The 1979–80 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Leeds winning the trophy by beating Halifax by the score of 15–6
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,137 and receipts were £9,999
This was Leeds' seventh victory (and the first of two consecutive victories for the third time within the sequence) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.
This would be Halifax's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, giving them a total record of five wins and four defeats.
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 17 Aug 1979Bramley5–12HalifaxMcLaren Field2Sun 19 Aug 1979Leeds26–14CastlefordHeadingley3Sun 19 Aug 1979Dewsbury16–15YorkCrown Flatt4Sun 19 Aug 1979Huddersfield7–22Bradford NorthernFartown5Sun 19 Aug 1979Hull F.C.13–19Featherstone RoversBoulevard6Sun 19 Aug 1979Hunslet33–12KeighleyMount Pleasant7Sun 19 Aug 1979Wakefield Trinity28–16Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue8Sun 19 Aug 1979Batley26–14Doncastervenue unknown
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 26 Aug 1979Batley6–29LeedsMount Pleasant2Sun 26 Aug 1979Bradford Northern5–30Wakefield TrinityOdsal3Sun 26 Aug 1979Featherstone Rovers16–17DewsburyPost Office Road4Sun 26 Aug 1979Halifax23–12HunsletThrum Hall
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 19 Sep 1979Wakefield Trinity7–12LeedsBelle Vue2Thu 20 Sep 1979Halifax5–3DewsburyThrum Hall
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 27 October 1979Leeds15–6HalifaxHeadingley9,137£9,999
Teams and scorers
LeedsNo.Halifax teams Neil Hague1Jimmy BirtsAlan Smith2Derek HowardDavid Smith3Graham GarrodLes Dyl4David CholmondeleyJohn Atkinson5Keith WaitesJohn Holmes6Bob BlackerKevin Dick7Terry LangtonRoy Dickinson8Peter JarvisDavid Ward9Dean RaistrickSteve Pitchford10Alan WoodGraham Eccles11Mick ScottDavid Heron12Greg SharpPhil Cookson13David BusfieldJohn Sanderson14Mick Snee (for Derek Howard)Bryan Adams (for David Heron)15David Callon (for Peter Jarvis)Syd HynesCoachMaurice Bamford 15score610HT6 Scorers Tries Alan Smith (2)TDavid Smith (1)T Goals Kevin Dick (3)GJimmy Birts (3)RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchAlan Smith - Leeds - sponsored byCompetition SponsorEsso Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
See also 1979–80 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