| 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Wakefield Trinity |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | Leeds |
| Prevseason Link: | 1946 Yorkshire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1946–7 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1948 Yorkshire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1948–49 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
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
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=115 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=140 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 | Thu 11 Sep 1947 | Yorkshire Amateurs | 0–41 | Dewsbury | Thrum Hall | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 13 Sep 1947 | Featherstone Rovers | 5–9 | Castleford | Post Office Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 13 Sep 1947 | Huddersfield | 43–3 | Bramley | Fartown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 13 Sep 1947 | Hull | 20–6 | Batley | Boulevard | [3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 13 Sep 1947 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11–18 | Wakefield Trinity | Craven Park (1) | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sat 13 Sep 1947 | Hunslet | 8-14 | Keighley | Parkside | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sat 13 Sep 1947 | Leeds | 11-5 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sat 13 Sep 1947 | York | 7–16 | Halifax | Clarence Street |
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=115 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=140 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 Sep 1947 | Dewsbury | 53–2 | Yorkshire Amateurs | Crown Flatt | 94–2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tue 16 Sep 1947 | Castleford | 6–3 | Featherstone Rovers | 15–8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wed 17 Sep 1947 | Bramley | 12–26 | Huddersfield | Barley Mow | 15–69 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Thu 16 Sep 1947 | Batley | 3–6 | Hull | Mount Pleasant | 9–26 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wed 17 Sep 1947 | Wakefield Trinity | 12–3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue | 30–14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Thu 16 Sep 1947 | Keighley | 8–13 | Hunslet | Lawkholme Lane | 22–21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Wed 24 Sep 1947 | Bradford Northern | 11–9 | Leeds | Odsal | 16–20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mon 15 Sep 1947 | Halifax | 15–10 | York | Thrum Hall | 31–17 |
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=115 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=140 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 Sep 1947 | Halifax | 7–18 | Huddersfield | Thrum Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wed 24 Sep 1947 | Keighley | 2–9 | Castleford | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wed 1 Oct 1947 | Leeds | 15–7 | Dewsbury | Headingley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wed 1 Oct 1947 | Wakefield Trinity | 23–14 | Hull | Belle Vue |
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=115 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=140 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 | Wed 15 Oct 1947 | Leeds | 19–4 | Castleford | Headingley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wed 15 Oct 1947 | Wakefield Trinity | 18–15 | Huddersfield | Belle Vue | 20000 |
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=115 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=140 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 1 November 1947 | Wakefield Trinity | 7–7 | Leeds | Fartown | 24,334 | £3,463 | 2 3 4 | [5] [6] |
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=115 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=140 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 5 November 1947 | Wakefield Trinity | 8–7 | Leeds | Odsal | 32,000 | £3,255 | 5 6 |
| width=280 abbr=winner | Wakefield Trinity | width=60 abbr="Number" | № | width=280 abbr=runner-up | Leeds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| teams | |||||
| William "Billy" Teall | 1 | ||||
| Jackie Perry | 2 | ||||
| William "Billy" Stott | 3 | ||||
| Denis "Dinny" Boocker | 4 | ||||
| Reginald Jenkinson | 5 | ||||
| Arthur Fletcher | 6 | ||||
| Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow | 7 | ||||
| 8 | |||||
| Leonard "Len" Marson | 9 | ||||
| James "Jim" Higgins | 10 | ||||
| Harry Murphy | 11 | ||||
| John "Jack" Booth | 12 | ||||
| Leonard "Len" Bratley | 13 | ||||
| ?? | Coach | Dai Prosser | |||
| 7 | score | 7 | |||
| 2 | HT | 0 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow (1) | T | 1 | |||
| Goals | |||||
| William "Billy" Stott (2) | G | 2 | |||
| Referee | unknown | ||||
| Second Leg | |||||
| Wakefield Trinity | teams | Leeds | |||
| William "Billy" Teall | 1 | ||||
| Jackie Perry | 2 | ||||
| Reginald Jenkinson | 3 | ||||
| Denis "Dinny" Boocker | 4 | ||||
| Ronald "Ron" Rylance | 5 | ||||
| Arthur Fletcher | 6 | ||||
| Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow | 7 | ||||
| Harry Wilkinson | 8 | ||||
| Leonard "Len" Marson | 9 | ||||
| James "Jim" Higgins | 10 | ||||
| Harry Murphy | 11 | ||||
| John "Jack" Booth | 12 | ||||
| Leonard "Len" Bratley | 13 | ||||
| ?? | Coach | ?? | |||
| 8 | score | 7 | |||
| 2 | HT | 0 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Harry Wilkinson (1) | T | 1 | |||
| Leonard "Len" Bratley (1) | T | ||||
| Goals | |||||
| Jackie Perry (1) | G | 2 | |||
| G | |||||
| Referee | 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.
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)