1957–58 Yorkshire Cup

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1957–58 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
Winners Huddersfield
Runners-up York

The 1957 Yorkshire Cup was the 50th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Huddersfield won the trophy by beating York by the score of 15-8.

Contents

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]

Round 1

Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 31 Aug 1957 Dewsbury 12-28 Bradford Northern Crown Flatt
2Sat 31 Aug 1957 Doncaster 9-29 Castleford Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
3Sat 31 Aug 1957 Featherstone Rovers 46-5 Hull Kingston Rovers Post Office Road
4Sat 31 Aug 1957 Huddersfield 68-19 Batley Fartown 6,912 [4]
5Sat 31 Aug 1957 Hull F.C. 14-16 Hunslet Boulevard [5]
6Sat 31 Aug 1957 Leeds 55-10 Bramley Headingley
7Sat 31 Aug 1957 Wakefield Trinity 19-16 Halifax Belle Vue
8Sat 31 Aug 1957 York 15-8 Keighley Clarence Street

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Tue 10 Sep 1957 Castleford 6-19 Leeds Wheldon Road
2Mon 16 Sep 1957 Wakefield Trinity 10-13 Huddersfield Belle Vue 7,546 [4]
3Tue 17 Sep 1957 Bradford Northern 5-2 Featherstone Rovers Odsal
4Wed 18 Sep 1957 Hunslet 17-19 York Parkside

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Mon 30 Sep 1957 Bradford Northern 2-2 York Odsal
2Wed 2 Oct 1957 Huddersfield 14-2 Leeds Fartown 11,766 [4]

Semifinal - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RWed 2 Oct 1957 York 14-8 Bradford Northern Clarence Street

Final

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,531 and receipts were £4,123.

Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef
Saturday 19 October 1957 Huddersfield 15-8 York Headingley 22,531£4,1231 [4] [6] [7] [8]

Teams and scorers

Huddersfield № York
teams
Frank Dyson 1 Willie Hargreaves
Harry Plunkett 2 Brian Smith [9]
Austin Kilroy 3 Denzil Webster
Roland Barrow 4 Geoffrey Smith
Mick Sullivan 5 Stan J. Flannery [9]
Peter Ramsden 6 Johnny Robinson [9]
Tommy Smales 7 W. "Bill" Riley [9] (c)
Ted Slevin 8 Frank Moore [9]
Roy Wood 9 Ray Illingworth [9]
David Flint 10 Vic Yorke
Brian Briggs 11 Basil Watts
Kenneth "Ken" Bowman 12 Ron L. O'Brien [9]
Dave Valentine (c)13 Edgar Dawson
??Coach W. "Bill" Riley [9]
15score8
7HT6
Scorers
Tries
Austin Kilroy (1)TRay Illingworth (1)
Tommy Smales (1)TStan J. Flannery (1)
Kenneth "Ken" Bowman (1)T
Goals
Frank Dyson (3)GVic Yorke (1)
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeC F (Charlie) Appleton

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

[4] [3] [10]

The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Wakefield Trinity 19
Halifax 16
Wakefield Trinity 10
Huddersfield 13
Huddersfield 68
Batley 19
Huddersfield 14
Leeds 2
Doncaster 9
Castleford 29
Castleford 6
Leeds 19
Leeds 55
Bramley 10
Huddersfield 15
York 8
Dewsbury 12
Bradford Northern 28
Bradford Northern 5
Featherstone Rovers 2
Featherstone Rovers 46
Hull Kingston Rovers 5
Bradford Northern 2 (14)
York 2 (8)
Hull F.C. 14
Hunslet 16
Hunslet 17
York 19
York 15
Keighley 8

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 HC&AC committee (1958). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1958 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1958" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ David Jack (1958). Empire News Football Annual 1958–59 - 72nd year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Programme 'Yorkshire County Rugby League - Challenge Cup Final - 1957 - Huddersfield v. York'" (PDF). huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1957–58" (PDF).
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