The 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 17–8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,522 and receipts were £4,359.
Background
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.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 3 Sep 1965Hunslet8–2DoncasterParkside2Sat 4 Sep 1965Batley9–37HalifaxMount Pleasant3Sat 4 Sep 1965Castleford22–8Featherstone RoversWheldon Road 47Sat 4 Sep 1965Dewsbury4–27HuddersfieldCrown Flatt2,8005Sat 4 Sep 1965Hull Kingston Rovers17–9YorkCraven Park (1)6Sat 4 Sep 1965Keighley2–19Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane7Sat 4 Sep 1965Leeds40–4BramleyHeadingley8Sat 4 Sep 1965Wakefield Trinity4–8Hull F.C.Belle Vue
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon? 13 Sep 1965Hunslet9–8Hull F.C.Parkside2Tue 14 Sep 1965Castleford25–8HalifaxWheldon Road 3Wed 15 Sep 1965Bradford Northern12–6Hull Kingston RoversOdsal4Wed 15 Sep 1965Huddersfield16–6LeedsFartown4,008
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon? 27 Sep 1965Hunslet17–10CastlefordParkside9,3472Wed 29 Sep 1965Bradford Northern7–7HuddersfieldOdsal
Semi-final - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRThu 30 Sep 1965Huddersfield4–7Bradford NorthernFartown
Final Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 16 October 1965Bradford Northern17–8HunsletHeadingley17,522£4,359
Teams and scorers Bradford NorthernNo.Hunslet Teams Jack Scattergood1Billy LangtonLionel Williamson2Barry LeeIan Brooke3Geoff SheltonAlan Rhodes4Arthur RenderWillie Walker5Tommy ThompsonDave Stockwell6Alan PreeceThomas Smales7Alan MarchantAlbert Tonkinson8Dennis HartleyDennis Morgan9Bernard PriorDave Hill10Billy BaldwinsonGil Ashton11Bill RamseyTerry Clawson12Geoff GunneyJohnny Rae13Fred Ward Subs Mal Breakspeare14Ray AbbeyAlan Hepworth15Colin LarkinGus RismanCoachFred Ward 17score87HT3 Scorers Tries Lionel Williamson (2)TBarry Lee (1)Ian Brooke (1)TTommy Thompson (1)TT Goals Terry Clawson (4)GBilly Langton (1)G Drop Goals DGRefereeEric Lawrenson (Warrington) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1965–66 Northern 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