Teams 16 Runners-up Leeds | Winners Wakefield Trinity | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
The 1961 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Contents
Wakefield Trinity winning the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 19-9
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 16,329 and receipts were £2,864
This was Wakefield Trinity's second consecutive triumph and the club's fourth 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 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