1955âÂÂ56 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
This year's final was a repeat of last years' final and between cup holder Halifax and last season runner-up Hull F.C. with the same outcome (albeit via a replay).
Halifax won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10âÂÂ10 in a replayed final.
The original final, which ended in a 10âÂÂ10 draw, was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,520 and receipts were ã4,385.
The replay was played 11 days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were ã2,439.
This was the second of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull FC, for whom it was their third successive cup final 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.
This season saw a continuation of the simple knock-out formulas, there was to be no return to the two-legged ties.
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs