Castleford won the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 10–5 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire.
The attendance was 5,852 and receipts were £10,359 1981 is the start of an incredible eleven years in which Castleford.
previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning four and ending as runner-up in four occasions.
It is also the first of two successive years when Bradford Northern played in the Yorkshire Cup final, and in both cases they ended as runner-up 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][2][3] Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs [1][8] Scoring – Try = three points – Goal = two points – Drop goal = one point 1 * Hunslet had moved to Leeds United's Elland Road at the start of the season 2 * The attendance is given as 5,876 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991–92[7] and 1990–91[8] gives the attendance as twenty-four less at 5,852 3 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000.