The 1960–61 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by a score of 16–10 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance for this match was 17,456, and receipts were £2,937. This was Wakefield Trinity's first of two consecutive triumphs and the club's third appearance out of five in a period of nine years (which included four as cup winners and one as runner-up).
Background
This season, there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers". Therefore, the total of entries remained the same at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs. Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 26 Aug 1960Bramley10–7Hull Kingston RoversBarley Mow2Fri 26 Aug 1960Dewsbury14–2YorkCrown Flatt3Sat 27 Aug 1960Batley2–20HuddersfieldMount Pleasant2,0004Sat 27 Aug 1960Bradford Northern7–25CastlefordOdsal5Sat 27 Aug 1960Featherstone Rovers36–10DoncasterPost Office Road6Sat 27 Aug 1960Keighley18–15Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane7Sat 27 Aug 1960Leeds16–0HunsletHeadingley8Sat 27 Aug 1960Wakefield Trinity3–0HalifaxBelle Vue
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 6 Sep 1960Dewsbury13–13LeedsCrown Flatt2Tue 6 Sep 1960Keighley5–3Featherstone RoversLawkholme Lane3Wed 7 Sep 1960Huddersfield15–3CastlefordFartown3,6564Wed 7 Sep 1960Wakefield Trinity40–6BramleyBelle Vue
Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs. Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRMon 12 Sep 1960Leeds22–16DewsburyHeadingley
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs. Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 7 Oct 1960Leeds9–12HuddersfieldHeadingley7,4782Wed 12 Oct 1960Keighley4–5Wakefield TrinityOdsal
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 29 October 1960Wakefield Trinity16–10HuddersfieldHeadingley17,456£2,937
Teams and scorers Wakefield Trinity№Huddersfield teams Donald Metcalfe1Frank DysonFred Smith2Aidan BrownAlan Skene3Brian CurryNeil Fox4Ernie Ashcroft (c)John Etty5Aidan BreenHarold Poynton6Don LockwoodKen Rollin7Thomas SmalesJack Wilkinson8Ted SlevinGeoff Oakes9Don CloseLeslie "Les" Chamberlain10Ken NobleBrian Briggs11Don DevereuxAlbert Firth12Ken BowmanDerek "Rocky" Turner (c)13Dave ValentineKen TraillCoachErnie Ashcroft 16score1010HT3 Scorers Tries Neil Fox (2)TAidan Breen (1)John Etty (1)TDon Lockwood (1)Fred Smith (1)T Goals Neil Fox (2)GFrank Dyson (2)RefereeNorman T. Railton (Wigan) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1960–61 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