Teams 18 Runners-up Castleford | Winners Leeds | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
The 1988 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-first occasion on which this rugby league Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Contents
- Background
- Preliminary Round
- Round 1
- Round 2 Quarter Finals
- Round 3 Semi Finals
- Teams and Scorers
- The road to success
- References
Leeds won the trophy by beating the previous season's runner-up, Castleford, with a score of 33-12.
The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,968 and receipts were £83,591.
This was the sixth time in an incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford, previously only winners once, in 1977, made eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning four and finishing runners-up on the other four occasions. It was also the second season in succession that Castleford appeared, and lost, in the final within that eleven-year period.
Background
In the 1988–89 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 eighteen.
As a result, a preliminary round was required to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.
Preliminary Round
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Round 1
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
The road to success
The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results