1954–55 Yorkshire Cup

1954–55 was the forty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1954–55 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHalifax
Runners-upHull F.C.

Halifax winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 22-14

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,949 and receipts were £4,638

This was the first of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull FC, for whom it was their second of three successive Cup final defeats

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.

Last season saw the end of the two-legged home and away ties, and reverted to the whole competition being based on a simple knock-out formulae

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
1Fri 10 Sep 1954Bramley12-12DoncasterBarley Mow
2Fri 10 Sep 1954Hunslet17-10BatleyParkside
3Sat 11 Sep 1954Castleford10-13Bradford NorthernWheldon Road
4Sat 11 Sep 1954Huddersfield40-17KeighleyFartown10,572[4]
5Sat 11 Sep 1954Hull F.C.18-4Featherstone RoversBoulevard[5]
6Sat 11 Sep 1954Leeds57-13Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley
7Sat 11 Sep 1954Wakefield Trinity30-16DewsburyBelle Vue
8Sat 11 Sep 1954York8-11HalifaxClarence Street

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RThu 16 Sep 1954Doncaster4-7BramleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 21 Sep 1954Bradford Northern5-3HunsletOdsal
2Tue 21 Sep 1954Huddersfield7-7Hull F.C.Fartown16,028[4][5]
3Wed 22 Sep 1954Leeds27-17Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
4Thu 23 Sep 1954Bramley11-22HalifaxBarley Mow

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RThu 23 Sep 1954Hull F.C.22-13HuddersfieldBoulevard17,000[4][5]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 30 Sep 1954Hull F.C.10-5Bradford NorthernBoulevard[5]
2Fri 01 Oct 1954Halifax10-0LeedsThrum Hall

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 23 October 1954Halifax22-14Hull F.C.Headingley25,949£4,6381[5][6][7]

Teams and scorers
Halifax № Hull F.C.
teams
Tuss Griffiths1Colin Hutton
Arthur Daniels2Keith Bowman
Thomas Lynch3Roy Francis
Peter Todd4Carl Turner
Dai Bevan5Bill Riches
Ken Dean6Bernard Conway
Stan Kielty7Albert Tripp
John Thorley8Mick Scott
Alvin Ackerley (c)9Tommy Harris
Len Olsen10Bob Coverdale
Les Pearce11Harry Markham
Jack Wilkinson12Norman Hockley
Eric Callighan13Johnny Whiteley
??CoachRoy Francis
22score14
7HT4
Scorers
Tries
T
T
T
T
Goals
G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Refereeunknown

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

The road to success
First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Bramley 12 (7)
Doncaster 12 (4)
Bramley 11
Halifax 22
York 8
Halifax 11
Halifax 10
Leeds 0
Leeds 57
Hull Kingston Rovers 13
Leeds 27
Wakefield Trinity 17
Wakefield Trinity 30
Dewsbury 16
Halifax 22
Hull F.C. 14
Huddersfield 40
Keighley 17
Huddersfield 7 (13)
Hull F.C. 7 (22)
Hull F.C. 18
Featherstone Rovers 4
Hull F.C. 10
Bradford Northern 5
Castleford 10
Bradford Northern 13
Bradford Northern 5
Hunslet 3
Hunslet 17
Batley 10

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. HC&AC Committee (1955). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1955. HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  4. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1954" (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.
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