1957 Yorkshire Cup

1957-58 Yorkshire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 16
Winners Huddersfield
Runners-up York
< 1956 Seasons 1958 >

1957 Yorkshire Cup

1957 was the fiftieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Huddersfield won the trophy by beating York by the score of 15-8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,531 and receipts were £4,123

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entants 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[1][2]

[3][4]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

1Sat 31 Aug 1957Dewsbury12-28Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt
2Sat 31 Aug 1957Doncaster9-29CastlefordBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
3Sat 31 Aug 1957Featherstone Rovers46-5Hull KRPost Office Road
4Sat 31 Aug 1957Huddersfield68-19BatleyFartown6,912[4]
5Sat 31 Aug 1957Hull F.C.14-16HunsletBoulevard[5]
6Sat 31 Aug 1957Leeds55-10BramleyHeadingley
7Sat 31 Aug 1957Wakefield Trinity19-16HalifaxBelle Vue
8Sat 31 Aug 1957York15-8KeighleyClarence Street

Round 2 - Quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

1Tue 10 Sep 1957Castleford6-19LeedsWheldon Road
2Mon 16 Sep 1957Wakefield Trinity10-13HuddersfieldBelle Vue7,546[4]
3Tue 17 Sep 1957Bradford Northern5-2Featherstone RoversOdsal
4Wed 18 Sep 1957Hunslet17-19YorkParkside

Round 3 – Semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

1Mon 30 Sep 1957Bradford Northern2-2YorkOdsal
2Wed 2 Oct 1957Huddersfield14-2LeedsFartown11,766[4]

Semi-Final - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

RWed 2 Oct 1957York14-8Bradford NorthernClarence Street

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

Saturday 19 October 1957Huddersfield15-8YorkHeadingley22,531£4,1231[4][6][7][8]

Teams and Scorers[4][3][9]

Huddersfield York
teams
Frank Dyson1Willie Hargreaves
Plunkett2B Smith
Austin Kilroy3Webster
Barrow4Geoffrey Smith
Mick Sullivan5Flannery
Peter Ramsden6Robinson
Tommy Smales7Riley (c)
Ted Slevin8Moore
Wood9Illingworth
David Flint10Victor "Vic" Yorke
Brian Briggs11Basil Watts
Kenneth "Ken" Bowman12O'Brien
Dave Valentine (c)13Edgar Dawson
??Coach??
15score8
7HT6
Scorers
Tries
Austin Kilroy (1)TIllingworth (1)
Tommy Smales (1)TFlannery (1)
Kenneth "Ken" Bowman (1)T
Goals
Frank Dyson (3)GVictor "Vic" Yorke (1)
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeC F (Charlie) Appleton

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Wakefield Trinity 19
Halifax 16
Wakefield Trinity 10
Huddersfield 13
Huddersfield 68
Batley 19
Huddersfield 14
Leeds 2
Doncaster 9
Castleford 29
Castleford 6
Leeds 19
Leeds 55
Bramley 10
Huddersfield 15
York 8
Dewsbury 12
Bradford Northern 28
Bradford Northern 5
Featherstone Rovers 2
Featherstone Rovers 46
Hull KR 5
Bradford Northern 2 (14)
York 2 (8)
Hull F.C. 14
Hunslet 16
Hunslet 17
York 19
York 15
Keighley 8

Notes and comments

1 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) 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 (in the form of Acton & Willesden.
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) 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 (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 HC&AC committee (1958). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1958 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1958" (PDF).
  5. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  8. David Jack (1958). Empire News Football Annual 1958-59 - 72nd year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  9. "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1957-58" (PDF).

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