Teams 16 Runners-up Hull | Winners Wakefield Trinity | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
1946 Yorkshire Cup
Contents
- Background
- Round 1 First Leg
- Round 1 Second Leg
- Round 2 Quarter Finals
- Round 3 Semi Finals
- Teams and Scorers
- The road to success
- References
1946 was the thirty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Hull by the score of 10-0
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 34,300 and receipts were £3,718
This is Wakefield Trinity second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year they were beaten by Bradford Northern 5-2
Background
This season junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were invited to take part. This increased the number of clubs who entered last season by one to a 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.
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
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
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Teams and Scorers
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.