1953–54 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1953–54 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Bradford Northern Winners Hull 1952–53 Yorkshire Cup 1952–53 1954–55 Yorkshire Cup 1954–55 16 The 1953–54 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 7–2 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,147 and receipts were £3,833 Background This season no junior/amateur clubs were invited to take part, there were no new additions 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 Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Jack Winstanley and Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne PressHC&AC committee Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1954 1954 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1954 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1954%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf 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 Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 5 Sep 1953Batley10–34Bradford NorthernMount Pleasant2Sat 5 Sep 1953Castleford0–11HalifaxWheldon Road 3Sat 5 Sep 1953Featherstone Rovers7–21LeedsPost Office Road4Sat 5 Sep 1953Huddersfield47–9Wakefield TrinityFartown16,137 J. C. Lindley and D. W. Armitage 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973 1973 Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee 0 35617852 85Sat 5 Sep 1953Hull30–14BramleyBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19536Sat 5 Sep 1953Hunslet27–13Hull Kingston RoversParkside7Sat 5 Sep 1953Keighley11–6DewsburyLawkholme Lane8Mon 7 Sep 1953York19–2DoncasterClarence Street 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 Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 9 Sep 1953Bradford Northern15–18BatleyOdsal49–282Mon 7 Sep 1953Halifax9–3CastlefordThrum Hall20–33Wed 9 Sep 1953Leeds32–7Featherstone RoversHeadingley53–144Wed 9 Sep 1953Wakefield Trinity20–7HuddersfieldBelle Vue29–546,2225Tue 8 Sep 1953Bramley9–17HullBarley Mow23–476Wed 9 Sep 1953Hull Kingston Rovers7–11HunsletCraven Park (1)20–387Tue 8 Sep 1953Dewsbury2–0KeighleyCrown Flatt8–118Thu 10 Sep 1953Doncaster2–21YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield4–40The first Yorkshire Cup match played by Doncaster at their new Bentley Road Stadium - soon to be renamed "Tatters field" (or Tattersfield) after the former chairman Len Tattersfield. Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 23 Sep 1953Bradford Northern27–9LeedsOdsal2Wed 23 Sep 1953Huddersfield19–7YorkFartown9,4253Wed 23 Sep 1953Hunslet11–2KeighleyParkside4Mon 28 Sep 1953Hull16–4HalifaxBoulevard Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 30 Sep 1953Huddersfield10–11Bradford NorthernFartown15,4382Wed 21 Oct 1953Hunslet2–3HullParksideMatch abandoned after 32 minutes due to fog. Round 3 – semifinals - replay Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefRThu 22 Oct 1953Hunslet5–9HullParkside Final Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 31 October 1953Bradford Northern7–2HullHeadingley22,147£3,833Headingley, 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.Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 XBradford Northern 7-2 Hull - 31.10.1953 https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.online/matchdetails.php?tselect=95574 Rugby League Records 11 December 2025 Teams and scorers Bradford Northern№Hull Teams Joe Phillips1Colin HuttonBob Hawes2Keith BowmanJoe Mageen3Bill RichesBill Seddon4Carl TurnerJack McLean5Ivor WattsBill Jenkins6Bernard ConwayRoy Goddard7Albert TrippBarry Tyler8Mick ScottNorman Haley9Tommy HarrisWynn Jones10Bob CoverdaleTrevor Foster11Harry MarkhamTony Storey12Arthur BedfordKen Traill13Johnny WhiteleyDai ReesCoachRoy Francis 7score27HT0 Scorers Bob HawesTries T Joe Phillips (2)Goals Colin HuttonGGRefereeGeorge Phillips (Widnes) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points 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 Huddersfield 54 Wakefield Trinity 29 York 40 Doncaster 4 Batley 28 Bradford Northern 49 Featherstone Rovers 14 Leeds 53 Hunslet 38 Hull Kingston Rovers 20 Keighley 11 Dewsbury 8 Hull 47 Bramley 23 Castleford 3 Halifax 20 Huddersfield 19 York 7 Bradford Northern 27 Leeds 9 Hunslet 11 Keighley 2 Hull 16 Halifax 4 Huddersfield 10 Bradford Northern 11 Hunslet 5 Hull 9 Bradford Northern 7 Hull 2 See also 1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes 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:1953 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup