The 1983–84 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. 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.
Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 13–2 in the final. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,049 and receipts were £33,572. This is the second of three successive Yorkshire Cup final victories by Hull F.C. It is also the second time in the incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions.
Background This season sixteen teams took part in the competition.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 4 Sep 1983Batley14–30LeedsMount Pleasant21112Sun 4 Sep 1983Bradford Northern25–22Hull Kingston RoversOdsal43563Sun 4 Sep 1983Castleford36–20HuddersfieldWheldon Road 24994Sun 4 Sep 1983Dewsbury8–18KeighleyCrown Flatt5185Sun 4 Sep 1983Doncaster16–12BramleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield3576Sun 4 Sep 1983Hull F.C.24–8Featherstone RoversBoulevard101687Sun 4 Sep 1983Hunslet11–21YorkElland Road10618Sun 4 Sep 1983Wakefield Trinity18–10HalifaxBelle Vue2195
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 14 Sep 1983Bradford Northern8–12CastlefordOdsal46842Wed 14 Sep 1983Keighley8–30Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane25033Wed 14 Sep 1983Wakefield Trinity32–14DoncasterBelle Vue15874Wed 14 Sep 1983York16–24LeedsClarence Street1296
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 23 Sep 1983Wakefield Trinity12–34CastlefordBelle Vue55922Wed 28 Sep 1983Leeds16–20Hull F.C.Headingley10094
Final Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 October 1983Hull F.C.13–2CastlefordElland Road14,049£33,572
Teams and scorers
Hull F.C.№Castleford teams Gary Kemble1Darren CoenPatrick Solal2Steve FentonGarry Schofield3Tony MarchantJames Leuluai4Gary HydeDane O'Hara5John KearDavid Topliss (c)6John JoynerTony Dean7Bob Beardmore (c)Phil Edmonds8Gary ConnellRon Wileman9Stuart 'Corgi' HortonTrevor Skerrett10Malcolm "Mal" ReillyWayne Proctor11Andrew TimsonLee Crooks12Neil JamesMick Crane13Keith EnglandFred Ah Kuoi14Ian Orum (for Gary Hyde)Steve 'Knocker' Norton15Alan HardyArthur BuntingCoachMalcolm "Mal" Reilly 13score24HT2 Scorers Tries Dane O'Hara (1)TWayne Proctor (1)TMick Crane (1)T Goals GRobert "Bob" Beardmore (1) Drop Goals Mick Crane (1)DGRefereeBilly Thompson (Huddersfield)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchMick Crane - Hull - sponsored byCompetition SponsorPhilips Video Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
See also 1983–84 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