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1981–82 Yorkshire Cup
The 1981–82 Yorkshire Cup was the 74th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Castleford won the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 10–5 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,852 and receipts were £10,359 1981 is the start of an incredible eleven years in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning four and ending as runner-up in four occasions. It is also the first of two successive years when Bradford Northern played in the Yorkshire Cup final, and in both cases they ended as runner-up 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 Round 2 – qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castleford Tigers
The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, the top flight of the British rugby league system. Castleford have won the Challenge Cup on four occasions, most recently in 1985–86 Challenge Cup#Final, 1986. Although the club has never won a List of British rugby league champions, League Championship, they have been runners up three times and finished as List of British rugby league league leaders, League Leaders in 2017 Super League season, 2017. The club has rivalries with neighbours Featherstone Rovers, Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity. The club's traditional home colours are black and amber, with orange also being used in recent years. History 1896–1906: First Castleford club Castleford RFC (1896), Castleford RFC joined the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Leeds Rhinos have won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship 11 times, Challenge Cup 14 times and World Club Challenge three times. The club share big long-standing West Yorkshire Derby rivalries with Huddersfield Giants and Bradford Bulls. Leeds' traditional home colours are blue and amber shirts with white shorts and blue socks. History 1870–1895: Foundation and early years In 1864, H. I. Jenkinson placed an advert in the ''Leeds Mercury'' inviting players to meet up at Woodhouse Moor a few days a week from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. That advert attracted more than 500 members. From this interest several clubs were formed, including Leeds St John's. Leeds St John's was form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Barends
David Barends (birth unknown) is a Great Britain international rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at international level for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, Bradford Northern, York and Featherstone Rovers, as a . Playing career International honours Barends won two caps for Great Britain while at Bradford Northern, being selected on the 1979 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. Both of Barends caps were against Australia, and is the only South African-born player to have represented Great Britain. He also represented the Other Nationalities team while at Bradford Northern and York. Premiership Final appearances Barends played in Bradford Northern’s 17–8 victory over Widnes in the Premiership Final during the 1977–78 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 May 1978. County Cup Final appearances Barends played on the in Bradford Northern's 18–8 victory over York in the 1978†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrence "Terry" Richardson
Terrence Richardson (birth unknown) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for England national rugby league team, England, and at club level for Castleford Tigers, Castleford and Kent Invicta, as a . Playing career Castleford Terry Richardson played on the in Castleford Tigers, Castleford's 17–7 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1977 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1977–78 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Headingley, Leeds on 15 October 1977, and also played in the 10–5 victory over Bradford Bulls, Bradford Northern in the 1981 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1981–82 Rugby Football League season, 1981–82 season at Headingley, Leeds on 3 October 1981. At the end of his career, he spent one season at Kent Invicta, making eight appearances. International honours Terry Richardson won a Cap (sport), cap for England national rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Mumby
Keith Mumby (born 21 February 1957), also known by the nickname of "Sir Keith", is an English former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, who most famously played for Bradford Northern between 1973 and 1993, and Sheffield Eagles and Wakefield Trinity, as a toe-end style (rather than round the corner style) goal-kicking , or . Personal life Keith Mumby was born in Spennymoor, Durham, on 21 February 1957. In his early playing years he worked as a joiner. Playing career Bradford Northern Mumby began his Bradford Northern professional playing career in 1973, at the age of sixteen. On his début he broke the record for the most points scored on a first appearance for the club, scoring one try and twelve goals. Mumby played in Bradford Northern's 18–8 victory over York in the 1978 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1978–79 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 28 October 1978, played , in the 5–10 defeat by Castleford in the 1981 Yorkshire Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Claughton
George Claughton is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Castleford, as a or .David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. Playing career County Cup Final appearances George Claughton played in Castleford's 10-5 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1981 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1981–82 season at Headingley, Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ..., on Saturday 3 October 1981. References External linksGeorge Claughton Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com Living people Castleford Tigers players English rugby league players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunslet R
Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds South parliamentary constituency. The population of the previous City and Hunslet council ward at the 2011 census was 33,705. Many engineering companies were based in Hunslet, including John Fowler & Co. manufacturers of traction engines and steam rollers, the Hunslet Engine Company builders of locomotives (including those used during the construction of the Channel Tunnel), Kitson & Co., Manning Wardle and Hudswell Clarke. Many railway locomotives were built in the Jack Lane area of Hunslet. The area has a mixture of modern and 19th century industrial buildings, terraced housing and 20th century housing. It is an area that has grown up significantly around the River Aire in the early years of the 21st century, especially with the construction of mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York F
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a York Minster, minster, York Castle, castle and York city walls, city walls, all of which are Listed building, Grade I listed. It is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the wider City of York district. It is located north-east of Leeds, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and north of London. York's built-up area had a recorded population of 141,685 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The city was founded under the name of Eboracum in AD 71. It then became the capital of Britannia Inferior, a province of the Roman Empire, and was later the capital of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria and JórvÃk, Scandinavian York. In the England in the Middle Ages, Middle Ages it became the Province of York, northern England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Vue (Wakefield)
Belle Vue, also known as the DIY Kitchens Stadium for sponsorship reasons, in Wakefield, England, is the home of Rugby League club Wakefield Trinity RLFC and, previously, Association Football club Wakefield A.F.C. It is on the A638 Doncaster Road, a mile south of Wakefield city centre. History Early years Wakefield Trinity originally played on Heath Common. In 1875–76, they moved to a ground near the Borough Market (near the current Trinity shopping centre). They returned to the Belle Vue area of Wakefield played on a ground behind the Alexandra Hotel near Elm Street. This is on the opposite side of the road from the present ground. It remains unconfirmed when Wakefield Trinity moved to the present ground as Belle Vue is both an area of Wakefield and the name of the ground and people can confuse a mention of one for the other. Reverend Marshall in "Football – the Rugby Union Game" (first published 1892) wrote, "the club migrated to Belle Vue on the opposite side of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewsbury Rams
The Dewsbury Rams are a professional rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England that compete in RFL League 1, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. History 1875–1887: Dewsbury Athletic and Football Club The idea of establishing a rugby football club in Dewsbury originated among a few friends at a meeting at the Little Saddle Inn in 1875. Established with immediate effect, Dewsbury Athletic and Football Club enrolled between 30 and 40 members. On 20 November 1875, the first recorded match of Dewsbury Athletic and Football Club took place when they played Heckmondwike Church Society XV and lost by one goal, six tries and eight touch downs to nil. The first home game, it is generally held, took place on 4 December 1875 in a field off Sugar Lane, opposite the future Crown Flatt. In a 13-a-side "scratch" game, the two outfits – one selected by the Captain and the other by the Vice-Captain – fought out a draw. The cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. The club was one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. They have won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship twice and Challenge Cup five times. Wakefield have local rivalries with Castleford Tigers and Featherstone Rovers as well as Leeds Rhinos. Their traditional kit colours are white with a red or blue V. Between 1999 and 2016 the club was known as Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. History Early years The club's predecessor was The Young Mens Society, formed in 1867 by the Holy Trinity Church to promote sports, with the team itself formed in 1873 alongside a similarly named athletics club, Wakefield Trinity C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cougar Park
Cougar Park is a rugby league stadium in Keighley, England, which is the home stadium of the Keighley Cougars. Its capacity is 7,800 people. It also hosted a match during the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. From 1899 until 1995, it was known as ''"Lawkholme Lane"''. Football has also played at the ground, Silsden F.C. had played their home matches at the venue between 2003 and 2010. and Steeton A.F.C. played at the ground in 2018 and 2019. History Keighley Rugby Football Club was formed on 17 October 1876 and was allowed the use of a field in Lawkholme Lane. On 18 November 1876, the first game took place at Lawkholme Lane. In 1932, with attendances on the rise the directors launched a big scheme of ground improvements. Up to this point Lawkholme Lane had had uncovered terraces and only one open stand on the Stockbridge side of the ground. The playing area was widened; the turf and appointments were improved, and a spacious covered stand was erected. The new stand and improve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
