Teams 16 Runners-up Hull F.C. | Winners Halifax | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
1954 Yorkshire Cup
Contents
- Background
- Round 1
- Round 1 Replays
- Round 2 Quarterfinals
- Round 2 Replays
- Round 3 Semifinals
- Teams and scorers
- References
1954 was the forty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Halifax winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 22-14
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,949 and receipts were £4,638
This was the first of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull F.C., for whom it was their second of three successive Cup Final defeats
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entants 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.
Last season saw the end of the two-legged home and away ties, and reverted to the whole competition being based on a simple knock-out formulae
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
Round 1 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Round 2 - Quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Round 2 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Round 3 – Semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points