BEVERLEY FACE BISONS IN SILK CUT CHALLENGE CUP
Rugby League
Beverley, the only amateur club to beat professional opposition in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup when they achieved that feat last year as well as in 1908-9, will play the Leeds side, Bisons, in the first round of this season's competition next month. Prize-money for the cup has gone up to a record pounds 322,000.
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