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The 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup was the fortieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWakefield Trinity
Runners-upLeeds
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1947–48 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWakefield Trinity
Runners-upLeeds
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Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 8–7 in a replay, the first match having ended in a 7–7 draw.

The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,334 and receipts were £3,463.

The replay took place in mid-week, four days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was a marvellous 32,000 and receipts were £3,255.

This was Wakefield Trinity's second Yorkshire cup final triumph in successive years, and their third final appearance in three years.

Background

This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered 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

[1][2]

Round 1 – first leg

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis

More information Game No, Fixture date ...
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 11 Sep 1947Yorkshire Amateurs0–41DewsburyThrum Hall[a]
2Sat 13 Sep 1947Featherstone Rovers5–9CastlefordPost Office Road
3Sat 13 Sep 1947Huddersfield43–3BramleyFartown
4Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull20–6BatleyBoulevard[3]
5Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull Kingston Rovers11–18Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)[4]
6Sat 13 Sep 1947Hunslet8–14KeighleyParkside
7Sat 13 Sep 1947Leeds11–5Bradford NorthernHeadingley
8Sat 13 Sep 1947York7–16HalifaxClarence Street
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Round 1 – second leg

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis

More information Game No, Fixture date ...
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 13 Sep 1947Dewsbury53–2Yorkshire AmateursCrown Flatt94–2[a]
2Tue 16 Sep 1947Castleford6–3Featherstone RoversWheldon Road15–8
3Wed 17 Sep 1947Bramley12–26HuddersfieldBarley Mow15–69
4Thu 16 Sep 1947Batley3–6HullMount Pleasant9–26[3]
5Wed 17 Sep 1947Wakefield Trinity12–3Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue30–14[4]
6Thu 16 Sep 1947Keighley8–13HunsletLawkholme Lane22–21
7Wed 24 Sep 1947Bradford Northern11–9LeedsOdsal16–20
8Mon 15 Sep 1947Halifax15–10YorkThrum Hall31–17
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Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis

More information Game No, Fixture date ...
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 23 Sep 1947Halifax7–18HuddersfieldThrum Hall
2Wed 24 Sep 1947Keighley2–9CastlefordLawkholme Lane
3Wed 1 Oct 1947Leeds15–7DewsburyHeadingley
4Wed 1 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity23–14HullBelle Vue[3][4]
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Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis

More information Game No, Fixture date ...
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 15 Oct 1947Leeds19–4CastlefordHeadingley
2Wed 15 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity18–15HuddersfieldBelle Vue20000[4]
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Final

More information Game No, Fixture date ...
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 1 November 1947Wakefield Trinity7–7LeedsFartown24,334£3,463[b][c][d][4][5][6][full citation needed]
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Final - Replay

More information Game No, Fixture date ...
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Wednesday 5 November 1947Wakefield Trinity8–7LeedsOdsal32,000£3,255[e][f][4][5][6]
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Teams and scorers

More information Wakefield Trinity, № ...
Wakefield Trinity № Leeds
teams
William "Billy" Teall1
Jackie Perry2
William "Billy" Stott3
Denis "Dinny" Boocker4
Reginald Jenkinson5
Arthur Fletcher6
Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow7
Harry Wilkinson (c)8
Leonard "Len" Marson9
James "Jim" Higgins10
Harry Murphy11
John "Jack" Booth12
Leonard "Len" Bratley13
??CoachDai Prosser
7score7
2HT0
Scorers
Tries
Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow (1)T1
Goals
William "Billy" Stott (2)G2
Refereeunknown
Second Leg
Wakefield TrinityteamsLeeds
William "Billy" Teall1
Jackie Perry2
Reginald Jenkinson3
Denis "Dinny" Boocker4
Ronald "Ron" Rylance5
Arthur Fletcher6
Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow7
Harry Wilkinson8
Leonard "Len" Marson9
James "Jim" Higgins10
Harry Murphy11
John "Jack" Booth12
Leonard "Len" Bratley13
??Coach??
8score7
2HT0
Scorers
Tries
Harry Wilkinson (1)T1
Leonard "Len" Bratley (1)T
Goals
Jackie Perry (1)G2
G
RefereeRefereeunknown
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Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) 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.

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Hull Kingston Rovers 14
Wakefield Trinity 30
Wakefield Trinity 23
Hull 14
Hull 26
Batley 9
Wakefield Trinity 18
Huddersfield 15
York 17
Halifax 30
Halifax 7
Huddersfield 18
Huddersfield 69
Bramley 15
Wakefield Trinity 7 (8)
Leeds 7 (7)
Leeds 20
Bradford Northern 16
Leeds 15
Dewsbury 7
Yorkshire Amateurs 2
Dewsbury 94
Leeds 19
Castleford 4
Hunslet 21
Keighley 22
Keighley 2
Castleford 9
Featherstone Rovers 8
Castleford 15

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from many both professional and amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds, this match was played at Thrum Hall, the ground of Halifax
  2. [b]
    The attendance is given as 24,344 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991–92[5] and 1990–91[6] but 24,334 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and also by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973"[4]
  3. [c]
    The receipts were stated as £3,461 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991–92[5] and 1990–91[4][6] but £2 more in "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973"[4]
  4. [d]
    Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991–92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games. Due to lack of maintenance, terrace closures and finally major storm damage closing one of the stands in 1986, the final ground capacity had been reduced to just a few thousands although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup semi-final on 19 April 1947 when a crowd of 35,136 saw Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 21–0
  5. [e]
    The receipts were stated as £3,251 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991–92[5] and 1990–91[6] but £4 more in "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973".[4]
  6. [f]
    Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington

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