1960–61 Yorkshire Cup
The 1960–61 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by a score of 16-10 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance for this match was 17,456, and receipts were £2,937. This was Wakefield Trinity's first of two consecutive triumphs and the club's third appearance out of five in a period of nine years.
Background
This season, there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers". Therefore, 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
Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs.| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Fri 26 Aug 1960 | Bramley | 10-7 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Barley Mow | ||||||
| 2 | Fri 26 Aug 1960 | Dewsbury | 14-2 | York | Crown Flatt | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 27 Aug 1960 | Batley | 2-20 | Huddersfield | Mount Pleasant | 2,000 | |||||
| 4 | Sat 27 Aug 1960 | Bradford Northern | 7-25 | Castleford | Odsal | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 27 Aug 1960 | Featherstone Rovers | 36-10 | Doncaster | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 27 Aug 1960 | Keighley | 18-15 | Hull F.C. | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 27 Aug 1960 | Leeds | 16-0 | Hunslet | Headingley | ||||||
| 8 | Sat 27 Aug 1960 | Wakefield Trinity | 3-0 | Halifax | Belle Vue |
Round 2 - quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Tue 6 Sep 1960 | Dewsbury | 13-13 | Leeds | Crown Flatt | ||||||
| 2 | Tue 6 Sep 1960 | Keighley | 5-3 | Featherstone Rovers | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 7 Sep 1960 | Huddersfield | 15-3 | Castleford | Fartown | 3,656 | |||||
| 4 | Wed 7 Sep 1960 | Wakefield Trinity | 40-6 | Bramley | Belle Vue |
Round 2 - replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs.| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| R | Mon 12 Sep 1960 | Leeds | 22-16 | Dewsbury | Headingley |
Round 3 – semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs.| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Fri 7 Oct 1960 | Leeds | 9-12 | Huddersfield | Headingley | 7,478 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 12 Oct 1960 | Keighley | 4-5 | Wakefield Trinity | Odsal | 1 |