| 1945–46 Yorkshire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Bradford Northern |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | Wakefield Trinity |
| Prevseason Link: | 1944–45 Yorkshire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1944–45 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1946–47 Yorkshire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1946–47 |
| No Of Teams: | 15 |
The 1945–46 Yorkshire Cup was the thirty-eighth occasion on which the competition had been held.
In this, the first peacetime Cup final for five years, there is a new name on the trophy. Bradford Northern who previously won the trophy in 1940–41, 1941–42 and 1943–44, can now lay claim to a genuine trophy (The wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records)Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 5–2
The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,252 and receipts were £1,934
The Second World War was now over, and things were beginning to return to normal, although still a long way to go. Hull Kingston Rovers and Bramley re-joined the competition and the four Lancashire clubs returned to their own competition. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, and these changes resulted in the number of entrants falling by two, and leaving a total number of entries at fifteen.
This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.
The competition reverted to 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 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=50 abbr="agg" | agg | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 6 Oct 1945 | Batley | 5–21 | Hunslet | Mount Pleasant | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 6 Oct 1945 | Bramley | 14–22 | Keighley | Barley Mow | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 6 Oct 1945 | Halifax | 18–5 | Hull | Thrum Hall | [3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 6 Oct 1945 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5–4 | Dewsbury | Craven Park (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 6 Oct 1945 | Leeds | 11–4 | Castleford | Headingley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sat 6 Oct 1945 | Wakefield Trinity | 20–5 | Huddersfield | Belle Vue | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sat 6 Oct 1945 | York | ? | Featherstone Rovers | Clarence Street | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bradford Northern | bye |
Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=50 abbr="agg" | agg | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 13 Oct 1945 | Hunslet | 19–0 | Batley | Parkside | 40–5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 13 Oct 1945 | Keighley | 17–15 | Bramley | Lawkholme Lane | 39–29 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 13 Oct 1945 | Hull | 30–5 | Halifax | Boulevard | 35–23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 13 Oct 1945 | Dewsbury | 20–4 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Crown Flatt | 24–9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 13 Oct 1945 | Castleford | 11–10 | Leeds | 15–21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sat 13 Oct 1945 | Huddersfield | 7–32 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | 12–52 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sat 13 Oct 1945 | Featherstone Rovers | 24–5 | York | Post Office Road | ? | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bradford Northern | bye |
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=50 abbr="agg" | agg | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 16 Oct 1945 | Dewsbury | 10–3 | Keighley | Crown Flatt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wed 17 Oct 1945 | Wakefield Trinity | 34–7 | Hull | Belle Vue | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wed 17 Oct 1945 | Bradford Northern | 8–0 | Hunslet | Odsal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wed 17 Oct 1945 | Leeds | 11–4 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley |
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=50 abbr="agg" | agg | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 23 Oct 1945 | Dewsbury | 2–7 | Bradford Northern | Crown Flatt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wed 24 Oct 1945 | Wakefield Trinity | 14–7 | Leeds | Belle Vue |
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=50 abbr="agg" | agg | width=45 abbr="Att" | Att | width=60 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 3 November 1945 | Bradford Northern | 5–2 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | 24252 | £1,934 | 2 | [5] [6] |
| width=280 abbr=winner | Bradford Northern | width=60 abbr="Number" | No. | width=280 abbr=runner-up | Wakefield Trinity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| teams | |||||
| George Carmichael | 1 | William "Billy" Teall | |||
| Eric Batten | 2 | Ronnie Copley | |||
| Jack Kitching | 3 | William "Billy" Stott | |||
| Ernest Ward | 4 | Johnny Jones | |||
| Walter Best | 5 | Dennis Baddeley | |||
| George Bennett | 6 | Ronald "Ron" Rylance | |||
| Donald Ward | 7 | Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow | |||
| Frank Whitcombe | 8 | Harry Wilkinson | |||
| Vic Darlison | 9 | Leonard "Len" Marson | |||
| Leonard Higson | 10 | James "Jim" Higgins | |||
| Laurie Roberts | 11 | Harry Murphy | |||
| Alf Marklew | 12 | Frank Moore | |||
| William Hutchinson | 13 | Leonard "Len" Bratley | |||
| Dai Rees | Coach | James "Jim" Croston | |||
| 5 | score | 2 | |||
| 0 | HT | 2 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Frank Whitcombe | T | ||||
| Goals | |||||
| George Carmichael | G | William "Billy" Stott | |||
| Referee | unknown | ||||
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.
1 * The date is given by RUGBYLEAGUEprojec[1] as Tuesday 16 October, but by the official Hull F.C. archives[3] as Wednesday 17 Oct
2 * Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)