# 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.

## 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
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Batley | 21-5 | Featherstone Rovers | Mount Pleasant | |
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Bradford Northern | 23-31 | York | Odsal | |
| 3 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Bramley | 16-34 | Hull F.C. | Barley Mow | |
| 4 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Castleford | 5-33 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Wheldon Road | |
| 5 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Dewsbury | 12-29 | Keighley | Crown Flatt | |
| 6 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Halifax | 52-0 | Doncaster | Thrum Hall | |
| 7 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Leeds | 64-17 | Huddersfield | Headingley | 15600 |
| 8 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Wakefield Trinity | 10-10 | Hunslet | Belle Vue | |

### Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| R | Wed 3 Sep 1958 | Hunslet | 11-15 | Wakefield Trinity | Parkside | | | | |

### Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Tue 9 Sep 1958 | Batley | 23-7 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | Tue 9 Sep 1958 | Halifax | 15-19 | York | Thrum Hall |
| 3 | Tue 9 Sep 1958 | Hull F.C. | 16-17 | Wakefield Trinity | Boulevard |
| 4 | Wed 10 Sep 1958 | Leeds | 17-15 | Keighley | Headingley |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 17 Sep 1958 | York | 10-13 | Leeds | Clarence Street | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 1 Oct 1958 | Wakefield Trinity | 21-13 | Batley | Belle 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 1958 | Leeds | 24-20 | Wakefield Trinity | Odsal | 26,927 | £3,833 | 1 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Leeds | № | Wakefield Trinity |
| | teams | |
| Pat Quinn | 1 | Frank Mortimer |
| Garry Hemingway | 2 | Fred Smith |
| Jack Lendill (or Peter Lendill?) | 3 | Donald "Don" Metcalfe |
| Lewis Jones | 4 | Neil Fox |
| Del Hodgkinson | 5 | Stan Smith |
| Gordon Brown | 6 | Keith Holliday |
| Jeff Stevenson | 7 | Ken Rollin |
| Skelton | 8 | Wilfred "Wilf" Adams |
| Barry Simms | 9 | S John "Joby" Shaw |
| Colin Tomlinson | 10 | Samuel "Sam" Evans |
| Don Robinson | 11 | Bob Kelly |
| Ward (Fred Ward?) | 12 | Leslie "Les" Chamberlain |
| Dick | 13 | Ken Traill |
| probably Joe Warham | Coach | Ken Traill |
| 24 | score | 20 |
| 18 | HT | 7 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| 6 | T | Donald "Don" Metcalfe (3) |
| Barry Simms (1) | T | Ken Rollin (1) |
| | T | |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| 3 | G | Frank Mortimer (2) |
| | G | Neil Fox (2) |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | unknown |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

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