Teams 16 Runners-up Hull | Winners Bradford Northern | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
1953 Yorkshire Cup
Contents
- Background
- Round 1 First leg
- Round 1 Second leg
- Round 2 Quarterfinals
- Round 3 Semifinals
- Round 3 Semifinals replay
- Teams and scorers
- The road to success
- References
1953 was the forty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Hull by the score of 7-2
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,147 and receipts were £3,833
Background
This season no junior/amateur clubs were invited to take part, there were no new additions and no club "dropped out", and so the number of entrants 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.
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 - Quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Round 3 – Semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Round 3 – Semifinals - replay
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.