The 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup was the fortieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 8–7 in a replay, the first match having ended in a 7–7 draw.
The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,334 and receipts were £3,463.
The replay took place in mid-week, four days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was a marvellous 32,000 and receipts were £3,255.
This was Wakefield Trinity's second Yorkshire cup final triumph in successive years, and their third final appearance in three years.
Background This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
The competition again followed the original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Competition and results
Round 1 – first leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Thu 11 Sep 1947Yorkshire Amateurs0–41DewsburyThrum Hall2Sat 13 Sep 1947Featherstone Rovers5–9CastlefordPost Office Road3Sat 13 Sep 1947Huddersfield43–3BramleyFartown4Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull20–6BatleyBoulevard5Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull Kingston Rovers11–18Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)6Sat 13 Sep 1947Hunslet8–14KeighleyParkside7Sat 13 Sep 1947Leeds11–5Bradford NorthernHeadingley8Sat 13 Sep 1947York7–16HalifaxClarence Street
Round 1 – second leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 13 Sep 1947Dewsbury53–2Yorkshire AmateursCrown Flatt94–22Tue 16 Sep 1947Castleford6–3Featherstone RoversWheldon Road 15–83Wed 17 Sep 1947Bramley12–26HuddersfieldBarley Mow15–694Thu 16 Sep 1947Batley3–6HullMount Pleasant9–265Wed 17 Sep 1947Wakefield Trinity12–3Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue30–146Thu 16 Sep 1947Keighley8–13HunsletLawkholme Lane22–217Wed 24 Sep 1947Bradford Northern11–9LeedsOdsal16–208Mon 15 Sep 1947Halifax15–10YorkThrum Hall31–17
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Tue 23 Sep 1947Halifax7–18HuddersfieldThrum Hall2Wed 24 Sep 1947Keighley2–9CastlefordLawkholme Lane 3Wed 1 Oct 1947Leeds15–7DewsburyHeadingley4Wed 1 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity23–14HullBelle Vue
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 15 Oct 1947Leeds19–4CastlefordHeadingley2Wed 15 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity18–15HuddersfieldBelle Vue20000
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 1 November 1947Wakefield Trinity7–7LeedsFartown24,334£3,463
Final - Replay Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefWednesday 5 November 1947Wakefield Trinity8–7LeedsOdsal32,000£3,255
Teams and scorers Wakefield Trinity№Leeds teams William "Billy" Teall1Jackie Perry2William "Billy" Stott3Denis "Dinny" Boocker4Reginald Jenkinson5Arthur Fletcher6Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow7Harry Wilkinson (c) 8Leonard "Len" Marson9James "Jim" Higgins10Harry Murphy11John "Jack" Booth12Leonard "Len" Bratley13??CoachDai Prosser 7score72HT0 Scorers Tries Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow (1)T1 Goals William "Billy" Stott (2)G2RefereeunknownSecond LegWakefield TrinityteamsLeedsWilliam "Billy" Teall1Jackie Perry2Reginald Jenkinson3Denis "Dinny" Boocker4Ronald "Ron" Rylance5Arthur Fletcher6Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow7Harry Wilkinson8Leonard "Len" Marson9James "Jim" Higgins10Harry Murphy11John "Jack" Booth12Leonard "Len" Bratley13??Coach?? 8score72HT0 Scorers Tries Harry Wilkinson (1)T1Leonard "Len" Bratley (1)T Goals Jackie Perry (1)G2GRefereeRefereeunknown Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.
For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.
See also 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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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