Teams 16 Runners-up Huddersfield | Winners Wakefield Trinity | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
1960 Yorkshire Cup
Contents
1960 was the fifty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 16-10
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance 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 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.
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 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