1952–53 Yorkshire Cup


The 1952–53 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 18-8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 15,500 and receipts were £2,471
This was Huddersfield's second appearance in the Yorkshire Cup final in the last three years, winning in 1950

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs invited, no new entrants and no club "dropped out", and so 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 30 Aug 1952Huddersfield19-14HunsletFartown14,780
2Sat 30 Aug 1952Halifax35-2BramleyThrum Hall
3Sat 30 Aug 1952Keighley16-7CastlefordLawkholme Lane
4Sat 30 Aug 1952Wakefield Trinity15-22Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue
5Sat 30 Aug 1952Featherstone Rovers25-6YorkPost Office Road
6Sat 30 Aug 1952Batley12-10DewsburyMount Pleasant
7Sat 30 Aug 1952Hull7-8LeedsBoulevard
8Sat 30 Aug 1952Doncaster12-11Bradford NorthernYork Road Greyhound Stadium

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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1Tue 2 Sep 1952Hunslet2-18HuddersfieldParkside16-3715,199
2Wed 3 Sep 1952Bramley12-20HalifaxBarley Mow14-55
3Wed 3 Sep 1952Castleford8-6KeighleyWheldon Road15-22
4Wed 3 Sep 1952Hull Kingston Rovers16-11Wakefield TrinityCraven Park 38-26
5Wed 3 Sep 1952York16-8Featherstone RoversClarence Street22-33
6Fri 5 Sep 1952Dewsbury4-16BatleyCrown Flatt14-28
7Fri 5 Sep 1952Leeds2-10HullHeadingley10-17
8Mon 8 Sep 1952Bradford Northern9-11DoncasterOdsal20-23

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

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 22 Sep 1952Hull9-29HuddersfieldBoulevard13,630
2Tue 23 Sep 1952Batley20-11KeighleyMount Pleasant
3Wed 24 Sep 1952Featherstone Rovers14-4Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road
4Wed 24 Sep 1952Halifax4-3DoncasterThrum Hall

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

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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1Wed 8 Oct 1952Featherstone Rovers4-8BatleyPost Office Road
2Mon 13 Oct 1952Huddersfield9-9HalifaxFartown8,998

Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replay

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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RThu 16 Oct 1952Halifax5-15HuddersfieldThrum Hall12,000

Final

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