| 1971–72 Yorkshire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout championship |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | Castleford |
| Prevseason Link: | 1970 Yorkshire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1970–71 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1972 Yorkshire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1972–73 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
The 1971–72 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 11–7. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,536 and receipts were £1,589. The attendance was a Yorkshire Cup final record, the lowest ever, a record which would never be beaten.This is the second time in four seasons that Castleford, (who have never won the trophy, to date) finished as runner-up.
Due to the introduction of a new knock-out competition (the Player's No.6 Trophy), and the New Zealand national team's upcoming tour of Great Britain, the Yorkshire County Committee decided to stage the county cup much earlier than previous seasons, with the first round taking place at the end of July.[1] Leeds objected to the decision, and withdrew from the competition due to their Headingley ground being used for cricket during the summer.[2]
The committee refused to accept Leeds' withdrawal from the competition, and included them in the draw for the first round. Leeds re-affirmed their decision not to take part in the competition, and Bramley were consequently awarded a walkover.[3] Hull Kingston Rovers were also given a walkover after Dewsbury were forced to withdraw due a pay dispute with their players.[4]
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=40 abbr="Score" | Score | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 31 Jul 1971 | Castleford | 24–5 | Batley | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 31 Jul 1971 | Hull F.C. | 9–2 | Featherstone Rovers | Boulevard | [5] | |||||||||
| 3 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Doncaster | 12–4 | Bradford Northern | Tattersfield | ||||||||||
| 4 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Halifax | 19–10 | York | Thrum Hall | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Hunslet | 10–17 | Keighley | Parkside | ||||||||||
| 6 | Sun 1 Aug 1971 | Wakefield Trinity | 11–4 | Huddersfield | Belle Vue | [6] | |||||||||
| 7 | Bramley | w/o | Leeds | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | w/o | Dewsbury |
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=40 abbr="Score" | Score | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 6 Aug 1971 | Castleford | 13–10 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||||||||
| 2 | Fri 6 Aug 1971 | Keighley | 16–12 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||||||
| 3 | Sun 8 Aug 1971 | Bramley | 18–12 | Halifax | McLaren Field | ||||||||||
| 4 | Sun 8 Aug 1971 | Doncaster | 14–24 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Tattersfield |
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=40 abbr="Score" | Score | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 13 Aug 1971 | Castleford | 12–7 | Keighley | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sun 15 Aug 1971 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 25–6 | Bramley | Craven Park (1) |
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=40 abbr="Score" | Score | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=45 abbr="Att" | Att | width=60 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 21 August 1971 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11–7 | Castleford | Belle Vue | 5,536 | £1,589 | [7] [8] |
| width=280 abbr=winner | Hull Kingston Rovers | width=60 abbr="Number" | No. | width=280 abbr=runner-up | Castleford |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | |||||
| Ian Markham | 1 | Derek Edwards | |||
| Mike Stephenson | 2 | Derek Foster | |||
| Phil lip "Phil" Coupland | 3 | Steve 'Knocker' Norton | |||
| George Kirkpatrick | 4 | Keith Worsley | |||
| Paul Longstaff | 5 | Alan Lowndes | |||
| 6 | Danny Hargrave | ||||
| Paul Daley | 7 | Gary Stephens | |||
| Steve Wiley | 8 | Dennis Hartley | |||
| Peter Flanagan | 9 | Tony Miller | |||
| John Millington | 10 | Ian Van Bellen | |||
| Cliff Wallis | 11 | Brian Lockwood | |||
| Eric Palmer | 12 | Alan Dickinson | |||
| Joe Brown | 13 | Graham Blakeway | |||
| Subs | |||||
| John Moore | 14 | Glyn Jones | |||
| Colin Cooper (for Eric Palmer) | 15 | Alan Ackroyd (for Ian Van Bellen) | |||
| Johnny Whiteley | Coach | Harry Poole | |||
| 11 | score | 7 | |||
| 7 | HT | 3 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Paul Longstaff (1) | T | Derek Foster (1) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Roger Millward (4) | G | Alan Ackroyd (2) | |||
| Referee | Alexander Givvons, Jr. (Oldham) | ||||
| White Rose Trophy for Man of the match | Ian Markham - Hull KR - | ||||
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