1955–56 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1955–56 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Halifax Winners Hull F.C. 1954–55 Yorkshire Cup 1954–55 1956–57 Yorkshire Cup 1956–57 16 1955–56 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year's final was a repeat of last years' final and between cup holder Halifax and last season runner-up Hull F.C. with the same outcome (albeit via a replay). Halifax won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10–10 in a replayed final. The original final, which ended in a 10–10 draw, was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,520 and receipts were £4,385. The replay was played 11 days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £2,439. This was the second of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull FC, for whom it was their third successive cup final defeat. 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. This season saw a continuation of the simple knock-out formulas, there was to be no return to the two-legged ties. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne PressHC&AC Committee Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1956 1956 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1956 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1956%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 27 Aug 1955Batley13–25Hull F.C.Mount PleasantHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19552Sat 27 Aug 1955Bradford Northern27–23HunsletOdsal3Sat 27 Aug 1955Bramley16–13DoncasterBarley Mow4Sat 27 Aug 1955Castleford29–8DewsburyWheldon Road 5Sat 27 Aug 1955Featherstone Rovers26–9HuddersfieldPost Office Road9,0006Sat 27 Aug 1955Hull Kingston Rovers21–13KeighleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 27 Aug 1955Leeds13–31Wakefield TrinityHeadingley8Wed 31 Aug 1955York5–13HalifaxClarence Street Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 5 Sep 1955Hull F.C.12–5Featherstone RoversBoulevard2Fri 9 Sep 1955Bramley5–12Bradford NorthernBarley Mow3Wed 14 Sep 1955Castleford17–0Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road 4Thu 15 Sep 1955Wakefield Trinity4–21HalifaxBelle Vue Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 20 Sep 1955Hull F.C.23–16Bradford NorthernBoulevard2Wed 28 Sep 1955Castleford8–24HalifaxWheldon Road Final 22 October 1955 Halifax 10 – 10 Hull F.C. Bevan, Henderson Griffiths (2) Bowman, Watts Watkinson (2) Headingley, Leeds 23,520 G. S. Phillips (Widnes) Halifax 10-10 Hull - 22.10.1955 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=92169 Rugby League Records 29 April 2025Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.61 1955–1956 League Publications 9 HalifaxNo.Hull F.C. Teams Tuss Griffiths1 Jack WatkinsonArthur Daniels2 Keith BowmanTommy Lynch3 Carl TurnerGeoff Palmer4 Bill RichesDai Bevan5 Ivor WattsKen Dean6 Rowley MoatStan Kielty7 Tommy FinnJohn Thorley8Mick Scott (c)Alvin Ackerley (c)9 Tommy HarrisJack Wilkinson10Bob CoverdaleDerrick Schofield11 Harry MarkhamJohn Henderson12 Bill DrakeAlbert Fearnley13 Johnny Whiteley??CoachRoy Francis Replay 2 November 1955 Halifax 7 – 0 Hull F.C. Daniels Griffiths (2) Odsal Stadium, Bradford 14,000 N. T. Railton (Wigan) Halifax 7-0 Hull - 02.11.1955 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=92170 Rugby League Records 29 April 2025Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.61 1955–1956 League Publications 10 HalifaxNo.Hull F.C. Teams Tuss Griffiths 1 Colin HuttonArthur Daniels 2 Keith BowmanTommy Lynch 3 William "Bill" RichesGeoff Palmer 4 Carl R. TurnerDai Bevan 5 Ivor WattsKen Dean 6 Rowley MoatStan Kielty7 Tommy FinnJohn Thorley8Mick Scott (c)Alvin Ackerley (c) 9 Tommy HarrisJack Wilkinson 10Bob CoverdaleDerrick Schofield 11 Harry MarkhamLes Pearce 12 Bill DrakeAlbert Fearnley 13 Johnny WhiteleyCoachRoy Francis The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Castleford 29 Dewsbury 8 Hull Kingston Rovers 21 Keighley 13 Leeds 13 Wakefield Trinity 31 York 5 Halifax 13 Batley 13 Hull F.C. 25 Featherstone Rovers 26 Huddersfield 9 Bramley 16 Doncaster 13 Bradford Northern 27 Hunslet 23 Castleford 17 Hull Kingston Rovers 0 Wakefield Trinity 4 Halifax 21 Hull F.C. 12 Featherstone Rovers 5 Bramley 5 Bradford Northern 12 Castleford 8 Halifax 24 Hull F.C. 23 Bradford Northern 16 Halifax 10 (0) Hull F.C. 10 (7) See also 1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:1955 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup