The 1992 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-fifth and last occasion on which the
Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
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 o ...
won the trophy by beating
Sheffield Eagles
The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They play home games at the Olympic Legacy Park and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league.
Sheffield's on ...
by the score of 29-16
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants but one "leavers",
Scarborough Pirates
Scarborough Pirates RLFC were a rugby league club based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. They played their home games at Scarborough F.C.'s McCain Stadium.
History
In December 1990, Scarborough announced a ...
having folded after just one season and a large loss, and so the total of entries decreased by one from last season, to a total of eighteen.
This in turn resulted in the necessity to continue with a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.
Competition and results
Preliminary round
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
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
The match was played at
Elland Road
Elland Road, or Elland Road Stadium, is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the Home (sports), home of Leeds United F.C., Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the List of foot ...
,
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 ...
, now in
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...
. The attendance was 7,918.
Teams and scorers
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Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
]
The road to success
The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results
See also
*1992–93 Rugby Football League season
The 1992–93 Rugby Football League season was the 98th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1992 until May, 1993 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut C ...
*Rugby league county cups
Historically, English rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition (affectionately known as ''t’owd tin pot ...
References
Notes
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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