'Knocker' Norton (for Mick Crane) | 15 | Phil Sanderson (Gary Van Bellan) |
| Arthur Bunting | Coach | Peter Fox |
| 18 | Score | 7 |
| 7 | HT | 6 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Steve Evans (1) | T | Keith Whiteman (1) |
| Paul Prendiville (1) | T | |
| Paul Rose (2) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Lee Crooks (2) | G | Dean Carroll (1) |
| | Drop goals | |
| Lee Crooks (2) | DG | Dean Carroll (2) |
| Referee | | Stanley Wall (Leigh) |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | | Keith Mumby - Bradford Northern - Fullback |
| Sponsored by | | |
| Competition sponsor | | Webster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd) |
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 |
| Halifax | Halifax | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 14 | Keighley | Keighley | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 11 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 2 | | | | Keighley | Keighley | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull | Hull | 23 | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 10 | | | | | | | Hull | Hull | 23 | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 33 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 33 | Leeds | Leeds | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull | Hull | 20 | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 36 | Hull | Hull | 20 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 5 | | | | | | | | Hull | Hull | 18 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 7 |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 7 |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 19 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 21 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Bramley | Bramley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 15 | Bramley | Bramley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 13 | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 11 | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 15 | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 11 | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 14 | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | York | York | 5 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 38 | York | York | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

This was te first Yorkshire Cup match played by Hunsletat their new ground, Leeds United's Elland Road
Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C., with a capacity of 37,914. (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland.) The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC, who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903–04 season.