1947 Yorkshire Cup
| 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Wakefield Trinity |
| Runners-up | Leeds |
1947 Yorkshire Cup
1947 was the fortieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 8-7 in a replay, the first match having ended in a 7-7 draw.
The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,334 and receipts were £3,463
The replay took place in mid-week, four days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was a marvellous 32,000 and receipts were £3,255
This was Wakefield Trinity's second Yorkshire cup final triumph in successive years, and their third final appearance in three years
This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered 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.
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
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.
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)
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