Teams 16 Runners-up Hull F.C. | Winners Halifax | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
1955 Yorkshire Cup
Contents
1955 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
This years final was a repeat of last years' final and between cup holder Halifax and last season runner-up Hull F.C. with the same result.
Halifax won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10-10 in a replayed final
The original final, which ended in a 10-10 draw, was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,520 and receipts were £4,385
The replay was played 11 days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £2,439.
This was the second of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull F.C., for whom it was their third successive Cup Final defeat
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.
This season saw a contuation of the simple knock-out formulae, there was to be no return to the two-legged ties
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
Round 2 - Quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Round 3 – Semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Teams and scorers
three (3) - Try = points two (2) - Goal = points two (2) - Drop goal = points