1956–57 Yorkshire Cup

1956–57 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWakefield Trinity
Runners-upHunslet

The 1956 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-ninth occasion on which the rugby league competition known as the Yorkshire County Cup had been held. Featuring clubs from the 1956–57 Northern Rugby Football League season, matches were played over September and October 1956. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Hunslet in the final.

Background

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

Competition and results

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 01 Sep 1956Castleford23–17Bradford NorthernWheldon Road
2Sat 01 Sep 1956Halifax23–12DewsburyThrum Hall
3Sat 01 Sep 1956Huddersfield41–2BatleyFartown6,498[2]
4Sat 01 Sep 1956Hull F.C.6–7Featherstone RoversBoulevard[6]
5Sat 01 Sep 1956Hunslet45–0DoncasterParkside
6Sat 01 Sep 1956Keighley33–8Hull Kingston RoversLawkholme Lane
7Sat 01 Sep 1956Wakefield Trinity36–15LeedsBelle Vue
8Sat 01 Sep 1956York7–2BramleyClarence Street

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 10 Sep 1956Wakefield Trinity13–11HuddersfieldBelle Vue13,301[7][1]
2Tue 11 Sep 1956Castleford9–26HunsletWheldon Road
3Tue 11 Sep 1956Halifax15–11KeighleyThrum Hall
4Thu 13 Sep 1956York12–8Featherstone RoversBelle Vue

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 24 Sep 1956York6–13HunsletBelle Vue
2Tue 25 Sep 1956Wakefield Trinity14–13HalifaxBelle Vue[7]

Final

The 1956 Yorkshire Cup final was played between Wakefield Trinity and Hunslet. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 31,147 and receipts were £5,609. This is the last occasion on which the attendance at a Yorkshire Cup final would exceed 30,000. Wakefield won the match 23–5 to claim the trophy.

20 October 1956
Wakefield Trinity 23 – 5 Hunslet
Tries: Smith (2), Cooper (2), Mortimer
Goals: Mortimer (4)
 [8][9]
 Tries: Child
Goals: Talbot
Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 31,147
Referee: N. T. Railton (Wigan)

Teams and scorers

Wakefield Trinity № Hunslet
Teams
Frank Mortimer1Billy Langton
Fred Smith2Frank Child
Albert Mortimer3Jim Stockdill
Colin Bell4Gordon Waite
Eric Cooper5Alan Preece
Keith Holliday6Brian Gabbitas
Ken Rollin7Arthur Talbot
Derrick Harrison8Don Hatfield
Keith Bridges9Sam Smith
Frank Haigh10Colin Cooper
Bob Kelly11Brian Shaw
Peter Armstead12Arthur Clues
Les Chamberlain13Geoff Gunney
??Coach??

The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Wakefield Trinity 36
Leeds 15
Wakefield Trinity 13
Huddersfield 11
Huddersfield 41
Batley 2
Wakefield Trinity 14
Halifax 13
Halifax 23
Dewsbury 12
Halifax 15
Keighley 11
Keighley 33
Hull Kingston Rovers 8
Wakefield Trinity 23
Hunslet 5
York 7
Bramley 2
York 12
Featherstone Rovers 8
Hull F.C. 6
Featherstone Rovers 7
York 6
Hunslet 13
Castleford 23
Bradford Northern 17
Castleford 9
Hunslet 26
Hunslet 45
Doncaster 0

References

  1. 1 2 HC&AC committee (1957). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1957. HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  2. 1 2 "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1957" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Rugby League Project".
  4. ↑ Jack Winstanley and Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  5. ↑ David Jack (1957). Empire News Football Annual 1957–58 - 71st year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  6. ↑ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  7. 1 2 J. C. Lindley and D. W. Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. ↑ "Hunslet 5-23 Wakefield Trinity - 20.10.1956". Rugby League Records. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.62 1956–1957. League Publications. p. 9.
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