Yorkshire Cup (rugby union)
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The Yorkshire Cup is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886...

 competition founded in 1878. It is open to all eligible clubs in the Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 area. It was initially known as the Yorkshire Challenge Cup.

History

In 1877, despite reservations within the Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886...

, the committee of the Yorkshire County Football Club ( composed from the clubs of Bradford FC, Huddersfield FC, Leeds FC, Hull FC and York FC) sanctioned a knock-out tournament - the first of its kind in the UK.

The notion of competing for a trophy appealed to the public of Yorkshire as much as it appalled the guardians of amateurism. The proceeds from the final were distributed among local charities.

In the first season, 16 teams battled it out for the T'owd Tin Pot, with York eventually losing out to Halifax in the final.

The trophy itself is known as "T'owd Tin Pot", pronounced with a Yorkshire accent
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. Since the schism of 1895 which led to the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football League
The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league football in England. Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Rugby League Championships...

 and the development of rugby league football
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

, the cup has been competed for by clubs who remained with the Rugby Football Union.

According to the Hallmarks on the trophy it was made by Martin,Hall & Co. Sheffield and London, in 1877. It is made of Sterling Silver .925.

The trophy was won by Morley Rugby Club in the two seasons prior to the Second World War
World War II
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, and was kept "in a drawer under the secretary's bed" for the duration of the war.

Final results

No Date Year Winner Score Runner Up Score Venue Notes
1 1878 29/12/1877 Halifax 1g, 1t, 9m York 0g, 0t, 0m Recreation Ground, Holbeck, Leeds Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
2 1879 12/04/1879 Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

2g, 1t, 7m Kirkstall 0g, 0t, 0m Halifax Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
3 1880 03/04/1880 Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

3g, 6g, 7m Heckmondwike 0g, 1t, 2m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
4 1881 09/04/1881 Dewsbury 1g, 0t, 0m Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

0g, 0t, 4m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
5 1882 01/04/1882 Thornes 1g, 0t, 5m Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

0g, 1t, 5m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners. Described by Rugby historian Tony Collins as "Possibly the greatest upset in English Rugby"
6 1883 23/04/1883 Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1g, 2t, 11m Halifax 0g, 0t, 0m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
7 1884 05/04/1884 Bradford 1g, 4t, 5m Hull 0g, 1t, 3m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
8 1885 04/04/1885 Batley
Batley Bulldogs
Batley Bulldogs are an English professional rugby league club from Batley, West Yorkshire. They currently play in the Co-operative Championship. Batley is one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895...

0g, 0t, 6m Manningham 0g, 0t, 2m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
9 1886 03/04/1886 Halifax 1g, 0t, 3m Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...

0g, 0t, 2m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
10 1887 02/04/1887 Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

2g, 0t, 2m Leeds St John's
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

0g, 0t, 2m Halifax Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
11 1888 07/04/1888 Halifax 0g, 2t, 2m Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

0g, 1t, 1m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
12 1889 06/04/1889 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

1g, 1t,4m Liversedge 1g, 0t, 3m Cardigan Fields, Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
13 1890 05/04/1890 Huddersfield 1g, 0t, 1m Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

0g, 0t ,0m Halifax Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
14 1891 11/04/1891 Pontefract 1g, 1t, 3m Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

1g, 0t, 3m Headingley, Leeds Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners
15 1892 23/04/1892 Hunslet 21 Leeds 0 Huddersfield
16 1893 22/04/1893 Halifax 8 Batley 2 Headingley, Leeds
17 1894 21/04/1894 Halifax 38 Castleford 9 Headingley, Leeds
18 1895 20/04/1895 Brighouse 16 Morley R.F.C. 4 Headingley, Leeds
19 1896 18/04/1896 Castleford 3 West Riding 0 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
20 1897 17/04/1897 Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is an English professional rugby league football club based in Hull, England. The club formed in 1882 and currently competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006...

11 Shipley 5 Meanwood, Leeds
21 1898 16/04/1898 Ossett 13 Hebden Bridge 3 Wortley, Leeds
22 1899 15/04/1899 Sowerby Bridge 0 Alverthorpe 0 Keighley
Replay 1899 22/04/1899 Sowerby Bridge 4 Alverthorpe 0 Keighley
23 1900 Saturday 14/04/1900 Mytholmroyd 11 Castleford 0 Claro Road, Harrogate
24 1901 Saturday 20/04/1901 Castleford 20 Morley R.F.C. 6 Claro Road, Harrogate
25 1902 Saturday 19/04/1902 Castleford 9 Old Dewsburians 5 Claro Road, Harrogate
26 1903 Saturday 18/04/1903 Skipton 6 Castleford 6 Claro Road, Harrogate Skipton contested result on grounds that Castleford had included an ineligible player
Replay 1903 Saturday 25/04/1903 Skipton w/o Castleford w/o Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....

Castleford refused to play.
27 1904 Saturday 16/04/1904 Skipton 3 Mytholmroyd 0 Claro Road, Harrogate
28 1905 Saturday 15/04/1905 Harrogate 5 Wakefield Balne Lane 5 Castleford
Replay 1905 Saturday 22/04/1905 Harrogate 7 Wakefield Balne Lane 5 Castleford
29 1906 Saturday 21/04/1906 Castleford 11 Wakefield Balne Lane 0 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
30 1907 Saturday 13/04/1907 Harrogate 11 Headingley 6 Castleford
31 1908 Saturday 11/04/1908 Castleford 29 Skipton 0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

32 1909 Saturday 17/04/1909 Headingley 3 Skipton 0 Ilkley Cup awarded to Headingley after Skipton, objecting to one of the referees decisions, walked off the field five minutes before half time.
33 1910 Saturday 23/04/1910 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

6 Hull and East Riding
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians are a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Hull Ionians RUFC play in National Division 2 North.Their home ground is Brantingham Park that opened in September 1995. It is situated in Brantingham off the A63 road between Brough and South Cave.-Club history:Hull...

0 Claro Road, Harrogate
34 1911 Saturday 08/04/1911 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

12 Hull and East Riding
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians are a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Hull Ionians RUFC play in National Division 2 North.Their home ground is Brantingham Park that opened in September 1995. It is situated in Brantingham off the A63 road between Brough and South Cave.-Club history:Hull...

0 Ilkley
35 1912 Saturday 13/04/1912 Skipton 7 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

0 Ilkley
36 1913 Saturday 19/04/1913 Headingley 20 Harrogate Old Boys 5 Ilkley
37 1914 Saturday 18/04/1914 Headingley 18 Harrogate Old Boys 5 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

5000 attendance
38 1920 Saturday 24/04/1920 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

9 Bradford 4 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

39 1921 Saturday 16/04/1921 Headingley 13 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

40 1922 Saturday 08/04/1922 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

3 Leeds University 0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

41 1923 Wednesday 14/03/1923 Bradford 6 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

0 Skipton
42 1924 Saturday 05/04/1924 Bradford 14 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

43 1925 Saturday 04/04/1925 Bradford 22 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

9 Ilkley
44 1926 Saturday 17/04/1926 Halifax 8 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

0 Lidget Green, Bradford
45 1927 Saturday 09/04/1927 Halifax 17 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

0 Lidget Green, Bradford
46 1928 Saturday 21/04/1928 Halifax 6 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

6 Lidget Green, Bradford
Replay 1928 Saturday 28/04/1928 Halifax 11 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

0 Lidget Green, Bradford after extra time
47 1929 Saturday 20/04/1929 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

9 Morley R.F.C. 0 Lidget Green, Bradford
48 1930 Saturday 12/04/1930 Halifax 17 Ilkley 4 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

49 1931 Saturday 18/04/1931 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

13 Halifax 6 Lidget Green, Bradford
50 1932 Saturday 09/04/1932 Morley R.F.C. 18 Huddersfield Old Boys 0 Lidget Green, Bradford
51 1933 Saturday 08/04/1933 Halifax 22 Bradford 14 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

52 1934 Saturday 07/04/1934 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

19 Sandal 3 Lidget Green, Bradford
53 1935 Saturday 06/04/1935 Halifax 14 Harrogate Old Boys 0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

54 1936 Saturday 04/04/1936 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

26 Harrogate Old Boys 0 Lidget Green, Bradford
55 1937 Saturday 10/04/1937 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

16 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

3 Skipton
56 1938 Saturday 02/04/1938 Morley R.F.C. 5 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

0 Halifax
57 1939 Saturday 01/04/1939 Morley R.F.C. 10 Bradford 0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

58 1947 Competition abandoned owing to continuous frost and snow
59 1948 Saturday 17/04/1948 Keighlians 14 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

9 Skipton First club to win Yorkshire Cup and Shield in same season
60 1949 Saturday 23/04/1949 Harrogate 20 Skipton 6 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

61 1950 Thursday 06/04/1950 Halifax 11 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

62 1951 Saturday 21/04/1951 Halifax 9 Morley R.F.C. 6 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

63 1952 Saturday 19/04/1952 Royal Signals 11 Halifax 10 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

64 1953 Saturday 18/04/1953 Morley R.F.C. 8 Goole Grammar School Old Boys 3 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
65 1954 Saturday 10/04/1954 Royal Signals 17 Roundhay 3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

66 1955 Saturday 30/04/1955 Morley R.F.C. 16 Bramley Old Boys 9 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

67 1956 Goole Grammar School Old Boys 3 Old Pomfretians 3 Lidget Green, Bradford
Replay 1956 Saturday 21/04/1956 Goole Grammar School Old Boys 6 Old Pomfretians 0 Selby
68 1957 Saturday 13/04/1957 West Leeds Old Boys 13 Old Roundhegians 3 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
69 1958 Saturday 12/04/1958 Old Roundhegians 11 Sandal 0 Lidget Green, Bradford
70 1959 Saturday 18/04/1959 Old Hymerians 15 West Leeds Old Boys 11 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
71 1960 Saturday 09/04/1960 Old Crossleyans 9 Sandal 0 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
72 1961 Saturday 15/04/1961 Old Thornensians 6 West Leeds Old Boys 3 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
73 1962 Old Thornensians 3 York Railway Institute 3 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
Replay 1962 Old Thornensians 0 York Railway Institute 0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

2nd Replay 1962 Wednesday 25/04/1962 Old Thornensians 12 York Railway Institute 6 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

74 1963 Competition abandoned due to continuous frosty Weather
75 1964 Wednesday 22/04/1964 Halifax 8 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

6 Lidget Green, Bradford
76 1965 Wednesday 28/04/1965 Harrogate 9 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

8 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

77 1966 Wednesday 27/04/1966 Bradford 8 Harrogate 3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

78 1967 Halifax 0 Roundhay 0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

Replay 1967 Saturday 29/04/1967 Halifax 11 Roundhay 9 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

79 1968 Bradford 3 Halifax 3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

Replay 1968 Tuesday 30/04/1968 Bradford 8 Halifax 6 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

80 1969 Monday 28/04/1969 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

15 Roundhay 12 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

after extra time
81 1970 Tuesday 28/04/1970 Bradford 19 Huddersfield 6 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
82 1971 Thursday 27/04/1972 Halifax 9 Old Thornensians 3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

83 1972 Thursday 27/04/1972 Morley R.F.C. 16 Bradford 3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

84 1973 Thursday 26/04/1973 Morley R.F.C. 10 Roundhay 9 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
85 1974 Thursday 25/04/1974 Morley R.F.C. 27 Roundhay 16 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
86 1975 Roundhay 13 Headingley 13 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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Replay 1975 Saturday 26/04/1975 Roundhay 20 Headingley 16 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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87 1976 Tuesday 27/04/1976 Middlesbrough 10 Roundhay 9 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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after extra time
88 1977 Tuesday 26/04/1977 Morley R.F.C. 23 Halifax 9 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
89 1978 Tuesday 25/04/1978 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
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18 Middlesbrough 9 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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Centenary Final
90 1979 Tuesday 24/04/1979 Morley R.F.C. 9 Harrogate 9 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
91 1980 Tuesday 29/04/1980 Roundhay 15 Morley R.F.C. 6 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
92 1981 Tuesday 28/04/1981 Harrogate 12 Morley R.F.C. 3 Otley
93 1982 Tuesday 27th April 1982 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
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23 Sheffield 3 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
94 1983 Tuesday 26/04/1983 Headingley 8 Morley R.F.C. 3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

95 1984 Thursday 26/04/1984 Headingley 17 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
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3 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

96 1985 Tuesday 30/04/1985 Headingley 7 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

0 Cross Green, Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

97 1986 Tuesday 29/04/1986 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

18 Morley R.F.C. 6 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
98 1987 Headingley 18 Morley R.F.C. 4
99 1988 Tuesday 26/04/1988 Headingley 21 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

9 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
100 1989 Tuesday 25/04/1989 Headingley 48 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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9 Scatcherd Lane, Morley 100th final
101 1990 Monday 30th April 1990 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
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16 Sheffield 3 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
102 1991 Tuesday 30/04/1991 Harrogate 23 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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4 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
103 1992 Harrogate 12 Bradford and Bingley 7
104 1993 Tuesday 27/04/1993 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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22 Rotherham
Rotherham R.U.F.C.
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5 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
105 1994 Tuesday 03/05/1994 Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
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35 Sandal 9 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
106 1995 Sunday 23/04/1995 Rotherham
Rotherham R.U.F.C.
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39 Harrogate 3 Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds
107 1996 Morley R.F.C. 16 Rotherham
Rotherham R.U.F.C.
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10
108 1997 Sandal 17 Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
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13 Otley RFC
109 1998 Sunday 10/05/1998 Leeds Tykes 21 Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

11 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
110 1999 Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
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13 Sandal 10 Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians are a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Hull Ionians RUFC play in National Division 2 North.Their home ground is Brantingham Park that opened in September 1995. It is situated in Brantingham off the A63 road between Brough and South Cave.-Club history:Hull...

111 2000 Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
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Morley
Morley
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Huddersfield
Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club
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112 2001 Sandal 26 Middlesbrough 24 Claro Road, Harrogate
113 2002 Harrogate Wharfedale
114 2003 Wednesday 14/05/2003 Harrogate 13 Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

12 Scatcherd Lane, Morley
115 2004 Wednesday 19/05/2004 Halifax 23 Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
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21 Harrogate
116 2005 Thursday 12/05/2005 Halifax 19 Cleckheaton 14 Wagon Lane, Bingley
117 2006 Wednesday 03/05/2006 Leeds Tykes 22 Wharfedale 11 Wagon Lane, Bingley
118 2007 Wednesday 02/05/2007 Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

31 Wharfedale 6 York
119 2008 Wednesday 30/04/2008 Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

24 Wharfedale 17 Claro Road, Harrogate
120 2009 Thursday 30/4/2009 Leeds Carnegie 23 Beverley 13 Hull Ionians Leeds Carnegie played their Under 19 side throughout the competition.
121 2010 Wednesday 05/05/2010 Wharfedale 36 Sheffield Tigers 13 Huddersfield YMCA
122 2011 Wednesday 04/05/2011 Huddersfield
Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club
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25 Hull 18 York
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