The 1980–81 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

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winning the trophy by beating

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by the score of 8-7 The match was played at

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, now in

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. The attendance was 9,751 and receipts were £15,578 This was

' eighth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories - for the third time within the sequence) in what has been eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.

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 * Fartown was the home ground of

from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the

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in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games. 2 * Neil Hague -The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91 and also 1991-92. The RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows Neil Hague as a centre (numbered as 4) 3 * John Atkinson - The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91 and also 1991-92. The RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows John Atkinson as winger (numbered as 5) 4 * Willie Oulton The player number given is as shown in the Rothmans Yearbook 1990-91 and also 1991-92. The RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows Willie Oulton as the full back (numbered as 1)

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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