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And the Heavy Woollen Derby.

I don't recall which year it was but my first trip to Crown Flatt, I'm sure Leeds were playing in their white away strip. It will have been in the mid to late 70's sometime.

I remember being bored and more interested in monitoring cloud formations or the far more interesting water tower situated in nearby Ossett which was visible from the ground.

Another home draw for Leeds in the CC.

The laws of probability don't seem to apply to them.

As does Leigh-HKR. Wouldn't be too upset to see the lower league underdog win this.

Leeds also drew Doncaster in the CC in the same season 1985/86 of the Dewsbury game alluded to above, except on that occasion, Leeds were actually drawn away to Doncaster at Tattersfield.

However, the game was switched to Headingley for reasons which I cannot recall. Could have been weather concerns therefore Headingley's undersoil heating was taken advantage of. It also could have been Doncaster's decision (with some encouragement from Leeds of course) in order to profit from a larger attendance.

Leeds played in seven CC fixtures that season (against Swinton, Halifax, Doncaster, Widnes and Hull KR) and still didn't make it to Wembley. Drawn in the Preliminary Round, plus a couple of replays after draws against Widnes and Hull KR.

That'd be the year we lost the semi replay to Hull KR, would it not?

Indeed.

You beat me to my edit

It was that game that drew me back to RL, I went to the replay that we lost at Elland Rd & I've been hooked ever since.

drew with with widnes as well, pretty convinced we would have won the first semi if it had gone to extra time. we were well beat in the replay. my first trip to elland road.

That was the game being discussed but I now realize it wasn't Leeds last visit to the old Crown Flatt as they were back there again a couple of weeks later for a Yorkshire Cup tie. This time it was another Leeds winger's debut - Friday night hero Stormin Norman Francis. Routine result this time 2-48 away win fir Leeds.