The 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup was the 67th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 16–13
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,823 and receipts were £3,090
It was also the second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat
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 30 Aug 1974Castleford13–19YorkWheldon Road 17782Fri 30 Aug 1974Hull Kingston Rovers16–0BatleyCraven Park (1)31513Sat 31 Aug 1974Leeds16–5KeighleyHeadingley34104Sun 1 Sep 1974Bradford Northern49–5HuddersfieldOdsal40035Sun 1 Sep 1974Bramley52–17DoncasterMcLaren Field8006Sun 1 Sep 1974Dewsbury12–15Featherstone RoversCrown Flatt33207Sun 1 Sep 1974New Hunslet14–17Hull F.C.Elland Road Greyhound Stadium20008Sun 1 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity22-12HalifaxBelle Vue2500
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 4 Sep 1974Hull Kingston Rovers23–10BramleyCraven Park (1)30862Tue 10 Sep 1974Hull F.C.12–8LeedsBoulevard40003Thu 12 Sep 1974Wakefield Trinity24–14Featherstone RoversBelle Vue33004Thu 19 Sep 1974York4–26Bradford NorthernClarence Street2576
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 24 Sep 1974Bradford Northern16–16Hull Kingston RoversOdsal29422Tue 1 Oct 1974Hull F.C.6–8Wakefield TrinityBoulevard4250
Semi-final - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 2 Oct 1974Hull Kingston Rovers5–3Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)4047
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 26 October 1974Hull Kingston Rovers16–13Wakefield TrinityHeadingley5,823£3,090
Teams and scorers
Hull Kingston RoversNo.Wakefield Trinity teams Robert Smithies1Les SheardClive Sullivan2David SmithBernard Watson3Terry "TC" CrookPhillip "Phil" Coupland4John HegartyGeorge Kirkpatrick5John ArcherRoger Millward (c) 6David ToplissMike Stephenson7Joseph "Joe" BonnarJohn Millington8George BallantyneDave Heslop9Raymond HandscombePaul Rose10Roy BrattCliff Wallis11Trevor SkerrettNeil Fox12Alan TonksJoseph "Joe" Brown13Mick Morgan (c)Gerald "Ged" Dunn (for Clive Sullivan)14Neil Goodwin (for Alan Tonks)Ian Madley (for Neil Fox)15Ernest Holmes (for Neil Goodwin)??CoachPeter Fox 16score135HT7 Scorers Tries Gerald "Ged" Dunn (1)TDavid Smith (1)Bernard Watson (2)TJohn Hegarty (1)George Kirkpatrick (1)TRoy Bratt (1) Goals Neil Fox (2)GTerry "TC" Crook (2)RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchRoger Millward - Hull KR - sponsored byCompetition SponsorEsso Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
See also 1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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