1965–66 Yorkshire Cup
The 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 17-8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,522 and receipts were £4,359.
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 3 Sep 1965 | Hunslet | 8-2 | Doncaster | Parkside | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 4 Sep 1965 | Batley | 9-37 | Halifax | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 4 Sep 1965 | Castleford | 22-8 | Featherstone Rovers | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 47 | Sat 4 Sep 1965 | Dewsbury | 4-27 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt | 2,800 | |||||
| 5 | Sat 4 Sep 1965 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17-9 | York | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 4 Sep 1965 | Keighley | 2-19 | Bradford Northern | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 4 Sep 1965 | Leeds | 40-4 | Bramley | Headingley | ||||||
| 8 | Sat 4 Sep 1965 | Wakefield Trinity | 4-8 | Hull F.C. | Belle Vue |
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mon? 13 Sep 1965 | Hunslet | 9-8 | Hull F.C. | Parkside | ||||||
| 2 | Tue 14 Sep 1965 | Castleford | 25-8 | Halifax | Wheldon Road | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 15 Sep 1965 | Bradford Northern | 12-6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Odsal | ||||||
| 4 | Wed 15 Sep 1965 | Huddersfield | 16-6 | Leeds | Fartown | 4,008 |
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 | Mon? 27 Sep 1965 | Hunslet | 17-10 | Castleford | Parkside | 9,347 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 29 Sep 1965 | Bradford Northern | 7-7 | Huddersfield | Odsal |
Semi-final - replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| R | Thu 30 Sep 1965 | Huddersfield | 4-7 | Bradford Northern | Fartown |