The attendance was 9,137 and receipts were £9,999 This was Leeds' seventh victory (and the first of two consecutive victories for the third time within the sequence) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.
This would be Halifax's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, giving them a total record of five wins and four defeats.
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.
[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 * This was the first Yorkshire Cup match played by the renamed Hunslet at their "new" temporary home at Batley's Mount Pleasant after the owners of Elland Road Greyhound Stadium suddenly closed the previous ground 2 * The attendance is given as 9,134 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[3] and 1990-91[4] gives the attendance as three more at 9,137 3 * 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.