The 1945âÂÂ46 Yorkshire Cup was the thirty-eighth occasion on which the competition was held.
In this, the first peacetime Cup final for five years, there was a new name on the trophy. Bradford Northern, who previously won the trophy in 1940âÂÂ41, 1941âÂÂ42 and 1943âÂÂ44, could now lay claim to a genuine trophy; the wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records. Bradford Northern won by beating Wakefield Trinity by a score of 5âÂÂ2.
The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,252 and receipts were ã1,934.
The Second World War was now over, and things were beginning to return to normal, although there was still a long way to go. Hull Kingston Rovers and Bramley re-joined the competition and the four Lancashire clubs returned to their own competition. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, which resulted in the number of entrants falling by two, leaving the total number of entries at 15.
This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.
The competition reverted to its original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round, which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Round 1's first leg involved seven matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs.
All first round ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Round 1's second leg involved seven matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs.
All first round ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.
All second round ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
Both semi-final ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Scoring â Try = three (3) points â Goal = two (2) points â Drop goal = two (2) points
All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.
For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.
The date is given by RUGBYLEAGUEproject as Tuesday 16 October, but by the official Hull F.C. archives as Wednesday 17 October.
Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.
The rugby league season (until the onset of "summer rugby" in 1996) ran from around August through to around May, and this competition always took place early in the season, in the autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December. The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list occurred during, and immediately after, the two World Wars.