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1964–65 Yorkshire Cup
1964–65 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up	Leeds
	← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Wakefield Trinity winning the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 18-2. The match was played at Fartown, Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,527 and receipts were £2,707.

This was Wakefield Trinity's fifth Yorkshire Cup final appearance in a period of nine years (which included four as cup winners and one as runner-up).

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	Ref

1	Fri 4 Sep 1964	Keighley	22-3	Doncaster	Lawkholme Lane
2	Fri 4 Sep 1964	Leeds	25-8	Hunslet	Headingley
3	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Bradford Northern	6-17	Huddersfield	Odsal	11,140	^[3]
4	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Bramley	2-7	Featherstone Rovers	Barley Mow
5	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Castleford	8-16	Hull Kingston Rovers	Wheldon Road
6	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Dwesbury	10-11	Wakefield Trinity	Crown Flatt		^[5]
7	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Halifax	32-14	York	Thrum Hall
8	Sat 5 Sep 1964	Hull F.C.	35-9	Batley	Boulevard		^[6]

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Mon 14 Sep 1964	Halifax	16-3	Hull F.C.	Thrum Hall		^[6]
2	Wed 16 Sep 1964	Featherstone Rovers	5-15	Wakefield Trinity	Post Office Road		^[5]
3	Wed 16 Sep 1964	Huddersfield	6-5	Hull Kingston Rovers	Fartown	4,447	^[3]
4	Thu 17 Sep 1964	Leeds	38-14	Keighley	Headingley

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Wed 30 Sep 1964	Huddersfield	0-7	Wakefield Trinity	Fartown	9,371	^[3]^[5]
2	Mon 5 Oct 1964	Halifax	7-20	Leeds	Thrum Hall

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 31 October 1964	Wakefield Trinity		18-2		Leeds	Fartown	13,527	£2,707	1 2	^[5]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Teams and scorers

Wakefield Trinity	№	Leeds

	teams
Donald "Don" Metcalfe	1	Robin Dewhurst
Berwyn Jones	2	Ronnie Cowan
Tony Thomas	3	Andrew Broatch
Neil Fox	4	Dick Gemmell
Gert "Oupa" Coetzer	5	Geoff Wriglesworth
Harold Poynton	6	Mick Shoebottom
Ray Owen	7	Barry Seabourne
Edward "Ted" Campbell	8	Bill Drake
George Shepherd	9	Alan Lockwood
Don Vines	10	Leslie Chamberlain
Bob Haigh	11	Mick Clark
Derek Plumstead	12	Louis Neumann
Keith Holliday	13	John Sykes
Ken Traill	Coach	Roy Francis

18	score	2
7	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Neil Fox (2)	T
Berwyn Jones (2)	T
	Goals
Neil Fox (3)	G	Robin Dewhurst (1)
Referee		Dennis Davies (Manchester)

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

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The road to success

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

New Blackpool

8

5

bye

Notes and comments

1 * The attendance is given as 13,754 by the official Huddersfield 1965 Yearbook^[3] but given as 13,527 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject^[1] and by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92^[7] and 1990-91^[8]

2 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield

References

^ ^a ^b "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1965" (PDF).
^ HC&AC Committee (1965). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1965 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ ^a ^b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
^ Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.