1954–55 was the forty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Halifax winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 22–14
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,949 and receipts were £4,638
This was the first of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull FC, for whom it was their second of three successive Cup final defeats
Background
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.
Last season saw the end of the two-legged home and away ties, and reverted to the whole competition being based on a simple knock-out formulae
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 10 Sep 1954Bramley12–12DoncasterBarley Mow2Fri 10 Sep 1954Hunslet17–10BatleyParkside3Sat 11 Sep 1954Castleford10–13Bradford NorthernWheldon Road 4Sat 11 Sep 1954Huddersfield40–17KeighleyFartown10,5725Sat 11 Sep 1954Hull F.C.18–4Featherstone RoversBoulevard6Sat 11 Sep 1954Leeds57–13Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley7Sat 11 Sep 1954Wakefield Trinity30–16DewsburyBelle Vue8Sat 11 Sep 1954York8–11HalifaxClarence Street
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRThu 16 Sep 1954Doncaster4–7BramleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 21 Sep 1954Bradford Northern5–3HunsletOdsal2Tue 21 Sep 1954Huddersfield7–7Hull F.C.Fartown16,0283Wed 22 Sep 1954Leeds27–17Wakefield TrinityHeadingley4Thu 23 Sep 1954Bramley11–22HalifaxBarley Mow
Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRThu 23 Sep 1954Hull F.C.22–13HuddersfieldBoulevard17,000
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Thu 30 Sep 1954Hull F.C.10–5Bradford NorthernBoulevard2Fri 01 Oct 1954Halifax10–0LeedsThrum Hall
Final Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 23 October 1954Halifax22–14Hull F.C.Headingley25,949£4,638
Teams and scorers Halifax№Hull F.C. Teams Tuss Griffiths1Colin HuttonArthur Daniels2Keith BowmanThomas Lynch3Roy FrancisPeter Todd4Carl TurnerDai Bevan5Bill RichesKen Dean6Bernard ConwayStan Kielty7Albert TrippJohn Thorley8Mick ScottAlvin Ackerley (c)9Tommy HarrisLen Olsen10Bob CoverdaleLes Pearce11Harry MarkhamJack Wilkinson12Norman HockleyEric Callighan13Johnny Whiteley??CoachRoy Francis 22score147HT4 Scorers Tries TTTT Goals GG Drop Goals DGRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1954–55 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