The 1951–52 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-fourth occasion on which rugby league's Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Keighley in the final.
Background
This season no junior/amateur clubs were invited to take part, but newly elected to the league Doncaster were added to the competition, thus the number of entrants 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 1 Sep 1951Dewsbury15–10HalifaxCrown Flatt2Sat 1 Sep 1951Hull Kingston Rovers19–13HuddersfieldCraven Park (1)6,4043Sat 1 Sep 1951Castleford14–11KeighleyWheldon Road 4Sat 1 Sep 1951Wakefield Trinity15–5HullBelle Vue5Sat 1 Sep 1951Doncaster4–9HunsletYork Road Greyhound Stadium6Sat 1 Sep 1951Featherstone Rovers4–2Bradford NorthernPost Office Road7Sat 1 Sep 1951Leeds18–8BramleyHeadingley8Sat 1 Sep 1951Batley7–8YorkMount Pleasant
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 teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 3 Sep 1951Halifax9–3DewsburyThrum Hall19–182Mon 3 Sep 1951Huddersfield25–5Hull Kingston RoversFartown38–2412,1983Tue 4 Sep 1951Keighley9–0CastlefordLawkholme Lane20–144Wed 5 Sep 1951Hull18–18Wakefield TrinityBoulevard23–335Wed 5 Sep 1951Hunslet12–2DoncasterParkside21–66Mon 10 Sep 1951Bradford Northern11–9Featherstone RoversOdsal13–137Mon 10 Sep 1951Bramley9–25LeedsBarley Mow17–438Mon 10 Sep 1951York5–21BatleyClarence Street13–28
Round 1 - Replay Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefRWed 12 Sep 1951Featherstone Rovers9–17Bradford NorthernPost Office Road
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 24 Sep 1951Hunslet27–8BatleyParkside2Tue 25 Sep 1951Keighley18–14HalifaxLawkholme Lane3Wed 26 Sep 1951Bradford Northern13–14LeedsOdsal4Wed 26 Sep 1951Wakefield Trinity14–5HuddersfieldBelle Vue15,400
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 8 Oct 1951Leeds17–18Wakefield TrinityHeadingley2Tue 16 Oct 1951Keighley15–9HunsletLawkholme Lane
Final This was Keighley's only appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final (except for the 1943 Wartime final). Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Keighley by the score of 17-3. The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,495 and receipts were £3,347
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 27 October 1951Wakefield Trinity17–3KeighleyFartown25,495£3,347
Teams and scorers Wakefield Trinity№Keighley teams Ernest Luckman1Gerry LockwoodJohnny Duggan2Len WardLes Hirst3TaylorDon Froggett4Martin CreeneyDenis "Dinny" Boocker5Bill IvillGlyn Meredith6Eric RedmanArthur Fletcher7Fred BarrettJack Booth8Chris BreretonDennis Horner9Joe BrittonBill Hudson10J. RamsdenDerek Howes11A. MulhallDon Robinson12Bob KellyReg Hughes13SandersonJames Croston (standing in for Harry Beverley)Coach?? 17score35HT3 Scorers Tries Don Robinson (1)TEric Redman (1)Denis "Dinny" Boocker (1)TReg Hughes (1)T Goals Les Hirst (4)GRefereeF. Smith (Barrow) 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 1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Keighley RLFC (post war)
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