1959–60 Yorkshire Cup

The 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
For the first time in fourteen years a new name appeared on the Yorkshire Cup. Featherstone Rovers, who previously won the trophy in the spring 1940 wartime competition, could now lay claim to a genuine trophy; the wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records.
Featherstone Rovers won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by a score of 15-14.
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,983 and receipts were £4156.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers", so the total of entries remained the same, at sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1

Round 1 involved eight matches and 16 clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 28 Aug 1959	Leeds	28-14	Keighley	Headingley
2	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Bradford Northern	10-23	Hull F.C.	Odsal
3	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Bramley	17-10	York	Barley Mow
4	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Dewsbury	27-14	Castleford	Crown Flatt
5	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Featherstone Rovers	24-9	Hull Kingston Rovers	Post Office Road
6	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Halifax	17-14	Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall
7	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Huddersfield	46-12	Doncaster	Fartown	3809
8	Sat 29 Aug 1959	Hunslet	46-8	Batley	Parkside

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Mon 7 Sep 1959	Leeds	15-10	Hunslet	Headingley
2	Tue 8 Sep 1959	Bramley	14-17	Hull F.C.	Barley Mow
3	Wed 9 Sep 1959	Featherstone Rovers	32-18	Dewsbury	Post Office Road
4	Mon 14 Sep 1959	Huddersfield	9-16	Halifax	Fartown	11435

Round 3 – semifinals

Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Thu 24 Sep 1959	Hull F.C.	18-9	Halifax	Boulevard
2	Wed 30 Sep 1959	Featherstone Rovers	14-7	Leeds	Post Office Road

Final

Teams and scorers

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

General information

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.
The rugby league season ran from around August through around May. This competition took place early in the season, in the autumn, with the final taking place in December. The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list occurred during, and immediately after, the two world wars.