1951–52 Yorkshire Cup


The 1951–52 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-fourth occasion on which rugby league's Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Keighley in the final.

Background

This season no junior/amateur clubs were invited to take part, but newly elected to the league Doncaster were added to the competition, thus the number of entrants remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
The competition again followed the original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.

Competition and results

Round 1 - First leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 1 Sep 1951Dewsbury15-10HalifaxCrown Flatt
2Sat 1 Sep 1951Hull Kingston Rovers19-13HuddersfieldCraven Park 6,404
3Sat 1 Sep 1951Castleford14-11KeighleyWheldon Road
4Sat 1 Sep 1951Wakefield Trinity15-5HullBelle Vue
5Sat 1 Sep 1951Doncaster4-9HunsletYork Road Greyhound Stadium1
6Sat 1 Sep 1951Featherstone Rovers4-2Bradford NorthernPost Office Road
7Sat 1 Sep 1951Leeds18-8BramleyHeadingley
8Sat 1 Sep 1951Batley7-8YorkMount Pleasant

Round 1 - Second leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 3 Sep 1951Halifax9-3DewsburyThrum Hall19-18
2Mon 3 Sep 1951Huddersfield25-5Hull Kingston RoversFartown38-2412,198
3Tue 4 Sep 1951Keighley9-0CastlefordLawkholme Lane20-14
4Wed 5 Sep 1951Hull18-18Wakefield TrinityBoulevard23-33
5Wed 5 Sep 1951Hunslet12-2DoncasterParkside21-6
6Mon 10 Sep 1951Bradford Northern11-9Featherstone RoversOdsal13-13
7Mon 10 Sep 1951Bramley9-25LeedsBarley Mow17-43
8Mon 10 Sep 1951York5-21BatleyClarence Street13-28

Round 1 - Replay

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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RWed 12 Sep 1951Featherstone Rovers9-17Bradford NorthernPost Office Road

Round 2 - Quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 24 Sep 1951Hunslet27-8BatleyParkside
2Tue 25 Sep 1951Keighley18-14HalifaxLawkholme Lane
3Wed 26 Sep 1951Bradford Northern13-14LeedsOdsal
4Wed 26 Sep 1951Wakefield Trinity14-5HuddersfieldBelle Vue15,400

Round 3 – Semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 8 Oct 1951Leeds17-18Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
2Tue 16 Oct 1951Keighley15-9HunsletLawkholme Lane

Final

This was Keighley's only appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Keighley by the score of 17-3. The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,495 and receipts were £3,347
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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Saturday 27 October 1951Wakefield Trinity17-3KeighleyFartown25,495£3,3472 3-

Teams and scorers

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

The road to success

All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg basis.
For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.
For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.

General information for those unfamiliar

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 ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in December