1962–63 Yorkshire Cup

The 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hunslet won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 12-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,742 and receipts were £4,514 It is the last time for twenty-two years that the attendance at a Yorkshire Cup final would again exceed 20,000

1962–63 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Hunslet
Runners-up	Hull Kingston Rovers
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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

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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
1	Fri 7 Sep 1962	Castleford		28-2		Batley	Wheldon Road
2	Fri 7 Sep 1962	Hull F.C.		12-3		Huddersfield	Boulevard	9,000			[5][4]
3	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Bradford Northern		5-11		Bramley	Odsal
4	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Featherstone Rovers		25-10		Doncaster	Post Office Road
5	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Halifax		22-7		Dewsbury	Thrum Hall
6	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Hull Kingston Rovers		45-10		Keighley	Craven Park (1)
7	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Hunslet		34-9		Wakefield Trinity	Parkside				[6]
8	Sat 8 Sep 1962	Leeds		12-12		York	Headingley

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 12 Sep 1962	York		7-6		Leeds	Clarence Street

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 17 Sep 1962	Featherstone Rovers		21-10		Bramley	Post Office Road
2	Mon 17 Sep 1962	Hull Kingston Rovers		28-12		Castleford	Craven Park (1)
3	Mon 17 Sep 1962	Hunslet		18-7		Hull F.C.	Parkside				[5]
4	Wed 19 Sep 1962	York		2-12		Halifax	Clarence Street

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 1 Oct 1962	Halifax		6-7		Hunslet	Thrum Hall
2	Mon 1 Oct 1962	Hull Kingston Rovers		22-6		Featherstone Rovers	Craven Park (1)

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 27 October 1962	Hunslet		12-2		Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	22,742	£4,514	1	[7][8]

Teams and scorers

Hunslet	№	Hull Kingston Rovers
	teams
William "Billy" Langton	1	Cyril Kellett
Barry Lee	2	Graham Paul
Geoff Shelton	3	Terry Major
Alan Preece	4	Mike Blackmore
Arthur Render	5	Robert Harris
Brian Gabbitas	6	Dave Elliott
Jeff Stevenson	7	Brian Hatch
Dennis Hartley	8	Ken Grice
Bernard Prior	9	Alan Lockwood
Ken Eyre	10	Jim Drake
William "Billy" Baldwinson	11	Brian Tyson
Cliff Lambert	12	John Taylor
Fred Ward	13	Harry Poole (c)
Fred Ward	Coach	Colin Hutton
12	score	2
5	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Geoff Shelton (1)	T
Billy Baldwinson (1)	T
	Goals
Billy Langton (2)	G	Cyril Kellett (1)
Dennis Hartley (1)	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Ron Gelder (Wilmslow)

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

The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semi-finals					Final
	Leeds		12 (6)
	York		12 (7)
						York		2
						Halifax		12
	Halifax		22
	Dewsbury		7
											Halifax		6
											Hunslet		7
	Hunslet		34
	Wakefield Trinity		9
						Hunslet		18
						Hull F.C.		7
	Hull F.C.		12
	Huddersfield		3
																Hunslet		12
																Hull Kingston Rovers		2
	Hull Kingston Rovers		45
	Keighley		10
						Hull Kingston Rovers		28
						Castleford		12
	Castleford		28
	Batley		2
											Hull Kingston Rovers		22
											Featherstone Rovers		6
	Featherstone Rovers		25
	Doncaster		10
						Featherstone Rovers		21
						Bramley		10
	Bradford Northern		5
	Bramley		11

Notes and comments

1 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

See also

• 1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups