The 1957 Yorkshire Cup was the 50th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Huddersfield won the trophy by beating York by the score of 15–8.
Results 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.
Round 1 Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 31 Aug 1957Dewsbury12–28Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt2Sat 31 Aug 1957Doncaster9–29CastlefordBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield3Sat 31 Aug 1957Featherstone Rovers46–5Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road4Sat 31 Aug 1957Huddersfield68–19BatleyFartown6,9125Sat 31 Aug 1957Hull F.C.14–16HunsletBoulevard6Sat 31 Aug 1957Leeds55–10BramleyHeadingley7Sat 31 Aug 1957Wakefield Trinity19–16HalifaxBelle Vue8Sat 31 Aug 1957York15–8KeighleyClarence Street
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 10 Sep 1957Castleford6–19LeedsWheldon Road 2Mon 16 Sep 1957Wakefield Trinity10–13HuddersfieldBelle Vue7,5463Tue 17 Sep 1957Bradford Northern5–2Featherstone RoversOdsal4Wed 18 Sep 1957Hunslet17–19YorkParkside
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Mon 30 Sep 1957Bradford Northern2–2YorkOdsal2Wed 2 Oct 1957Huddersfield14–2LeedsFartown11,766
Semifinal - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefRWed 2 Oct 1957York14–8Bradford NorthernClarence Street
Final The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,531 and receipts were £4,123. Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 19 October 1957Huddersfield15–8YorkHeadingley22,531£4,123
Teams and scorers Huddersfield№York teams Frank Dyson1Willie HargreavesHarry Plunkett2Brian SmithAustin Kilroy3Denzil WebsterRoland Barrow4Geoffrey SmithMick Sullivan5Stan J. FlanneryPeter Ramsden6Johnny RobinsonTommy Smales7W. "Bill" Riley (c)Ted Slevin8Frank MooreRoy Wood9Ray IllingworthDavid Flint10Vic YorkeBrian Briggs11Basil WattsKen Bowman12Ron L. O'BrienDave Valentine (c)13Edgar Dawson??CoachW. "Bill" Riley 15score87HT6 Scorers Tries Austin Kilroy (1)TRay Illingworth (1)Tommy Smales (1)TStan J. Flannery (1)Kenneth "Ken" Bowman (1)T Goals Frank Dyson (3)GVic Yorke (1) Drop Goals DGRefereeC F (Charlie) Appleton Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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