The 1961–62 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

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winning the trophy by beating

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by the score of 19-9 The match was played at

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in the

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, now in

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. The attendance was 16,329 and receipts were £2,864 This was

'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 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

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

Final

Teams and scorers

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

The road to success

Notes and comments

1 * This was both the record score and winning margin at the time. It also equalled

's record score (v Broughton Moor Amat in 1950) - Gerry Round kicked 11 goals to equal the club record 2 * The attendance is given as 16,429 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" and 16,329 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject and by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 3 * The receipts are quoted as £2,914 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" but £2,864 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 4 *

is the home ground of

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. The club have won the League Championship six times, the Challenge Cup f ...

from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington

References

External links

Saints Heritage Society1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.comHull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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