The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25–12.
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482
This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers.
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 NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 2 Sep 1966Castleford32–2BatleyWheldon Road 2Fri 2 Sep 1966Hunslet21–10DoncasterParkside3Sat 3 Sep 1966Dwesbury13–13Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt4Sat 3 Sep 1966Featherstone Rovers50–15YorkPost Office Road5Sat 3 Sep 1966Huddersfield8–4Bradford NorthernFartown9,9906Sat 3 Sep 1966Hull F.C.20–24Hull Kingston RoversBoulevard7Sat 3 Sep 1966Keighley16–30HalifaxLawkholme Lane8Sat 3 Sep 1966Leeds18–20BramleyHeadingley
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRMon 5 Sep 1966Wakefield Trinity18–11DewsburyBelle Vue
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 12 Sep 1966Huddersfield11–6Wakefield TrinityFartown7,4732Tue 13 Sep 1966Featherstone Rovers17–9BramleyPost Office Road3Wed 14 Sep 1966Castleford14–18HalifaxWheldon Road 4Wed 14 Sep 1966Hunslet3–29Hull Kingston RoversParkside
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 26 Sep 1966Featherstone Rovers20–9HalifaxPost Office Road2Mon 26 Sep 1966Hull Kingston Rovers27–7HuddersfieldCraven Park (1)10,533
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 October 1966Hull Kingston Rovers25–12Featherstone RoversHeadingley13,241£3,482
Teams and scorers Hull Kingston Rovers№Featherstone Rovers teams Cyril Kellett1Dave KellettChristopher Young2Vaughan ThomasAlan Burwell3Ken GreatorexJohnny Moore4Brian WrigglesworthMike Blackmore5Graham WestwoodRoger Millward6Michael SmithArthur Bunting7Carl DoolerFrank Fox8Malcolm DixonPeter Flanagan9Milan KosanovićBrian Tyson10Colin ForsythWilliam Holliday11Arnold MorganFrank Foster12Steve LyonsTerry Major13Tommy SmalesColin HuttonCoachLaurie Gant 25score1217HT2 Scorers Tries Christopher Young (1)TBrian Wrigglesworth (1)Alan Burwelll (1)TColin Forsyth (1)Johnny Moore (1)TMike Blackmoore (1)TPeter Flanagan (1)T Goals Cyril Kellett (5)GTommy Smales (3)G Drop Goals DGRefereeBrian Baker (Horwich)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchCyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - sponsored by Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
Notes
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org