1974–75 Yorkshire Cup
The 1974–75 Yorkshire Cup was the 67th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 16-13
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,823 and receipts were £3,090
It was also the second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat
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 and 16 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Fri 30 Aug 1974 | Castleford | 13-19 | York | Wheldon Road | 1778 | |||||
| 2 | Fri 30 Aug 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16-0 | Batley | Craven Park (1) | 3151 | |||||
| 3 | Sat 31 Aug 1974 | Leeds | 16-5 | Keighley | Headingley | 3410 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Bradford Northern | 49-5 | Huddersfield | Odsal | 4003 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Bramley | 52-17 | Doncaster | McLaren Field | 800 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Dewsbury | 12-15 | Featherstone Rovers | Crown Flatt | 3320 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | New Hunslet | 14-17 | Hull F.C. | Elland Road Greyhound Stadium | 2000 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Sun 1 Sep 1974 | Wakefield Trinity | 22-12 | Halifax | Belle Vue | 2500 |
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 4 Sep 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 23-10 | Bramley | Craven Park (1) | 3086 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Tue 10 Sep 1974 | Hull F.C. | 12-8 | Leeds | Boulevard | 4000 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Thu 12 Sep 1974 | Wakefield Trinity | 24-14 | Featherstone Rovers | Belle Vue | 3300 | |||||
| 4 | Thu 19 Sep 1974 | York | 4-26 | Bradford Northern | Clarence Street | 2576 |
Round 3 – Semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Tue 24 Sep 1974 | Bradford Northern | 16-16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | 2942 | |||||
| 2 | Tue 1 Oct 1974 | Hull F.C. | 6-8 | Wakefield Trinity | Boulevard | 4250 |
Semi-final - replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| R | Wed 2 Oct 1974 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5-3 | Bradford Northern | Craven Park (1) | 4047 |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Hull Kingston Rovers | No. | Wakefield Trinity |
| teams | ||
| Robert Smithies | 1 | Les Sheard |
| Clive Sullivan | 2 | David Smith |
| Bernard Watson | 3 | Terry "TC" Crook |
| Phillip "Phil" Coupland | 4 | John Hegarty |
| George Kirkpatrick | 5 | John Archer |
| Roger Millward (c) | 6 | David Topliss |
| Mike Stephenson | 7 | Joseph "Joe" Bonnar |
| John Millington | 8 | George Ballantyne |
| Dave Heslop | 9 | Raymond Handscombe |
| Paul Rose | 10 | Roy Bratt |
| Cliff Wallis | 11 | Trevor Skerrett |
| Neil Fox | 12 | Alan Tonks |
| Joseph "Joe" Brown | 13 | Mick Morgan |
| Gerald "Ged" Dunn | 14 | Neil Goodwin |
| Ian Madley | 15 | Ernest Holmes |
| ?? | Coach | Peter Fox |
| 16 | score | 13 |
| 5 | HT | 7 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Gerald "Ged" Dunn | T | David Smith |
| Bernard Watson | T | John Hegarty |
| George Kirkpatrick | T | Roy Bratt |
| Goals | ||
| Neil Fox | G | Terry "TC" Crook |
| Referee | Michael "Mick" J. Naughton | |
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Roger Millward - Hull KR - | |
| sponsored by | ||
| Competition Sponsor | Esso |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point