The 1979–80 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

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winning the trophy by beating Halifax by the score of 15-6 The match was played at

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, now in

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. The attendance was 9,137 and receipts were £9,999 This was

' seventh victory (and the first of two consecutive victories for the third time within the sequence) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons. This would be Halifax's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, giving them a total record of five wins and four defeats.

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 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

Notes and comments

1 * This was the first Yorkshire Cup match played by the renamed

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at their "new" temporary home at

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's Mount Pleasant after the owners of Elland Road Greyhound Stadium suddenly closed the previous ground 2 * The attendance is given as 9,134 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 gives the attendance as three more at 9,137 3 *

, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

References

External links

Saints Heritage Society1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com

Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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