1953–54 Yorkshire Cup


The 1953–54 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 7-2
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,147 and receipts were £3,833

Background

This season no junior/amateur clubs were invited to take part, there were no new additions and no club "dropped out", and so the number of entrants remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
The competition again followed the original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.

Competition and results

Round 1 - First leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 5 Sep 1953Batley10-34Bradford NorthernMount Pleasant
2Sat 5 Sep 1953Castleford0-11HalifaxWheldon Road
3Sat 5 Sep 1953Featherstone Rovers7-21LeedsPost Office Road
4Sat 5 Sep 1953Huddersfield47-9Wakefield TrinityFartown16,137
5Sat 5 Sep 1953Hull30-14BramleyBoulevard
6Sat 5 Sep 1953Hunslet27-13Hull Kingston RoversParkside
7Sat 5 Sep 1953Keighley11-6DewsburyLawkholme Lane
8Mon 7 Sep 1953York19-2DoncasterClarence Street

Round 1 - Second leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 9 Sep 1953Bradford Northern15-18BatleyOdsal49-28
2Mon 7 Sep 1953Halifax9-3CastlefordThrum Hall20-3
3Wed 9 Sep 1953Leeds32-7Featherstone RoversHeadingley53-14
4Wed 9 Sep 1953Wakefield Trinity20-7HuddersfieldBelle Vue29-546,222
5Tue 8 Sep 1953Bramley9-17HullBarley Mow23-47
6Wed 9 Sep 1953Hull Kingston Rovers7-11HunsletCraven Park 20-38
7Tue 8 Sep 1953Dewsbury2-0KeighleyCrown Flatt8-11
8Thu 10 Sep 1953Doncaster2-21YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield4-401

Round 2 - Quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 23 Sep 1953Bradford Northern27-9LeedsOdsal
2Wed 23 Sep 1953Huddersfield19-7YorkFartown9,425
3Wed 23 Sep 1953Hunslet11-2KeighleyParkside
4Mon 28 Sep 1953Hull16-4HalifaxBoulevard

Round 3 – Semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 30 Sep 1953Huddersfield10-11Bradford NorthernFartown15,438
2Wed 21 Oct 1953Hunslet2-3HullParkside2

Round 3 – Semifinals - replay

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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RThu 22 Oct 1953Hunslet5-9HullParkside

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success

All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg basis.
For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.
For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London 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 December