The 1975–76 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Leeds won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 15–11
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,743 and receipts were £3,617
This was Leeds' fifth victory (and the first of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.
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 29 Aug 1975Castleford16–16Hull F.C.Wheldon Road 2Sat 30 Aug 1975Huddersfield7–19Featherstone RoversFartown3Sat 30 Aug 1975Leeds32–5HalifaxHeadingley4Sun 31 Aug 1975Bradford Northern28–12BramleyOdsal5Sun 31 Aug 1975Doncaster11–18KeighleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield6Sun 31 Aug 1975Hull Kingston Rovers26–9Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)7Sun 31 Aug 1975New Hunslet20–5BatleyElland Road Greyhound Stadium8Sun 31 Aug 1975York18–12DewsburyClarence Street
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRTue 2 Sep 1975Hull F.C.15–16CastlefordBoulevard
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 13 Sep 1975Bradford Northern2–22LeedsOdsal2Sun 14 Sep 1975Featherstone Rovers8–5CastlefordPost Office Road3Sun 14 Sep 1975New Hunslet7–15Hull Kingston RoversElland Road Greyhound Stadium4Sun 14 Sep 1975York13–16KeighleyClarence Street
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 23 Sep 1975Hull Kingston Rovers19–16Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1)2Wed 1 Oct 1975Keighley2–11LeedsLawkholme Lane
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 November 1975Leeds15–11Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley5,743£3,617
Teams and scorers Leeds№Hull Kingston Rovers teams Marshall1Richard WallaceAlan Smith2Gerald "Ged" DunnNeil Hague3Alan BurwellLes Dyl4Bernard WatsonJohn Atkinson5Clive SullivanJohn Holmes6Glyn TurnerSyd Hynes7Roger MillwardMick Harrison8John MillingtonIan Payne9Clifford "Cliff" DickinsonSteve Pitchford10Steve LyonsGraham Eccles11Paul RoseRay Batten12Neil FoxPhil Cookson13Mick Hughes/R. HughesChristopher Sanderson14?Roy Dickinson (for Steve Pitchford)15Roy Holdstock (for Hughes)Syd HynesCoachArthur Bunting 15score117HT3 Scorers Tries Les Dyl (1)TClive Sullivan (1)Phil Cookson (1)TNeil Fox (1) Goals John Holmes (4)GNeil Fox (2) Drop Goals John Holmes (1)DGRoger Millward (1)RefereeJ. V. Moss (Manchester)Man of the matchNeil Fox - Hull KR - sponsored byEssoWhite Rose Trophy for Man of the match Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
See also 1975–76 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