The 1968–69 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 22–11. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,573 and receipts were £3,746.
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 6 Sep 1968Doncaster7–13HalifaxBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield2Sat 7 Sep 1968Batley12–11YorkMount Pleasant3Sat 7 Sep 1968Bramley5–24Bradford NorthernMcLaren Field4Sat 7 Sep 1968Dewsbury5–6CastlefordCrown Flatt5Sat 7 Sep 1968Hull F.C.9–30LeedsBoulevard6Sat 7 Sep 1968Hunslet19–11HuddersfieldParkside1,5007Sat 7 Sep 1968Wakefield Trinity18–30Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue8Sun 8 Sep 1968Featherstone Rovers21–10KeighleyPost Office Road
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 16 Sep 1968Hunslet5–5CastlefordParkside2Tue 17 Sep 1968Featherstone Rovers10–18LeedsPost Office Road3Tue 17 Sep 1968Halifax14–10Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall4Wed 18 Sep 1968Bradford Northern17–8BatleyOdsal
Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 18 Sep 1968Castleford33–18HunsletWheldon Road
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 29 Sep 1968Bradford Northern15–16CastlefordOdsal2Thu 3 Oct 1968Halifax5–12LeedsThrum Hall
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 19 October 1968Leeds22–11CastlefordBelle Vue12,573£3,746
Teams and scorers Leeds№Castleford teams Bev Risman1Derek EdwardsAlan Smith2Keith HoweSyd Hynes3Ronald HillBernard Watson4Tony ThomasJohn Atkinson5David StephensMick Shoebottom6Alan Hardisty (c)Barry Seabourne7Danny HargraveMick Clark (c)8Dennis HartleyTony Crosby9Clive DickinsonKenny Eyre10John WardBill Ramsey11Peter SmallAlbert Eyre12Brian LockwoodRay Batten13Malcolm "Mal" ReillyJohn Langley14Glyn JonesDavid Hick (for Bill Ramsey)15Michael Redfearn (for Brian Lockwood)Roy FrancisCoachDerek Turner 22score1110HT8 Scorers TriesAlan Smith (1)TRonald Hill (1)Bernard Watson (1)TJohn Atkinson (1)TDavid Hick (1)T GoalsBev Risman (5)GRonald Hill (2)GAlan Hardisty (2)RefereeJoe Manley (Warrington)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchBarry Seabourne - Leeds - sponsored by
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1968–69 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