1961–62 Yorkshire Cup
The 1961–62 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity winning the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 19-9
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 16,329 and receipts were £2,864
This was Wakefield Trinity's second consecutive triumph and the club's fourth 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" and 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
Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Fri 1 Sep 1961 | Castleford | 37-8 | Halifax | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 2 | Fri 1 Sep 1961 | Dewsbury | 0-15 | Batley | Crown Flatt | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 2 Sep 1961 | Featherstone Rovers | 31-6 | Doncaster | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 2 Sep 1961 | Hull F.C. | 9-8 | Huddersfield | Boulevard | 11,000 | |||||
| 5 | Sat 2 Sep 1961 | Keighley | 14-23 | Hunslet | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 2 Sep 1961 | Leeds | 46-13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 2 Sep 1961 | Wakefield Trinity | 73-5 | Bradford Northern | Belle Vue | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Sat 2 Sep 1961 | York | 36-15 | Bramley | Clarence Street |
Round 2 - quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 13 Sep 1961 | Leeds | 20-12 | Castleford | Headingley | ||||||
| 2 | Tue 19 Sep 1961 | Featherstone Rovers | 21-11 | Batley | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 3 | Tue 19 Sep 1961 | Hull F.C. | 7-13 | Wakefield Trinity | Boulevard | ||||||
| 4 | Wed 20 Sep 1961 | York | 31-9 | Hunslet | Clarence Street |
Round 3 – semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 4 Oct 1961 | Leeds | 11-3 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 4 Oct 1961 | Wakefield Trinity | 24-4 | York | Belle Vue |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Wakefield Trinity | № | Leeds |
| teams | ||
| Gerry Round | 1 | Ken Thornett |
| Fred Smith | 2 | Garry Hemingway |
| Alan Skene | 3 | Dennis Goodwin |
| Neil Fox | 4 | Fred Pickup |
| Colin Greenwood | 5 | Eddie Ratcliffe |
| Harold Poynton | 6 | Lewis Jones |
| Keith Holliday | 7 | Colin Evans |
| Jack Wilkinson | 8 | Don Robinson |
| Milan Kosanović | 9 | Barry Simms |
| Albert Firth | 10 | Trevor Whitehead |
| Brian Briggs | 11 | Jack Fairbank |
| Don Vines | 12 | John Sykes |
| Derek "Rocky" Turner | 13 | Colin Tomlinson |
| Ken Traill | Coach | Dai Prosser |
| Football Manager | Joe Warham | |
| 19 | score | 9 |
| 5 | HT | 5 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Derek "Rocky" Turner | T | Garry Hemingway |
| Alan Skene | T | |
| Fred Smith | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Neil Fox | G | Lewis Jones |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Tom Watkinson | |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points