1960–61 Yorkshire Cup

1960–61 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.

1960–61 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWakefield Trinity
Runners-upHuddersfield

Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 16-10 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance for this match was 17,456 and receipts were £2,937.This was Wakefield Trinity's first of two consecutive triumphs and the club's third 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". Therefore, the total of entries remained the same at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

[1][2][3][4][5]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Fri 26 Aug 1960Bramley10-7Hull Kingston RoversBarley Mow
2Fri 26 Aug 1960Dewsbury14-2YorkCrown Flatt
3Sat 27 Aug 1960Batley2-20HuddersfieldMount Pleasant2,000[5]
4Sat 27 Aug 1960Bradford Northern7-25CastlefordOdsal
5Sat 27 Aug 1960Featherstone Rovers36-10DoncasterPost Office Road
6Sat 27 Aug 1960Keighley18-15Hull F.C.Lawkholme Lane[6]
7Sat 27 Aug 1960Leeds16-0HunsletHeadingley
8Sat 27 Aug 1960Wakefield Trinity3-0HalifaxBelle Vue

Round 2 - Quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 6 Sep 1960Dewsbury13-13LeedsCrown Flatt
2Tue 6 Sep 1960Keighley5-3Featherstone RoversLawkholme Lane
3Wed 7 Sep 1960Huddersfield15-3CastlefordFartown3,656[5]
4Wed 7 Sep 1960Wakefield Trinity40-6BramleyBelle Vue[7]

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RMon 12 Sep 1960Leeds22-16DewsburyHeadingley

Round 3 – Semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Fri 7 Oct 1960Leeds9-12HuddersfieldHeadingley7,478[5]
2Wed 12 Oct 1960Keighley4-5Wakefield TrinityOdsal1[7]

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 October 1960Wakefield Trinity16-10HuddersfieldHeadingley17,456£2,9372 3 4 5[3][5][7][8][9]

Teams and Scorers
Wakefield Trinity № Huddersfield
teams
Donald Metcalfe1Frank Dyson
Fred Smith2Aidan Brown
Alan Skene3Brian Curry
Neil Fox4Ernie Ashcroft (c)
John Etty5Aidan Breen
Harold Poynton6Don Lockwood
Ken Rollin7Thomas Smales
Jack Wilkinson8Ted Slevin
Geoff Oakes9Don Close
Leslie "Les" Chamberlain10Ken Noble
Brian Briggs11Don Devereux
Albert Firth12Kenneth"Ken" Bowman
Derek "Rocky" Turner (c)13Dave Valentine
Ken TraillCoachErnie Ashcroft
16score10
10HT3
Scorers
Tries
Neil Fox (2)TAidan Breen (1)
John Etty (1)TDon Lockwood (1)
Fred Smith (1)T
Goals
Neil Fox (2)GFrank Dyson (2)
RefereeNorman T. Railton (Wigan)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[4][5][7][10][10][11]

The road to success
First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Keighley 18
Hull F.C. 15
Keighley 5
Featherstone Rovers 3
Featherstone Rovers 36
Doncaster 10
Keighley 4
Wakefield Trinity 5
Wakefield Trinity 3
Halifax 0
Wakefield Trinity 40
Bramley 6
Bramley 10
Hull Kingston Rovers 7
Wakefield Trinity 16
Huddersfield 10
Dewsbury 14
York 2
Dewsbury 13 (16)
Leeds 13 (22)
Leeds 16
Hunslet 0
Leeds 9
Huddersfield 12
Batley 2
Huddersfield 20
Huddersfield 15
Castleford 3
Bradford Northern 7
Castleford 25

Notes and comments

1 * Keighley opted to play the match at Odsal in the hope of a possibly larger attendance and gate receipts

2 * This was Huddersfield's 20th appearance, Wakefield's 14th - in a Yorkshire Cup final

3 * The attendance is given as 17,629 by the official Huddersfield 1961 Yearbook[5] but given as 17,629 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"[7] and 17,456 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[9] and 1990-91[8]

4 * The receipts are quoted as £2,936 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"[7] but £2,937 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[9] and 1990-91[8]

5 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.

The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

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See also

References
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 19560–61 - 74th year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  4. HC&AC Committee (1961). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1961 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  5. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1961" (PDF).
  6. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  7. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  9. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  10. "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1960–61" (PDF).
  11. Yorks RL Assos (1960). Match programme Huddersfield v Wakefield Trinity 1960 Yorkshire Cup Final. Yorkshire RL Association.
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