The 1953–54 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 7–2
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,147 and receipts were £3,833
Background
This season no junior/amateur clubs were invited to take part, there were no new additions 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 5 Sep 1953Batley10–34Bradford NorthernMount Pleasant2Sat 5 Sep 1953Castleford0–11HalifaxWheldon Road 3Sat 5 Sep 1953Featherstone Rovers7–21LeedsPost Office Road4Sat 5 Sep 1953Huddersfield47–9Wakefield TrinityFartown16,1375Sat 5 Sep 1953Hull30–14BramleyBoulevard6Sat 5 Sep 1953Hunslet27–13Hull Kingston RoversParkside7Sat 5 Sep 1953Keighley11–6DewsburyLawkholme Lane8Mon 7 Sep 1953York19–2DoncasterClarence Street
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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 9 Sep 1953Bradford Northern15–18BatleyOdsal49–282Mon 7 Sep 1953Halifax9–3CastlefordThrum Hall20–33Wed 9 Sep 1953Leeds32–7Featherstone RoversHeadingley53–144Wed 9 Sep 1953Wakefield Trinity20–7HuddersfieldBelle Vue29–546,2225Tue 8 Sep 1953Bramley9–17HullBarley Mow23–476Wed 9 Sep 1953Hull Kingston Rovers7–11HunsletCraven Park (1)20–387Tue 8 Sep 1953Dewsbury2–0KeighleyCrown Flatt8–118Thu 10 Sep 1953Doncaster2–21YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield4–40
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 23 Sep 1953Bradford Northern27–9LeedsOdsal2Wed 23 Sep 1953Huddersfield19–7YorkFartown9,4253Wed 23 Sep 1953Hunslet11–2KeighleyParkside4Mon 28 Sep 1953Hull16–4HalifaxBoulevard
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 30 Sep 1953Huddersfield10–11Bradford NorthernFartown15,4382Wed 21 Oct 1953Hunslet2–3HullParkside
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 22 Oct 1953Hunslet5–9HullParkside
Final Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 31 October 1953Bradford Northern7–2HullHeadingley22,147£3,833
Teams and scorers Bradford Northern№Hull Teams Joe Phillips1Colin HuttonBob Hawes2Keith BowmanJoe Mageen3Bill RichesBill Seddon4Carl TurnerJack McLean5Ivor WattsBill Jenkins6Bernard ConwayRoy Goddard7Albert TrippBarry Tyler8Mick ScottNorman Haley9Tommy HarrisWynn Jones10Bob CoverdaleTrevor Foster11Harry MarkhamTony Storey12Arthur BedfordKen Traill13Johnny WhiteleyDai ReesCoachRoy Francis 7score27HT0 Scorers Bob HawesTries T Joe Phillips (2)Goals Colin HuttonGGRefereeGeorge Phillips (Widnes) 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 1953–54 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