1988–89 Yorkshire Cup
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1988–89 Yorkshire Cup
| structure = Regional knockout championship
| season_champs = Leeds
| season_champ_name = Winners
| runner-up_name = Runner-up
| second_place = Castleford
| prevseason_link = 1987–88 Yorkshire Cup
| prevseason_year = 1987–88
| nextseason_link = 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup
| nextseason_year = 1989–90
| no_of_teams = 18
}}
The 1988–89 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup rugby league competition was held.
Leeds won the trophy by beating the previous season's runner-up, Castleford, with a score of 33-12.
The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,968 and receipts were £83,591.
This was the sixth time in an eleven-year period in which Castleford, previously only winners once (in 1977), made eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning four and finishing runners-up on the other four occasions. It was also the second season in succession that Castleford appeared, and lost, in the final within that eleven-year period.
Background
In the 1988–89 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 eighteen.
As a result, a preliminary round was required to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.
Competition and results
= Preliminary round =
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture Date !width=150 abbr="Home Team"|Home Team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away Team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Wed 31 Aug 1988 | Bramley | 16-38 | Leeds | McLaren Field | 4,258 | |||||
| P2 | Wed 31 Aug 1988 | Sheffield Eagles | 8-28 | Wakefield Trinity | Owlerton Stadium | 1,356 |
= Round 1 =
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture Date !width=150 abbr="Home Team"|Home Team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away Team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | Castleford | 94-12 | Huddersfield | Wheldon Road | 3,144 | 1 2 | ||||
| 2 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | Featherstone Rovers | 38-8 | Doncaster | Post Office Road | 2,682 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | Halifax | 36-14 | Batley | Thrum Hall | 5,370 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | Hull F.C. | 53-0 | Hunslet | Boulevard | 3,153 | {{cite web|title=HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results|url=http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/1988}} | ||||
| 5 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | Keighley | 22-28 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane | 1,596 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | Leeds | 24-21 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | 10,992 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | Wakefield Trinity | 46-20 | Dewsbury | Belle Vue | 3,733 | |||||
| 8 | Sun 18 Sep 1988 | York | 25-4 | Mansfield Marksman | Clarence Street | 1,370 |
= Round 2 - Quarter-finals =
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
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!width=20 abbr="No" |Game No !width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture Date !width=150 abbr="Home Team"|Home Team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away Team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
| 1 | Tue 27 Sep 1988 | Hull F.C. | 18-0 | Featherstone Rovers | Boulevard | 4,010 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 28 Sep 1988 | Castleford | 40-14 | York | Wheldon Road | 3,155 | |||||
| 3 | Wed 28 Sep 1988 | Halifax | 24-2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Thrum Hall | 6,296 | |||||
| 4 | Wed 28 Sep 1988 | Leeds | 15-10 | Wakefield Trinity | Headingley | 11,150 |
= Round 3 – Semi-finals =
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture Date !width=150 abbr="Home Team"|Home Team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away Team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 5 Oct 1988 | Halifax | 8-12 | Castleford | Thrum Hall | 8,432 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 5 Oct 1988 | Leeds | 12-8 | Hull F.C. | Headingley | 10,384 |
= Final =
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture Date !width=150 abbr="Home Team"|Home Team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away Team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=45 abbr="Att" |Att !width=60 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 16 October 1988 | Leeds | 33-12 | Castleford | Elland Road | 22,968 | £83.591 | 3 4 | {{cite book|last=Raymond Fletcher and David Howes|title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992|year=1991|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0 35617852 8}}{{cite book|last=Raymond Fletcher and David Howes|title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991|year=1990|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0 35617851 X}}{{cite book|last=Yorkshire County Rugby League Programme dept|title=Match Programme Yorkshire Cup 1988|publisher=YCRL Committee}} |
== Teams and scorers ==
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| width=280 abbr=winner|Leeds
!width=60 abbr="Number"|№ !width=280 abbr=runner-up|Castleford | ||
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Gary Spencer | 1 | Gary Belcher |
| Andrew Ettingshausen | 2 | David Plange |
| Garry Schofield | 3 | Tony Marchant |
| David Stephenson | 4 | Giles Boothroyd |
| Carl Gibson | 5 | Chris Chapman |
| Cliff Lyons | 6 | Grant Anderson |
| Ray Ashton | 7 | Robert "Bob" Beardmore |
| Lee Crooks | 8 | Kevin Ward |
| Colin Maskill | 9 | Kevin Beardmore |
| Hugh Waddell | 10 | Keith England |
| Roy Powell | 11 | Martin Ketteridge |
| Mark Brooke-Cowden | 12 | Ron Gibbs |
| David Heron | 13 | John Joyner |
| Paul Medley (for Mark Brooke-Cowden) | 14 | David Roockley (for Chris Chapman) |
| Sam Backo (for Hugh Waddell) | 15 | Dean Sampson (for David Roockley) |
| Malcolm "Mal" Reilly | Coach | Darryl van der Velde |
| | | ||
| 33 | score | 12 |
| 15 | HT | 12 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Garry Schofield (2) | T | Giles Boothroyd (1) |
| Carl Gibson (2) | T | John Joyner (1) |
| Paul Medley (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| David Stephenson (6) | G | Martin Ketteridge (2) |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Garry Schofield (1) | DG | |
| Referee | Robin Whitfield (Widnes) | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Cliff Lyons - Leeds - {{rlp|so}} | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | John Smith's Brewery Tadcaster |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
= The road to success =
The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results
{{16TeamBracket
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01=Leeds
| RD1-score01=24
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Bradford Northern
| RD1-score02=21
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03=Wakefield Trinity
| RD1-score03=46
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04=Dewsbury
| RD1-score04=20
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05=Hull F.C.
| RD1-score05=53
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=Hunslet
| RD1-score06=0
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Featherstone Rovers
| RD1-score07=38
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Doncaster
| RD1-score08=8
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Halifax
| RD1-score09=36
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Batley
| RD1-score10=14
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11=Keighley
| RD1-score11=22
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12= {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}
| RD1-score12=28
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13=Castleford
| RD1-score13=94
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Huddersfield
| RD1-score14=12
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=York
| RD1-score15=25
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=Mansfield Marksman
| RD1-score16=4
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Leeds
| RD2-score01=15
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Wakefield Trinity
| RD2-score02=10
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=Hull F.C.
| RD2-score03=18
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Featherstone Rovers
| RD2-score04=0
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Halifax
| RD2-score05=24
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06= {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}
| RD2-score06=2
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Castleford
| RD2-score07=40
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=York
| RD2-score08=14
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Leeds
| RD3-score01=12
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Hull F.C.
| RD3-score02=8
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=Halifax
| RD3-score03=8
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Castleford
| RD3-score04=12
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Leeds
| RD4-score01=33
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=Castleford
| RD4-score02=12
}}
Notes and comments
1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match played by the newly renamed Huddersfield who dropped the "Barracudas"'s suffix
2 * The record score (and highest winning margin) at the time for a Yorkshire Cup match, beating the previous record win of 79-5 (1948)
3 * The receipts are given as £76,658 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but the details given in a section of the Huddersfield v Ryedale-York match programme{{cite book|last=Yorkshire Cup Prelim rd 1992 Huddersfield v Ryedale York|title=Match Programme|publisher=Huddersfield RLFC}}{{cite web|title=Yorkshire Cup Prelim rd 1992 v Ryedale-York|url=http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Programmes/1992,%20Ryedale%20York.PDF}} for the preliminary round on Sunday 23 August 1992 (and all verified by The Rugby League Record Keepers Club), show the receipts as £83,591
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 Saints Heritage Society]
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 |date=2 February 2014 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024838/http://www.hullfc.com/FixturesAndResults.aspx?sg=12&gi=3 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897]
- [http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182311/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryB.ink The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org]
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