1952–53 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1952–53 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Huddersfield Winners Batley 1951–52 Yorkshire Cup 1951–52 1953–54 Yorkshire Cup 1953–54 16 The 1952–53 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 18–8 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 15,500 and receipts were £2,471 This was Huddersfield's second appearance in the Yorkshire Cup final in the last three years, winning in 1950 Background This season there were no junior/amateur clubs invited, no new entrants 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 & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne PressFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1953 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1952%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdfHC&AC committee Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1953 HC&AC Supporters' ClubHuddersfield RL Heritage 1952–53 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201952-53.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 30 Aug 1952Huddersfield19–14HunsletFartown14,7802Sat 30 Aug 1952Halifax35–2BramleyThrum Hall3Sat 30 Aug 1952Keighley16–7CastlefordLawkholme Lane4Sat 30 Aug 1952Wakefield Trinity15–22Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue5Sat 30 Aug 1952Featherstone Rovers25–6YorkPost Office Road6Sat 30 Aug 1952Batley12–10DewsburyMount Pleasant7Sat 30 Aug 1952Hull7–8LeedsBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19528Sat 30 Aug 1952Doncaster12–11Bradford NorthernYork Road Greyhound Stadium 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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Tue 2 Sep 1952Hunslet2–18HuddersfieldParkside16–3715,1992Wed 3 Sep 1952Bramley12–20HalifaxBarley Mow14–553Wed 3 Sep 1952Castleford8–6KeighleyWheldon Road 15–224Wed 3 Sep 1952Hull Kingston Rovers16–11Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)38–265Wed 3 Sep 1952York16–8Featherstone RoversClarence Street22–336Fri 5 Sep 1952Dewsbury4–16BatleyCrown Flatt14–287Fri 5 Sep 1952Leeds2–10HullHeadingley10–178Mon 8 Sep 1952Bradford Northern9–11DoncasterOdsal20–23 Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 22 Sep 1952Hull9–29HuddersfieldBoulevard13,6302Tue 23 Sep 1952Batley20–11KeighleyMount Pleasant3Wed 24 Sep 1952Featherstone Rovers14–4Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road4Wed 24 Sep 1952Halifax4–3DoncasterThrum Hall 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 8 Oct 1952Featherstone Rovers4–8BatleyPost Office Road2Mon 13 Oct 1952Huddersfield9–9HalifaxFartown8,998 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 16 Oct 1952Halifax5–15HuddersfieldThrum Hall12,000 Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 November 1952Huddersfield18–8BatleyHeadingley15,500£2,471The attendance is variably given as 15,500 by the official Huddersfield 1953 Yearbook, 15,000 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but 14,705 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91Headingley, 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 X Teams and scorers Huddersfield№Batley teams Johnny Hunter1Phil WalshawPeter Henderson2Gordon HarrisonPeter Ramsden3George KennyPat Devery4William "Bill" RichesLionel Cooper5John EttyRussell Pepperell6William "Billy" RileyBilly Banks7Raymond "Ray" Laycock (c)Ted Slevin8Frank WagstaffGeorge Curran9Harold McIntyreWilliam Griffin10Trevor JonesJohn "Jack" Brown11George PalmerJohn "Jack" Large12Clarrie BriggsDave Valentine (c)13John WestburyWilliam R. 'Bill' SmithCoachAlex Fiddes 18score810HT3 Scorers Tries Lionel Cooper (3)TJohn Etty (1)Dave Valentine (1)TGeorge Kenny (1) Goals Pat Devery (3)GRaymond "Ray" Laycock (1)RefereeC F (Charlie) Appleton (Warrington) 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 Featherstone Rovers 22 Bradford Northern 30 Leeds 43 Bramley 17 Wakefield Trinity 33 Hull 23 Hull Kingston Rovers 24 Huddersfield 38 Castleford 14 Keighley 20 Dewsbury 18 Halifax 19 Doncaster 6 Hunslet 21 Batley 28 York 13 Bradford Northern 13 Leeds 14 Wakefield Trinity 14 Huddersfield 5 Keighley 18 Halifax 14 Hunslet 27 Batley 8 Leeds 17 Wakefield Trinity 18 Keighley 15 Hunslet 9 Wakefield Trinity 17 Keighley 3 See also 1952–53 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:1952 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup