The 1964–65 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity winning the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 18–2. The match was played at Fartown, Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,527 and receipts were £2,707.
This was Wakefield Trinity's fifth Yorkshire Cup final appearance 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 4 Sep 1964Keighley22–3DoncasterLawkholme Lane2Fri 4 Sep 1964Leeds25–8HunsletHeadingley3Sat 5 Sep 1964Bradford Northern6–17HuddersfieldOdsal11,1404Sat 5 Sep 1964Bramley2–7Featherstone RoversBarley Mow5Sat 5 Sep 1964Castleford8–16Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road 6Sat 5 Sep 1964Dwesbury10–11Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt7Sat 5 Sep 1964Halifax32–14YorkThrum Hall8Sat 5 Sep 1964Hull F.C.35–9BatleyBoulevard
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 14 Sep 1964Halifax16–3Hull F.C.Thrum Hall2Wed 16 Sep 1964Featherstone Rovers5–15Wakefield TrinityPost Office Road3Wed 16 Sep 1964Huddersfield6–5Hull Kingston RoversFartown4,4474Thu 17 Sep 1964Leeds38–14KeighleyHeadingley
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 30 Sep 1964Huddersfield0–7Wakefield TrinityFartown9,3712Mon 5 Oct 1964Halifax7–20LeedsThrum Hall
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 31 October 1964Wakefield Trinity18–2LeedsFartown13,527£2,707
Teams and scorers Wakefield Trinity№Leeds teams Donald "Don" Metcalfe1Robin DewhurstBerwyn Jones2Ronnie CowanTony Thomas3Andrew BroatchNeil Fox4Dick GemmellGert "Oupa" Coetzer5Geoff WriglesworthHarold Poynton6Mick ShoebottomRay Owen7Barry SeabourneEdward "Ted" Campbell8Bill DrakeGeorge Shepherd9Alan LockwoodDon Vines10Leslie ChamberlainBob Haigh11Mick ClarkDerek Plumstead12Louis NeumannKeith Holliday13John SykesKen TraillCoach Roy Francis 18score27HT2 Scorers Tries Neil Fox (2)TBerwyn Jones (2)T GoalsNeil Fox (3)GRobin Dewhurst (1)RefereeDennis Davies (Manchester) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1964–65 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