This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, and no "leavers", but another new entrant in the form of Mansfield Marksman and so the total of entries increases by one up to eighteen.
In a repeat of the 1983–84 Yorkshire Cup's final pairing, Castleford turned the tables, reversing the result and beating Hull F.C.
previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions.
The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden).
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars) [1] Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs [4][1][2] Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results 1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by newly elected to the league Mansfield Marksman 2 * This is the first Yorkshire Cup match played at Sheffield Eagles' Owlerton Stadium 3 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000.