1958–59 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1958–59 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Wakefield Trinity 1957–58 Yorkshire Cup 1957–58 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup 1959–60 16 The 1958 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 24–20. 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. 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 PressDavid Jack Empire News Football Annual 1958–59 - 72nd year 1958 Empire News and Sunday ChronicleHC&AC committee Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1959 (price 1/-) 1959 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1959 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1959%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf 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 8 Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 30 Aug 1958Batley21–5Featherstone RoversMount Pleasant2Sat 30 Aug 1958Bradford Northern23–31YorkOdsal3Sat 30 Aug 1958Bramley16–34Hull F.C.Barley MowHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19584Sat 30 Aug 1958Castleford5–33Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road 5Sat 30 Aug 1958Dewsbury12–29KeighleyCrown Flatt6Sat 30 Aug 1958Halifax52–0DoncasterThrum Hall7Sat 30 Aug 1958Leeds64–17HuddersfieldHeadingley156008Sat 30 Aug 1958Wakefield Trinity10–10HunsletBelle Vue Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 3 Sep 1958Hunslet11–15Wakefield TrinityParkside Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 9 Sep 1958Batley23–7Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant2Tue 9 Sep 1958Halifax15–19YorkThrum Hall3Tue 9 Sep 1958Hull F.C.16–17Wakefield TrinityBoulevard4Wed 10 Sep 1958Leeds17–15KeighleyHeadingley Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 17 Sep 1958York10–13LeedsClarence Street2Wed 1 Oct 1958Wakefield Trinity21–13BatleyBelle Vue Final The 1958 Yorkshire Cup final was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 26,927 and receipts were £3,833. Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 18 October 1958Leeds24–20Wakefield TrinityOdsal26,927£3,833The receipts are given as £3,833 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but £3 less at £3,832 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973 by J C Lindley and D W ArmitageOdsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v WarringtonRaymond 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 XLeeds 24-20 Wakefield Trinity https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.online/matchdetails.php?tselect=119959 Rugby League Records 11 December 2025 Teams and scorers LeedsNo.Wakefield Trinity Teams Pat Quinn1Frank MortimerGarry Hemingway2Fred SmithJack Lendill3Donald "Don" MetcalfeLewis Jones4Neil FoxDel Hodgkinson5Stan SmithGordon Brown6Keith HollidayJeff Stevenson7Ken RollinTony Skelton8Wilfred "Wilf" AdamsBarry Simms9Joby ShawDon Robinson10Samuel "Sam" EvansFred Ward11Bob KellyColin Tomlinson12Les ChamberlainAlec Dick13Ken Traillprobably Joe WarhamCoachKen Traill 24score2018HT7 Scorers Tries 6TDonald "Don" Metcalfe (3)Barry Simms (1)TKen Rollin (1)TT Goals 3GFrank Mortimer (2)GNeil Fox (2) 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 Halifax 52 Doncaster 0 Bradford Northern 23 York 31 Leeds 64 Huddersfield 17 Dewsbury 12 Keighley 29 Bramley 16 Hull F.C. 34 Wakefield Trinity 10 (15) Hunslet 10 (11) Batley 21 Featherstone Rovers 5 Castleford 5 Hull Kingston Rovers 33 Halifax 15 York 19 Leeds 17 Keighley 15 Hull F.C. 16 Wakefield Trinity 17 Batley 23 Hull Kingston Rovers 7 York 10 Leeds 13 Wakefield Trinity 21 Batley 13 Leeds 24 Wakefield Trinity 20 See also 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:1958 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup