# 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup

The 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by a score of 12-9.
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,089 and receipts were £3,419.
This was only Hull FC's second Yorkshire Cup win (the previous being in 1923) in thirteen final appearances, and in many quarters the club had been classed as "the bridesmaid but never the bride". It was also Featherstone Rovers's first of two successive final defeats.
This was the last Yorkshire Cup final for nine years in which the attendance would reach 10,000.

## 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 |
| 1 | Sun 3 Aug 1969 | Dewsbury | 8-19 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt | 2,000 |
| 2 | Wed 6 Aug 1969 | Bramley | 2-6 | Batley | McLaren Field | |
| 3 | Thu 7 Aug 1969 | Halifax | 27-15 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | |
| 4 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 20-6 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | |
| 5 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | York | 20-7 | Hunslet | Clarence Street | |
| 6 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Hull F.C. | 30-4 | Castleford | Boulevard | |
| 7 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Keighley | 4-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane | |
| 8 | Sun 10 Aug 1969 | Doncaster | 18-20 | Featherstone Rovers | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | |

### 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 | Fri 15 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 44-6 | Halifax | Headingley | |
| 2 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Batley | 20-30 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Mount Pleasant | |
| 3 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 24-7 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road | 3,446 |
| 4 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | York | 15-22 | Hull F.C. | Clarence Street | |

### 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 | Thu 28 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 10-9 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | | | | |
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 17-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | | | | |

### Final

| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 20 September 1969 | Hull F.C. | 12-9 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | 11,089 | £3,419 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Hull | № | Featherstone Rovers |
| | Teams | |
| Martin Owbridge | 1 | Cyril Kellett |
| Clive Sullivan | 2 | John Newlove |
| Dick Gemmell (c) | 3 | Gary Jordan |
| John Maloney | 4 | Michael "Mick" Smith |
| Alf Macklin | 5 | David "Dave" Hartley |
| Brian Hancock | 6 | David Kellett |
| Chris Davidson | 7 | Steve Nash |
| Mick Harrison | 8 | Les Tonks |
| Alan McGlone | 9 | Vince Farrar |
| Jim Macklin | 10 | Steve Lyons |
| Thomas "Tom" Kirchin | 11 | Arnold Morgan |
| Chris Forster | 12 | James "Jimmy" Thompson |
| Joe Brown | 13 | Tommy Smales |
| ?? | 14 | Terry Hudson (for Dave Hartley) |
| ?? | 15 | ?? |
| Johnny Whiteley | Coach | Laurie Gant |
| 12 | Score | 9 |
| 2 | HT | 4 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Clive Sullivan (1) | T | Steve Nash (1) |
| Jim Macklin (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| John Maloney (2) | G | Cyril Kellett (3) |
| Joe Brown (1) | G | |
| Referee | | Richard Llewellyn "Dickie" /"Dicky" Thomas (Oldham) |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | | Joe Brown - Hull - loose forward |
| sponsored by | | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### 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 |
| Leeds | Leeds | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 6 | Leeds | Leeds | 44 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Halifax | Halifax | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 27 | Halifax | Halifax | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 15 | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 17 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 20 | | | | |
| York | York | 20 | | | | | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 20 | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 | York | York | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 30 | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 4 | | | | | | | | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 9 |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 9 |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 20 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 8 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 19 | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 9 | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 2 | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 9 | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 6 | Batley | Batley | 20 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 4 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

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.