Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 16-13 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire.
The attendance was 5,823 and receipts were £3,090 It was also the second consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat 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 [7][2] Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point 1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match played at this Elland Road Greyhound Stadium 2 * The score is given incorrectly as 0-10 by the John Player yearbook 1975–76[2] but as 23-10 by the RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and others 3 * The date is given as Wednesday 11 September by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but by the official Hull[5] archives as Tuesday 10 September.
The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.