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1966–67 Yorkshire Cup
The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
| 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup |
|---|
| Regional knockout championship |
| 16 |
| Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Featherstone Rovers |
The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12.
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482
This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers.
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.
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Hull Kingston Rovers | № | Featherstone Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Cyril Kellett | 1 | Dave Kellett |
| Christopher Young | 2 | Vaughan Thomas |
| Alan Burwell | 3 | Ken Greatorex |
| Johnny Moore | 4 | Brian Wrigglesworth |
| Mike Blackmore | 5 | Graham Westwood |
| Roger Millward | 6 | Michael Smith |
| Arthur Bunting | 7 | Carl Dooler |
| Frank Fox | 8 | Malcolm Dixon |
| Peter Flanagan | 9 | Milan Kosanović |
| Brian Tyson | 10 | Colin Forsyth |
| William Holliday | 11 | Arnold Morgan |
| Frank Foster | 12 | Steve Lyons |
| Terry Major | 13 | Tommy Smales |
| Colin Hutton | Coach | Laurie Gant |
| 25 | score | 12 |
| 17 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Christopher Young (1) | T | Brian Wrigglesworth (1) |
| Alan Burwelll (1) | T | Colin Forsyth (1) |
| Johnny Moore (1) | T | |
| Mike Blackmoore (1) | T | |
| Peter Flanagan (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Cyril Kellett (5) | G | Tommy Smales (3) |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Brian Baker (Horwich) | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Cyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - Fullback | |
| sponsored by | ||
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
1 * Bramley were now playing their home matches at a new venue, McLaren Field
2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.
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1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season
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Rugby league county cups
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Saints Heritage Society
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1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
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Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
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Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
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The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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