1947–48 Yorkshire Cup

The 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup was the fortieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 8–7 in a replay, the first match having ended in a 7–7 draw.

The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,334 and receipts were £3,463.

The replay took place in mid-week, four days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was a marvellous 32,000 and receipts were £3,255.

This was Wakefield Trinity's second Yorkshire cup final triumph in successive years, and their third final appearance in three years.

This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

The competition again followed the original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis

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

All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.

For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.

For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.

• 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season

• Rugby league county cups

• Saints Heritage Society

• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com

• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897

• Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97

• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org