1955–56 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
This year's final was a repeat of last years' final and between cup holder Halifax and last season runner-up Hull F.C. with the same outcome (albeit via a replay).
Halifax won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10–10 in a replayed final.
The original final, which ended in a 10–10 draw, was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,520 and receipts were £4,385.
The replay was played 11 days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £2,439.
This was the second of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull FC, for whom it was their third successive cup final defeat.
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.
This season saw a continuation of the simple knock-out formulas, there was to be no return to the two-legged ties.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 27 Aug 1955Batley13–25Hull F.C.Mount Pleasant2Sat 27 Aug 1955Bradford Northern27–23HunsletOdsal3Sat 27 Aug 1955Bramley16–13DoncasterBarley Mow4Sat 27 Aug 1955Castleford29–8DewsburyWheldon Road 5Sat 27 Aug 1955Featherstone Rovers26–9HuddersfieldPost Office Road9,0006Sat 27 Aug 1955Hull Kingston Rovers21–13KeighleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 27 Aug 1955Leeds13–31Wakefield TrinityHeadingley8Wed 31 Aug 1955York5–13HalifaxClarence Street
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 5 Sep 1955Hull F.C.12–5Featherstone RoversBoulevard2Fri 9 Sep 1955Bramley5–12Bradford NorthernBarley Mow3Wed 14 Sep 1955Castleford17–0Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road 4Thu 15 Sep 1955Wakefield Trinity4–21HalifaxBelle Vue
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 20 Sep 1955Hull F.C.23–16Bradford NorthernBoulevard2Wed 28 Sep 1955Castleford8–24HalifaxWheldon Road
Final
HalifaxNo.Hull F.C. Teams Tuss Griffiths1 Jack WatkinsonArthur Daniels2 Keith BowmanTommy Lynch3 Carl TurnerGeoff Palmer4 Bill RichesDai Bevan5 Ivor WattsKen Dean6 Rowley MoatStan Kielty7 Tommy FinnJohn Thorley8Mick Scott (c)Alvin Ackerley (c)9 Tommy HarrisJack Wilkinson10Bob CoverdaleDerrick Schofield11 Harry MarkhamJohn Henderson12 Bill DrakeAlbert Fearnley13 Johnny Whiteley??CoachRoy Francis
Replay
HalifaxNo.Hull F.C. Teams Tuss Griffiths 1 Colin HuttonArthur Daniels 2 Keith BowmanTommy Lynch 3 William "Bill" RichesGeoff Palmer 4 Carl R. TurnerDai Bevan 5 Ivor WattsKen Dean 6 Rowley MoatStan Kielty7 Tommy FinnJohn Thorley8Mick Scott (c)Alvin Ackerley (c) 9 Tommy HarrisJack Wilkinson 10Bob CoverdaleDerrick Schofield 11 Harry MarkhamLes Pearce 12 Bill DrakeAlbert Fearnley 13 Johnny WhiteleyCoachRoy Francis
The road to success
See also 1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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