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 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 and 16 clubs.| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Sun 3 Aug 1969 | Dewsbury | 8-19 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt | 2,000 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 6 Aug 1969 | Bramley | 2-6 | Batley | McLaren Field | ||||||
| 3 | Thu 7 Aug 1969 | Halifax | 27-15 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 4 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 20-6 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | ||||||
| 5 | Fri 8 Aug 1969 | York | 20-7 | Hunslet | Clarence Street | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Hull F.C. | 30-4 | Castleford | Boulevard | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 9 Aug 1969 | Keighley | 4-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 8 | Sun 10 Aug 1969 | Doncaster | 18-20 | Featherstone Rovers | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Fri 15 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 44-6 | Halifax | Headingley | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Batley | 20-30 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 24-7 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road | 3,446 | |||||
| 4 | Sat 16 Aug 1969 | York | 15-22 | Hull F.C. | Clarence Street |
Round 3 – semifinals
Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Thu 28 Aug 1969 | Featherstone Rovers | 10-9 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1969 | Leeds | 17-20 | Hull F.C. | Headingley |