# 1957–58 Yorkshire Cup

The 1957 Yorkshire Cup was the 50th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Huddersfield won the trophy by beating York by the score of 15-8.

## Results

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.

### Round 1

Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Dewsbury | 12-28 | Bradford Northern | Crown Flatt | |
| 2 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Doncaster | 9-29 | Castleford | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | |
| 3 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Featherstone Rovers | 46-5 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | |
| 4 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Huddersfield | 68-19 | Batley | Fartown | 6,912 |
| 5 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Hull F.C. | 14-16 | Hunslet | Boulevard | |
| 6 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Leeds | 55-10 | Bramley | Headingley | |
| 7 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Wakefield Trinity | 19-16 | Halifax | Belle Vue | |
| 8 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | York | 15-8 | Keighley | Clarence Street | |

### Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Tue 10 Sep 1957 | Castleford | 6-19 | Leeds | Wheldon Road | |
| 2 | Mon 16 Sep 1957 | Wakefield Trinity | 10-13 | Huddersfield | Belle Vue | 7,546 |
| 3 | Tue 17 Sep 1957 | Bradford Northern | 5-2 | Featherstone Rovers | Odsal | |
| 4 | Wed 18 Sep 1957 | Hunslet | 17-19 | York | Parkside | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Mon 30 Sep 1957 | Bradford Northern | 2-2 | York | Odsal | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 2 Oct 1957 | Huddersfield | 14-2 | Leeds | Fartown | 11,766 | | | |

### Semifinal - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| R | Wed 2 Oct 1957 | York | 14-8 | Bradford Northern | Clarence Street | | | | |

### Final

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,531 and receipts were £4,123.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 19 October 1957 | Huddersfield | 15-8 | York | Headingley | 22,531 | £4,123 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Huddersfield | № | York |
| | teams | |
| Frank Dyson | 1 | Willie Hargreaves |
| Harry Plunkett | 2 | Brian Smith |
| Austin Kilroy | 3 | Denzil Webster |
| Roland Barrow | 4 | Geoffrey Smith |
| Mick Sullivan | 5 | Stan J. Flannery |
| Peter Ramsden | 6 | Johnny Robinson |
| Tommy Smales | 7 | W. "Bill" Riley (c) |
| Ted Slevin | 8 | Frank Moore |
| Roy Wood | 9 | Ray Illingworth |
| David Flint | 10 | Vic Yorke |
| Brian Briggs | 11 | Basil Watts |
| Kenneth "Ken" Bowman | 12 | Ron L. O'Brien |
| Dave Valentine (c) | 13 | Edgar Dawson |
| ?? | Coach | W. "Bill" Riley |
| 15 | score | 8 |
| 7 | HT | 6 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Austin Kilroy (1) | T | Ray Illingworth (1) |
| Tommy Smales (1) | T | Stan J. Flannery (1) |
| Kenneth "Ken" Bowman (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Frank Dyson (3) | G | Vic Yorke (1) |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | C F (Charlie) Appleton |
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 |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 16 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 68 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 19 | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 14 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 2 | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 9 | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 2 | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 29 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 29 | Castleford | Castleford | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leeds | Leeds | 19 | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 55 | Leeds | Leeds | 19 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 10 | | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | York | York | 8 |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | York | York | 8 |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 28 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 28 | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 46 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 2 (14) | | | | |
| | | | | | | York | York | 2 (8) | | | | |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 14 | | | | | | | York | York | 2 (8) | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 16 | Hunslet | Hunslet | 17 | | | | | | | |
| | | | York | York | 19 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 15 | York | York | 19 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |