Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating York by the score of 18-8 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire.
The attendance was 10,429 and receipts were £9,188 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] Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs [4] Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point 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.