1950 Yorkshire Cup
| 1950–51 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Huddersfield |
| Runners-up | Castleford |
1950 Yorkshire Cup
1950 was the forty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 16-3
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 28,610 and receipts were £5,152
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
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.
1 * Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from many both professional and amateur clubs - can anyone comment ? Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds, this year the home leg was played at Headingley, the ground of Leeds
2 * The attendance is given as 28,610 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but 28,906 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92
3 * 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.
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