1950–51 Yorkshire Cup


1950–51 was the forty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 16-3
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 28,610 and receipts were £5,152

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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1Sat 2 Sep 1950Featherstone Rovers7-20LeedsPost Office Road
2Sat 2 Sep 1950Hull Kingston Rovers9-0BatleyCraven Park (1)
3Sat 2 Sep 1950Keighley9-14CastlefordLawkholme Lane
4Sat 2 Sep 1950Yorkshire Amateurs2-35HunsletHeadingley1
5Sat 2 Sep 1950Wakefield Trinity43-4YorkBelle Vue
6Sat 2 Sep 1950Dewsbury14-2HullCrown Flatt
7Sat 2 Sep 1950Halifax5-5Bradford NorthernThrum Hall
8Sat 2 Sep 1950Bramley22-21HuddersfieldBarley Mow

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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1Mon 4 Sep 1950Leeds20-9Featherstone RoversHeadingley40-16
2Tue 5 Sep 1950Batley21-4Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant21-13
3Wed 6 Sep 1950Castleford2-4KeighleyWheldon Road16-13
4Wed 6 Sep 1950Hunslet26-2Yorkshire AmateursParkside61-41
5Wed 6 Sep 1950York2-23Wakefield TrinityClarence Street6-66
6Tue 12 Sep 1950Hull2-2DewsburyBoulevard4-16
7Wed 13 Sep 1950Bradford Northern12-4HalifaxOdsal15-9
8Wed 13 Sep 1950Huddersfield39-5BramleyFartown60-27

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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1Mon 18 Sep 1950Leeds2-29HuddersfieldHeadingley
2Tue 19 Sep 1950Batley10-8Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant
3Wed 20 Sep 1950Bradford Northern0-4CastlefordOdsal
4Wed 20 Sep 1950Hunslet3-2DewsburyParkside

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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1Fri 6 Oct 1950Hunslet7-20HuddersfieldParkside
2Tue 10 Oct 1950Batley2-2CastlefordMount Pleasant

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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RFri 13 Oct 1950Castleford13-9BatleyWheldon Road

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