1964–65 Yorkshire Cup

The 1964–65 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity winning the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 18-2.
The match was played at Fartown, Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,527 and receipts were £2,707.
This was Wakefield Trinity's fifth Yorkshire Cup final appearance 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 4 Sep 1964	Keighley	22-3	Doncaster	Lawkholme Lane
2	Fri 4 Sep 1964	Leeds	25-8	Hunslet	Headingley
3	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Bradford Northern	6-17	Huddersfield	Odsal	11,140
4	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Bramley	2-7	Featherstone Rovers	Barley Mow
5	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Castleford	8-16	Hull Kingston Rovers	Wheldon Road
6	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Dwesbury	10-11	Wakefield Trinity	Crown Flatt
7	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Halifax	32-14	York	Thrum Hall
8	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Hull F.C.	35-9	Batley	Boulevard

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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	Mon 14 Sep 1964	Halifax	16-3	Hull F.C.	Thrum Hall
2	Wed 16 Sep 1964	Featherstone Rovers	5-15	Wakefield Trinity	Post Office Road
3	Wed 16 Sep 1964	Huddersfield	6-5	Hull Kingston Rovers	Fartown	4,447
4	Thu 17 Sep 1964	Leeds	38-14	Keighley	Headingley

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
									-
1	Wed 30 Sep 1964	Huddersfield	0-7	Wakefield Trinity	Fartown	9,371
2	Mon 5 Oct 1964	Halifax	7-20	Leeds	Thrum Hall

Final

Teams and scorers

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