Bradford Northern winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 17-8 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire.
The attendance was 17,522 and receipts were £4,359 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.
[1][2][3][4] Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points 1 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000.
The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.