The 1952–53 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 18–8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 15,500 and receipts were £2,471
This was Huddersfield's second appearance in the Yorkshire Cup final in the last three years, winning in 1950
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs invited, no new entrants and no club "dropped out", and so 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 30 Aug 1952Huddersfield19–14HunsletFartown14,7802Sat 30 Aug 1952Halifax35–2BramleyThrum Hall3Sat 30 Aug 1952Keighley16–7CastlefordLawkholme Lane4Sat 30 Aug 1952Wakefield Trinity15–22Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue5Sat 30 Aug 1952Featherstone Rovers25–6YorkPost Office Road6Sat 30 Aug 1952Batley12–10DewsburyMount Pleasant7Sat 30 Aug 1952Hull7–8LeedsBoulevard8Sat 30 Aug 1952Doncaster12–11Bradford NorthernYork Road Greyhound Stadium
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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Tue 2 Sep 1952Hunslet2–18HuddersfieldParkside16–3715,1992Wed 3 Sep 1952Bramley12–20HalifaxBarley Mow14–553Wed 3 Sep 1952Castleford8–6KeighleyWheldon Road 15–224Wed 3 Sep 1952Hull Kingston Rovers16–11Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)38–265Wed 3 Sep 1952York16–8Featherstone RoversClarence Street22–336Fri 5 Sep 1952Dewsbury4–16BatleyCrown Flatt14–287Fri 5 Sep 1952Leeds2–10HullHeadingley10–178Mon 8 Sep 1952Bradford Northern9–11DoncasterOdsal20–23
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 22 Sep 1952Hull9–29HuddersfieldBoulevard13,6302Tue 23 Sep 1952Batley20–11KeighleyMount Pleasant3Wed 24 Sep 1952Featherstone Rovers14–4Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road4Wed 24 Sep 1952Halifax4–3DoncasterThrum Hall
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 8 Oct 1952Featherstone Rovers4–8BatleyPost Office Road2Mon 13 Oct 1952Huddersfield9–9HalifaxFartown8,998
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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefRThu 16 Oct 1952Halifax5–15HuddersfieldThrum Hall12,000
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 15 November 1952Huddersfield18–8BatleyHeadingley15,500£2,471
Teams and scorers Huddersfield№Batley teams Johnny Hunter1Phil WalshawPeter Henderson2Gordon HarrisonPeter Ramsden3George KennyPat Devery4William "Bill" RichesLionel Cooper5John EttyRussell Pepperell6William "Billy" RileyBilly Banks7Raymond "Ray" Laycock (c)Ted Slevin8Frank WagstaffGeorge Curran9Harold McIntyreWilliam Griffin10Trevor JonesJohn "Jack" Brown11George PalmerJohn "Jack" Large12Clarrie BriggsDave Valentine (c)13John WestburyWilliam R. 'Bill' SmithCoachAlex Fiddes 18score810HT3 Scorers Tries Lionel Cooper (3)TJohn Etty (1)Dave Valentine (1)TGeorge Kenny (1) Goals Pat Devery (3)GRaymond "Ray" Laycock (1)RefereeC F (Charlie) Appleton (Warrington) 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 1952–53 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