1950–51 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
Background
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.
Competition and results
Round 1 – first leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 2 Sep 1950Featherstone Rovers7–20LeedsPost Office Road2Sat 2 Sep 1950Hull Kingston Rovers9–0BatleyCraven Park (1)3Sat 2 Sep 1950Keighley9–14CastlefordLawkholme Lane4Sat 2 Sep 1950Yorkshire Amateurs2–35HunsletHeadingley5Sat 2 Sep 1950Wakefield Trinity43–4YorkBelle Vue6Sat 2 Sep 1950Dewsbury14–2HullCrown Flatt7Sat 2 Sep 1950Halifax5–5Bradford NorthernThrum Hall8Sat 2 Sep 1950Bramley22–21HuddersfieldBarley Mow
Round 1 – second leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome team ScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 4 Sep 1950Leeds20–9Featherstone RoversHeadingley40–162Tue 5 Sep 1950Batley21–4Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant21–133Wed 6 Sep 1950Castleford2–4KeighleyWheldon Road 16–134Wed 6 Sep 1950Hunslet26–2Yorkshire AmateursParkside61–45Wed 6 Sep 1950York2–23Wakefield TrinityClarence Street6–666Tue 12 Sep 1950Hull2–2DewsburyBoulevard4–167Wed 13 Sep 1950Bradford Northern12–4HalifaxOdsal15–98Wed 13 Sep 1950Huddersfield39–5BramleyFartown60–27
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 18 Sep 1950Leeds2–29HuddersfieldHeadingley2Tue 19 Sep 1950Batley10–8Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant3Wed 20 Sep 1950Bradford Northern0–4CastlefordOdsal4Wed 20 Sep 1950Hunslet3–2DewsburyParkside
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Fri 6 Oct 1950Hunslet7–20HuddersfieldParkside2Tue 10 Oct 1950Batley2–2CastlefordMount Pleasant
Round 3 – semifinals - Replay Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefRFri 13 Oct 1950Castleford13–9BatleyWheldon Road
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 4 November 1950Huddersfield16–3CastlefordHeadingley28,610£5,152
Teams and scorers Huddersfield№Castleford teams Johnny Hunter1Ron LewisDick Cracknell2Reg LloydJim Bowden3George Broughton Jr.I W Clark4Percy AldredLionel Cooper5Len BrownRuss Pepperell6Arthur FisherBilly Banks7George LangfieldFrank Wagstaff8Joe AndersonJim Mundy9Jimmy JonesArthur Wilmot10Leo FlemingBob Nicholson11George HowardIke Owens12Leslie HaugheyDave Valentine13Frank Mugglestone??Coach?? 16score37HT3 Scorers Tries Russ Pepperell (2)TReg Lloyd (1) Goals James Bowden (5)GRefereeRon Gelder (Wakefield)Man of the MatchBilly Banks Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success 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.
See also 1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
Notes
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org