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1954–55 Yorkshire Cup

1954–55 was the forty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1954–55 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHalifax
Runners-upHull F.C.

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

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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

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[1][2][3][4]

Round 1

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Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 10 Sep 1954 Bramley 12-12 Doncaster Barley Mow
2 Fri 10 Sep 1954 Hunslet 17-10 Batley Parkside
3 Sat 11 Sep 1954 Castleford 10-13 Bradford Northern Wheldon Road
4 Sat 11 Sep 1954 Huddersfield 40-17 Keighley Fartown 10,572 [4]
5 Sat 11 Sep 1954 Hull F.C. 18-4 Featherstone Rovers Boulevard [5]
6 Sat 11 Sep 1954 Leeds 57-13 Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley
7 Sat 11 Sep 1954 Wakefield Trinity 30-16 Dewsbury Belle Vue
8 Sat 11 Sep 1954 York 8-11 Halifax Clarence Street

Round 1 - replays

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Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Thu 16 Sep 1954 Doncaster 4-7 Bramley Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield

Round 2 - quarterfinals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 21 Sep 1954 Bradford Northern 5-3 Hunslet Odsal
2 Tue 21 Sep 1954 Huddersfield 7-7 Hull F.C. Fartown 16,028 [4][5]
3 Wed 22 Sep 1954 Leeds 27-17 Wakefield Trinity Headingley
4 Thu 23 Sep 1954 Bramley 11-22 Halifax Barley Mow

Round 2 - replays

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Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Thu 23 Sep 1954 Hull F.C. 22-13 Huddersfield Boulevard 17,000 [4][5]

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 30 Sep 1954 Hull F.C. 10-5 Bradford Northern Boulevard [5]
2 Fri 01 Oct 1954 Halifax 10-0 Leeds Thrum Hall

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 23 October 1954 Halifax 22-14 Hull F.C. Headingley 25,949 £4,638 1 [5][6][7]

Teams and scorers

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Halifax № Hull F.C.
teams
Tuss Griffiths 1 Colin Hutton
Arthur Daniels 2 Keith Bowman
Thomas Lynch 3 Roy Francis
Peter Todd 4 Carl Turner
Dai Bevan 5 Bill Riches
Ken Dean 6 Bernard Conway
Stan Kielty 7 Albert Tripp
John Thorley 8 Mick Scott
Alvin Ackerley (c) 9 Tommy Harris
Len Olsen 10 Bob Coverdale
Les Pearce 11 Harry Markham
Jack Wilkinson 12 Norman Hockley
Eric Callighan 13 Johnny Whiteley
?? Coach Roy Francis
22 score 14
7 HT 4
Scorers
Tries
T
T
T
T
Goals
G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee unknown

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

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First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Bramley 12 (7)
Doncaster 12 (4)
Bramley 11
Halifax 22
York 8
Halifax 11
Halifax 10
Leeds 0
Leeds 57
Hull Kingston Rovers 13
Leeds 27
Wakefield Trinity 17
Wakefield Trinity 30
Dewsbury 16
Halifax 22
Hull F.C. 14
Huddersfield 40
Keighley 17
Huddersfield 7 (13)
Hull F.C. 7 (22)
Hull F.C. 18
Featherstone Rovers 4
Hull F.C. 10
Bradford Northern 5
Castleford 10
Bradford Northern 13
Bradford Northern 5
Hunslet 3
Hunslet 17
Batley 10

Notes and comments

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1 * Headingley, 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.

General information for those unfamiliar

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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)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ HC&AC Committee (1955). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1955. HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  4. ^ a b c d "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1954" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c d e "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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