The 1961–62 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity winning the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 19–9
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 16,329 and receipts were £2,864
This was Wakefield Trinity's second consecutive triumph and the club's fourth 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" and so 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 1 Sep 1961Castleford37–8HalifaxWheldon Road 2Fri 1 Sep 1961Dewsbury0–15BatleyCrown Flatt3Sat 2 Sep 1961Featherstone Rovers31–6DoncasterPost Office Road4Sat 2 Sep 1961Hull F.C.9–8HuddersfieldBoulevard11,0005Sat 2 Sep 1961Keighley14–23HunsletLawkholme Lane6Sat 2 Sep 1961Leeds46–13Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley7Sat 2 Sep 1961Wakefield Trinity73–5Bradford NorthernBelle Vue8Sat 2 Sep 1961York36–15BramleyClarence Street
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 13 Sep 1961Leeds20–12CastlefordHeadingley2Tue 19 Sep 1961Featherstone Rovers21–11BatleyPost Office Road3Tue 19 Sep 1961Hull F.C.7–13Wakefield TrinityBoulevard4Wed 20 Sep 1961York31–9HunsletClarence Street
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 4 Oct 1961Leeds11–3Featherstone RoversHeadingley2Wed 4 Oct 1961Wakefield Trinity24–4YorkBelle Vue
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 11 November 1961Wakefield Trinity19–9LeedsOdsal16,329£2,864
Teams and scorers
Wakefield Trinity№Leeds teams Gerry Round1Ken ThornettFred Smith2Garry HemingwayAlan Skene3Dennis GoodwinNeil Fox4Fred PickupColin Greenwood5Eddie RatcliffeHarold Poynton6Lewis JonesKeith Holliday7Colin EvansJack Wilkinson8Don RobinsonMilan Kosanović9Barry SimmsAlbert Firth10Trevor WhiteheadBrian Briggs11Jack FairbankDon Vines12John SykesDerek "Rocky" Turner (c)13Colin TomlinsonKen TraillCoachDai ProsserFootball ManagerJoe Warham19score95HT5 Scorers Tries Derek "Rocky" Turner (1)T Garry Hemingway (1)Alan Skene (1)TFred Smith (1)T Goals Neil Fox (5)GLewis Jones (3)G Drop Goals DGRefereeTom Watkinson (Manchester) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1961–62 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