1958–59 Yorkshire Cup

The 1958 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-first occasion on which the competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 24-20.

1958–59 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants 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.

Competition and results

[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 30 Aug 1958Batley21-5Featherstone RoversMount Pleasant
2Sat 30 Aug 1958Bradford Northern23-31YorkOdsal
3Sat 30 Aug 1958Bramley16-34Hull F.C.Barley Mow[7]
4Sat 30 Aug 1958Castleford5-33Hull Kingston RoversWheldon Road
5Sat 30 Aug 1958Dewsbury12-29KeighleyCrown Flatt
6Sat 30 Aug 1958Halifax52-0DoncasterThrum Hall
7Sat 30 Aug 1958Leeds64-17HuddersfieldHeadingley15600[5]
8Sat 30 Aug 1958Wakefield Trinity10-10HunsletBelle Vue

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 3 Sep 1958Hunslet11-15Wakefield TrinityParkside

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 9 Sep 1958Batley23-7Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant
2Tue 9 Sep 1958Halifax15-19YorkThrum Hall
3Tue 9 Sep 1958Hull F.C.16-17Wakefield TrinityBoulevard[7][3]
4Wed 10 Sep 1958Leeds17-15KeighleyHeadingley

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 17 Sep 1958York10-13LeedsClarence Street
2Wed 1 Oct 1958Wakefield Trinity21-13BatleyBelle Vue

Final

The 1958 Yorkshire Cup final was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 26,927 and receipts were £3,833.

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 18 October 1958Leeds24-20Wakefield TrinityOdsal26,927£3,8331 2[8][9][3]

Teams and scorers

Leeds Wakefield Trinity
teams
Pat Quinn1Frank Mortimer
Garry Hemingway2Fred Smith
Jack Lendill (or Peter Lendill?)3Donald "Don" Metcalfe
Lewis Jones4Neil Fox
Del Hodgkinson5Stan Smith
Gordon Brown6Keith Holliday
Jeff Stevenson7Ken Rollin
Skelton8Wilfred "Wilf" Adams
Barry Simms9S John "Joby" Shaw
Colin Tomlinson10Samuel "Sam" Evans
Don Robinson11Bob Kelly
Ward (Fred Ward?)12Leslie "Les" Chamberlain
Dick13Ken Traill
probably Joe WarhamCoachKen Traill
24score20
18HT7
Scorers
Tries
6TDonald "Don" Metcalfe (3)
Barry Simms (1)TKen Rollin (1)
T
T
Goals
3GFrank Mortimer (2)
GNeil Fox (2)
Drop Goals
DG
Refereeunknown

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[6]

The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Halifax 52
Doncaster 0
Halifax 15
York 19
Bradford Northern 23
York 31
York 10
Leeds 13
Leeds 64
Huddersfield 17
Leeds 17
Keighley 15
Dewsbury 12
Keighley 29
Leeds 24
Wakefield Trinity 20
Bramley 16
Hull F.C. 34
Hull F.C. 16
Wakefield Trinity 17
Wakefield Trinity 10 (15)
Hunslet 10 (11)
Wakefield Trinity 21
Batley 13
Batley 21
Featherstone Rovers 5
Batley 23
Hull Kingston Rovers 7
Castleford 5
Hull Kingston Rovers 33

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. David Jack (1958). Empire News Football Annual 1958–59 - 72nd year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  4. HC&AC committee (1959). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1959 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  5. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1959" (PDF).
  6. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  8. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  9. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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