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1969–70 Yorkshire Cup

The 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.

Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by a score of 12-9.

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,089 and receipts were £3,419.

This was only Hull FC's second Yorkshire Cup win (the previous being in 1923) in thirteen final appearances, and in many quarters the club had been classed as "the bridesmaid but never the bride". It was also Featherstone Rovers's first of two successive final defeats.

This was the last Yorkshire Cup final for nine years in which the attendance would reach 10,000.

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.

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.

Round 3 – semifinals

Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes and comments

1 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.

See also

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