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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 RoversFeatherstone Rovers
teams
Cyril Kellett1Dave Kellett
Christopher Young2Vaughan Thomas
Alan Burwell3Ken Greatorex
Johnny Moore4Brian Wrigglesworth
Mike Blackmore5Graham Westwood
Roger Millward6Michael Smith
Arthur Bunting7Carl Dooler
Frank Fox8Malcolm Dixon
Peter Flanagan9Milan Kosanović
Brian Tyson10Colin Forsyth
William Holliday11Arnold Morgan
Frank Foster12Steve Lyons
Terry Major13Tommy Smales
Colin HuttonCoachLaurie Gant
25score12
17HT2
Scorers
Tries
Christopher Young (1)TBrian Wrigglesworth (1)
Alan Burwelll (1)TColin Forsyth (1)
Johnny Moore (1)T
Mike Blackmoore (1)T
Peter Flanagan (1)T
Goals
Cyril Kellett (5)GTommy Smales (3)
G
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeBrian Baker (Horwich)
White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchCyril Kellett - Hull Kingston Rovers - Fullback
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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.

  • 1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season

  • Rugby league county cups

  • 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

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