The 1970–71 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 23–7
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 6,753 and receipts were £1,879
This was Featherstone Rovers's second Yorkshire Cup final defeat in successive competitions
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
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 28 Aug 1970Hull Kingston Rovers9–27Hull F.C.Craven Park (1)2Sat 29 Aug 1970Bramley27–5Bradford NorthernMcLaren Field3Sat 29 Aug 1970Castleford29–4HalifaxWheldon Road 4Sat 29 Aug 1970Featherstone Rovers40–9YorkPost Office Road5Sat 29 Aug 1970Wakefield Trinity10–20LeedsBelle Vue6Sun 30 Aug 1970Dewsbury12–10KeighleyCrown Flatt7Sun 30 Aug 1970Huddersfield17–0BatleyFartown8Sun 30 Aug 1970Hunsletw/oDoncasterParkside
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 7 Sep 1970Castleford7–14LeedsWheldon Road 2Fri 11 Sep 1970Bramley12–7DewsburyMcLaren Field3Fri 11 Sep 1970Hull F.C.42–0DoncasterBoulevard4Wed 16 Sep 1970Huddersfield8–10Featherstone RoversFartown
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 29 Sep 1970Hull F.C.11–12LeedsBoulevard2Fri 2 Oct 1970Featherstone Rovers23–2BramleyPost Office Road
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 21 November 1970Leeds23–7Featherstone RoversOdsal6,753£1,879
Teams and scorers
LeedsNo.Featherstone Rovers teams John Holmes1Cyril KellettAlan Smith2Michael "Mick" SmithSyd Hynes (c) 3Keith CottonRonnie Cowan4John NewloveJohn Atkinson5David "Dave" HartleyAnthony Wainwright6Chris HardingMick Shoebottom7Terry HudsonJohn Burke8Sam WindmillPeter Dunn9Dennis Morgan (Sent off)Phil Cookson10Steve LyonsBill Ramsey11Alan RhodesBob Haigh12James "Jimmy" ThompsonRay Batten13Vince FarrarJohn Langley (for Anthony Wainwright)14Paul Coventry (for Chris Harding)?15?Derek TurnerCoaches Laurie Gant 23score78HT2 Scorers Tries Alan Smith (2)TDave Hartley (1)John Atkinson (1)TPeter Dunn (1)TBill Ramsey (1)TTTT Goals Syd Hynes (4)GCyril Kellett (2)GG Drop Goals DGDGDGRefereeD S Brown (Preston)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchSyd Hynes - Leeds - sponsored by Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1970–71 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