RFL Yorkshire Cup

Yorkshire Cup
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1905
Ceased	1992
Country	England
Last winners	Wakefield Trinity (10th title)
Most titles	Leeds (17 titles)

The RFL Yorkshire Cup was a county cup competition for teams in Yorkshire that took place between 1905 and 1992 when it folded due to fixture congestion.

Cup finals

Note: The Lancashire Cup was not played during the Second World War (1940–45). During this period the Yorkshire Cup finals of 1942, 1943, and 1944 were played over two legs, with aggregate score being used.

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1905	Hunslet	13–3	Halifax	Park Avenue, Bradford
1906	Bradford FC	8–5	Hull Kingston Rovers	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1907	Hunslet	17–0	Halifax	Headingley, Leeds
1908	Halifax	9–5	Hunslet	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1909	Huddersfield	21–0	Batley	Headingley, Leeds
1910	Wakefield Trinity	8–2	Huddersfield
1911	Huddersfield	22–10	Hull Kingston Rovers	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1912	Batley	17–3	Hull	Headingley, Leeds
1913	Huddersfield	19–3	Bradford Northern	Thrum Hall, Halifax
1914	Huddersfield	31–0	Hull	Headingley, Leeds
1919	Huddersfield	14–8	Dewsbury
1919	Huddersfield	24–5	Leeds	Thrum Hall, Halifax
1920	Hull Kingston Rovers	2–0	Hull	Headingley, Leeds
1921	Leeds	11–3	Dewsbury	Thrum Hall, Halifax
1922	York	5–0	Batley	Headingley, Leeds
1923	Hull	10–4	Huddersfield
1924	Wakefield Trinity	9–8	Batley
1925	Dewsbury	2–0	Huddersfield	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1926	Huddersfield	10–3	Wakefield Trinity	Headingley, Leeds
1927	Dewsbury	8–2	Hull
1928	Leeds	5–0	Featherstone Rovers	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1929	Hull Kingston Rovers	13–7	Hunslet	Headingley, Leeds
1930	Leeds	10–2	Huddersfield	Thrum Hall, Halifax
1931	Huddersfield	4–2	Hunslet	Headingley, Leeds
1932	Leeds	8–0	Wakefield Trinity	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
1933	York	10–4	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley, Leeds
1934	Leeds	5–5,	Wakefield Trinity	Crown Flatt, Dewsbury
Replay 1		2-2		Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
Replay 2		13-0		Parkside, Hunslet
1935	Leeds	3–0	York	Thrum Hall, Halifax
1936	York	9–2	Wakefield Trinity	Headingley, Leeds
1937	Leeds	14–8	Huddersfield
1938	Huddersfield	18–10	Hull	Odsal Stadium, Bradford
1940	Featherstone Rovers	12–9	Wakefield Trinity
1941	Bradford Northern	15–5	Dewsbury	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
1941	Bradford Northern	24–0	Halifax
1942	Dewsbury	7–0,	Huddersfield	Crown Flatt, Dewsbury
		0–2, (9–2 on aggregate)		Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
1943	Bradford Northern	5–2,	Keighley	Odsal Stadium, Bradford
		5–5, (10–7 on aggregate)		Lawholme Lane, Keighley
1944	Halifax	12–3,	Hunslet	Parkside, Hunslet
		2–0, (14–3 on aggregate)		Thrum Hall, Halifax
1945	Bradford Northern	5–2	Wakefield Trinity
1946	Wakefield Trinity	10–0	Hull	Headingley, Leeds
1947	Wakefield Trinity	7–7	Leeds	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
Replay		8–7		Odsal Stadium, Bradford
1948	Bradford Northern	18–9	Castleford	Headingley, Leeds
1949	Bradford Northern	11–4	Huddersfield
1950	Huddersfield	16–3	Castleford
1951	Wakefield Trinity	17–3	Keighley	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
1952	Huddersfield	18–8	Batley	Headingley, Leeds
1953	Bradford Northern	7–2	Hull
1954	Halifax	22–14	Hull
1955	Halifax	10–10, & 7–0 (replay)	Hull
Replay		7–0		Odsal Stadium, Bradford
1956	Wakefield Trinity	23–5	Hunslet	Headingley, Leeds
1957	Huddersfield	15–8	York
1958	Leeds	24–20	Wakefield Trinity	Odsal, Bradford
1959	Featherstone Rovers	15–14	Hull	Headingley, Leeds
1960	Wakefield Trinity	16–10	Huddersfield
1961	Wakefield Trinity	19–9	Leeds	Odsal Stadium, Bradford
1962	Hunslet	12–2	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley, Leeds
1963	Halifax	10–0	Featherstone Rovers	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1964	Wakefield Trinity	18–2	Leeds	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
1965	Bradford Northern	17–8	Hunslet	Headingley, Leeds
1966	Hull Kingston Rovers	25–12	Featherstone Rovers
1967	Hull Kingston Rovers	8–7	Hull
1968	Leeds	22–11	Castleford	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1969	Hull	12–9	Featherstone Rovers	Headingley, Leeds
1970	Leeds	23–7	Featherstone Rovers	Odsal Stadium, Bradford
1971	Hull Kingston Rovers	11–7	Castleford	Belle Vue, Wakefield
1972	Leeds	36–9	Dewsbury	Odsal Stadium, Bradford
1973	Leeds	7–2	Wakefield Trinity	Headingley, Leeds
1974	Hull Kingston Rovers	16–13	Wakefield Trinity
1975	Leeds	15–11	Hull Kingston Rovers
1976	Leeds	16–12	Featherstone Rovers
1977	Castleford	17–7	Featherstone Rovers
1978	Bradford Northern	18–8	York
1979	Leeds	15–6	Halifax
1980	Leeds	8–7	Hull Kingston Rovers	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
1981	Castleford	10–5	Bradford Northern	Headingley, Leeds
1982	Hull	18–7	Bradford Northern
1983	Hull	13–2	Castleford	Elland Road, Leeds
1984	Hull	29–12	Hull Kingston Rovers	Boothferry Park, Hull
1985	Hull Kingston Rovers	22–18	Castleford	Headingley, Leeds
1986	Castleford	31–24	Hull
1987	Bradford Northern	12–12,	Castleford
Replay		11–2		Elland Road, Leeds
1988	Leeds	33–12	Castleford
1989	Bradford Northern	20–14	Featherstone Rovers	Headingley, Leeds
1990	Castleford	11–8	Wakefield Trinity	Elland Road, Leeds
1991	Castleford	28–6	Bradford Northern
1992	Wakefield Trinity	29–16	Sheffield Eagles

Footnotes

1. After extra time; full-time score was 9–8 meaning scores were tied 13–13 on aggregate

Yorkshire Cup Winners

	Club	Wins	Winning years
1	Leeds	17	1921, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1958, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980 & 1988
2	Huddersfield	12	1909, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1919ii, 1919ii, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1950, 1952 & 1957
3	Bradford	11	1941i, 1941ii, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1978, 1987 & 1989
4	Wakefield	10	1910, 1924, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1964 & 1992
5	Hull KR	7	1920, 1929, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1974 & 1985
6	Castleford	5	1977, 1981, 1986, 1990 & 1991
6	Hull	5	1923, 1969, 1982, 1983 & 1984
6	Halifax	5	1908, 1944, 1954, 1955 & 1963
9	Hunslet	3	1905, 1907 & 1962
9	Dewsbury	3	1925, 1927 & 1942
9	York	3	1922, 1933 & 1936
12	Featherstone	2	1940 & 1959
13	Batley	1	1912
13	Bradford FC	1	1906

Sponsors

See also

RFL Yorkshire League