The 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hunslet won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 12–2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,742 and receipts were £4,514 It is the last time for twenty-two years that the attendance at a Yorkshire Cup final would again exceed 20,000
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 7 Sep 1962Castleford28–2BatleyWheldon Road 2Fri 7 Sep 1962Hull F.C.12–3HuddersfieldBoulevard9,0003Sat 8 Sep 1962Bradford Northern5–11BramleyOdsal4Sat 8 Sep 1962Featherstone Rovers25–10DoncasterPost Office Road5Sat 8 Sep 1962Halifax22–7DewsburyThrum Hall6Sat 8 Sep 1962Hull Kingston Rovers45–10KeighleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 8 Sep 1962Hunslet34–9Wakefield TrinityParkside8Sat 8 Sep 1962Leeds12–12YorkHeadingley
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 12 Sep 1962York7–6LeedsClarence Street
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 17 Sep 1962Featherstone Rovers21–10BramleyPost Office Road2Mon 17 Sep 1962Hull Kingston Rovers28–12CastlefordCraven Park (1)3Mon 17 Sep 1962Hunslet18–7Hull F.C.Parkside4Wed 19 Sep 1962York2–12HalifaxClarence Street
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 1 Oct 1962Halifax6–7HunsletThrum Hall2Mon 1 Oct 1962Hull Kingston Rovers22–6Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1)
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 27 October 1962Hunslet12–2Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley22,742£4,514
Teams and scorers Hunslet№Hull Kingston Rovers teams William "Billy" Langton1Cyril KellettBarry Lee2Graham PaulGeoff Shelton3Terry MajorAlan Preece4Mike BlackmoreArthur Render5Robert HarrisBrian Gabbitas6Dave ElliottJeff Stevenson7Brian HatchDennis Hartley8Ken GriceBernard Prior9Alan LockwoodKen Eyre10Jim DrakeWilliam "Billy" Baldwinson11Brian TysonCliff Lambert12John TaylorFred Ward13Harry Poole (c)Fred WardCoachColin Hutton 12score25HT0 Scorers Tries Geoff Shelton (1)TBilly Baldwinson (1)T Goals Billy Langton (2)GCyril Kellett (1)Dennis Hartley (1)G Drop Goals DGRefereeRon Gelder (Wilmslow) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1962–63 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