1954–55 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1954–55 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Halifax Winners Hull F.C. 1953–54 Yorkshire Cup 1953–54 1955–56 Yorkshire Cup 1955–56 16 1954–55 was the forty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. 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 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 1955 1955 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1954 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1955%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 10 Sep 1954Bramley12–12DoncasterBarley Mow2Fri 10 Sep 1954Hunslet17–10BatleyParkside3Sat 11 Sep 1954Castleford10–13Bradford NorthernWheldon Road 4Sat 11 Sep 1954Huddersfield40–17KeighleyFartown10,5725Sat 11 Sep 1954Hull F.C.18–4Featherstone RoversBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19546Sat 11 Sep 1954Leeds57–13Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley7Sat 11 Sep 1954Wakefield Trinity30–16DewsburyBelle Vue8Sat 11 Sep 1954York8–11HalifaxClarence Street Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRThu 16 Sep 1954Doncaster4–7BramleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 21 Sep 1954Bradford Northern5–3HunsletOdsal2Tue 21 Sep 1954Huddersfield7–7Hull F.C.Fartown16,0283Wed 22 Sep 1954Leeds27–17Wakefield TrinityHeadingley4Thu 23 Sep 1954Bramley11–22HalifaxBarley Mow Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRThu 23 Sep 1954Hull F.C.22–13HuddersfieldBoulevard17,000 Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Thu 30 Sep 1954Hull F.C.10–5Bradford NorthernBoulevard2Fri 01 Oct 1954Halifax10–0LeedsThrum Hall Final Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 23 October 1954Halifax22–14Hull F.C.Headingley25,949£4,638Headingley, 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 XHalifax 22-14 Hull - 23.10.1954 https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.online/matchdetails.php?tselect=92168 Rugby League Records 11 December 2025 Teams and scorers Halifax№Hull F.C. Teams Tuss Griffiths1Colin HuttonArthur Daniels2Keith BowmanThomas Lynch3Roy FrancisPeter Todd4Carl TurnerDai Bevan5Bill RichesKen Dean6Bernard ConwayStan Kielty7Albert TrippJohn Thorley8Mick ScottAlvin Ackerley (c)9Tommy HarrisLen Olsen10Bob CoverdaleLes Pearce11Harry MarkhamJack Wilkinson12Norman HockleyEric Callighan13Johnny Whiteley??CoachRoy Francis 22score147HT4 Scorers Tries TTTT Goals GG Drop Goals DGRefereeunknown 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) York 8 Halifax 11 Leeds 57 Hull Kingston Rovers 13 Wakefield Trinity 30 Dewsbury 16 Huddersfield 40 Keighley 17 Hull F.C. 18 Featherstone Rovers 4 Castleford 10 Bradford Northern 13 Hunslet 17 Batley 10 Bramley 11 Halifax 22 Leeds 27 Wakefield Trinity 17 Huddersfield 7 (13) Hull F.C. 7 (22) Bradford Northern 5 Hunslet 3 Halifax 10 Leeds 0 Hull F.C. 10 Bradford Northern 5 Halifax 22 Hull F.C. 14 See also 1954–55 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:1954 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup