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 dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 3 Aug 1969Dewsbury8–19HuddersfieldCrown Flatt2,0002Wed 6 Aug 1969Bramley2–6BatleyMcLaren Field3Thu 7 Aug 1969Halifax27–15Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall4Fri 8 Aug 1969Leeds20–6Bradford NorthernHeadingley5Fri 8 Aug 1969York20–7HunsletClarence Street6Sat 9 Aug 1969Hull F.C.30–4CastlefordBoulevard7Sat 9 Aug 1969Keighley4–16Hull Kingston RoversLawkholme Lane8Sun 10 Aug 1969Doncaster18–20Featherstone RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
Round 2 – quarterfinals Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 15 Aug 1969Leeds44–6HalifaxHeadingley2Sat 16 Aug 1969Batley20–30Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant3Sat 16 Aug 1969Featherstone Rovers24–7HuddersfieldPost Office Road3,4464Sat 16 Aug 1969York15–22Hull F.C.Clarence Street
Round 3 – semifinals Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Thu 28 Aug 1969Featherstone Rovers10–9Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road2Sat 30 Aug 1969Leeds17–20Hull F.C.Headingley
Final Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 20 September 1969Hull F.C.12–9Featherstone RoversHeadingley11,089£3,419
Teams and scorers Hull№Featherstone Rovers Teams Martin Owbridge1Cyril KellettClive Sullivan2John NewloveDick Gemmell (c) 3Gary JordanJohn Maloney4Michael "Mick" SmithAlf Macklin5David "Dave" HartleyBrian Hancock6David KellettChris Davidson7Steve NashMick Harrison8Les TonksAlan McGlone9Vince FarrarJim Macklin10Steve LyonsThomas "Tom" Kirchin11Arnold MorganChris Forster12James "Jimmy" ThompsonJoe Brown13Tommy Smales??14Terry Hudson (for Dave Hartley)??15??Johnny WhiteleyCoachLaurie Gant 12Score92HT4 Scorers Tries Clive Sullivan (1)TSteve Nash (1)Jim Macklin (1)T Goals John Maloney (2)GCyril Kellett (3)Joe Brown (1)GReferee / (Oldham)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchJoe Brown - Hull - sponsored by Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1969–70 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