The 1982–83 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by a score of 18–7.
The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,755 and receipts were £21,950.
This is the first of three successive Yorkshire Cup final victories by Hull F.C. and the first of four final appearances in five years. It is also the second successive year that Bradford Northern played in the Yorkshire Cup final; on both occasions they ended as runner-up.
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 5 Sep 1982Bradford Northern15–14Hull Kingston RoversOdsal52442Sun 5 Sep 1982Bramley15–13Wakefield TrinityMcLaren Field18523Sun 5 Sep 1982Castleford10–33LeedsWheldon Road 49064Sun 5 Sep 1982Dewsbury11–2DoncasterCrown Flatt5005Sun 5 Sep 1982Halifax4–14KeighleyThrum Hall21636Sun 5 Sep 1982Hull F.C.36–5HuddersfieldBoulevard91537Sun 5 Sep 1982Hunslet7–19Featherstone RoversElland Road18008Sun 5 Sep 1982York38–7BatleyClarence Street2256
Round 2 – quarterfinals Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 8 Sep 1982Bradford Northern8–5YorkOdsal27292Wed 8 Sep 1982Featherstone Rovers21–8BramleyPost Office Road14793Wed 8 Sep 1982Keighley16–3DewsburyLawkholme Lane10604Wed 8 Sep 1982Leeds0–20Hull F.C.Headingley7731
Round 3 – semifinals Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 15 Sep 1982Featherstone Rovers0–11Bradford NorthernPost Office Road25422Wed 15 Sep 1982Keighley3–23Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane3938
Final Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 2 October 1982Hull18–7Bradford NorthernElland Road11,755£21,950
Teams and scorers
HullNo.Bradford Northern Teams Gary Kemble1Keith MumbySteve Evans2David BarendsTerry Day3Les GantA'au James Leuluai4Alan ParkerPaul Prendiville5Steve PullenDavid Topliss6Keith WhitemanKevin Harkin7Dean CarrollTrevor Skerrett8Jeff GrayshonJohn "Keith" Bridges9Brian NobleRichard 'Charlie' Stone10Gary Van BellenPaul Rose11Graham IdleLee Crooks12Dick JasiewiczMick Crane13Gary Hale?14David Smith (for Steve Pullen)Steve 'Knocker' Norton (for Mick Crane)15Phil Sanderson (Gary Van Bellan)Arthur BuntingCoachPeter Fox 18Score77HT6 Scorers Tries Steve Evans (1)TKeith Whiteman (1)Paul Prendiville (1)TPaul Rose (2)T Goals Lee Crooks (2)GDean Carroll (1) Drop goals Lee Crooks (2)DGDean Carroll (2)Referee Stanley Wall (Leigh)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchKeith Mumby - Bradford Northern - Sponsored byCompetition sponsorWebster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd) Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
See also 1982–83 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