For the losers, Hull FC, it was to be their fifth defeat in six appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final.
[1][2] Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points [6][7][8] 1 * Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington.
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.)