1947–48 Yorkshire Cup


The 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup was the fortieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 8–7 in a replay, the first match having ended in a 7–7 draw.
The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,334 and receipts were £3,463
The replay took place in mid-week, four days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was a marvellous 32,000 and receipts were £3,255
This was Wakefield Trinity's second Yorkshire cup final triumph in successive years, and their third final appearance in three years

Background

This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered 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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1Thu 11 Sep 1947Yorkshire Amateurs0–41DewsburyThrum Hall1
2Sat 13 Sep 1947Featherstone Rovers5–9CastlefordPost Office Road
3Sat 13 Sep 1947Huddersfield43–3BramleyFartown
4Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull20–6BatleyBoulevard
5Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull Kingston Rovers11–18Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)
6Sat 13 Sep 1947Hunslet8-14KeighleyParkside
7Sat 13 Sep 1947Leeds11-5Bradford NorthernHeadingley
8Sat 13 Sep 1947York7–16HalifaxClarence 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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1Sat 13 Sep 1947Dewsbury53–2Yorkshire AmateursCrown Flatt94–21
2Tue 16 Sep 1947Castleford6–3Featherstone RoversWheldon Road15–8
3Wed 17 Sep 1947Bramley12–26HuddersfieldBarley Mow15–69
4Thu 16 Sep 1947Batley3–6HullMount Pleasant9–26
5Wed 17 Sep 1947Wakefield Trinity12–3Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue30–14
6Thu 16 Sep 1947Keighley8–13HunsletLawkholme Lane22–21
7Wed 24 Sep 1947Bradford Northern11–9LeedsOdsal16–20
8Mon 15 Sep 1947Halifax15–10YorkThrum Hall31–17

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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1Tue 23 Sep 1947Halifax7–18HuddersfieldThrum Hall
2Wed 24 Sep 1947Keighley2–9CastlefordLawkholme Lane
3Wed 1 Oct 1947Leeds15–7DewsburyHeadingley
4Wed 1 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity23–14HullBelle Vue

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 15 Oct 1947Leeds19–4CastlefordHeadingley
2Wed 15 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity18–15HuddersfieldBelle Vue20000

Final - Replay

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