1969 Yorkshire Cup

The 1969 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 12-9The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,089 and receipts were £3,419This was only Hull F.C.'s second Yorkshire Cup win (the previous being in 1923) in thirteen final appearances and in many quarters the club had been classed as "the bridesmaid but never the bride". It was also to be Featherstone Rovers's first of two successive final defeatsThis was the last Yorkshire Cup final for 9 years in which the attendance would reach 10,000

1969 Yorkshire Cup

The 1969 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 12-9The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,089 and receipts were £3,419This was only Hull F.C.'s second Yorkshire Cup win (the previous being in 1923) in thirteen final appearances and in many quarters the club had been classed as "the bridesmaid but never the bride". It was also to be Featherstone Rovers's first of two successive final defeatsThis was the last Yorkshire Cup final for 9 years in which the attendance would reach 10,000