The 1960âÂÂ61 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by a score of 16-10 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance for this match was 17,456, and receipts were ã2,937. This was Wakefield Trinity's first of two consecutive triumphs and the club's third appearance out of five in a period of nine years (which included four as cup winners and one as runner-up).
This season, there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers". Therefore, the total of entries remained the same at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs.
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs.
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
1 * Keighley opted to play the match at Odsal in the hope of a possibly larger attendance and gate receipts
2 * This was Huddersfield's 20th appearance, Wakefield's 14th - in a Yorkshire Cup final
3 * The attendance is given as 17,629 by the official Huddersfield 1961 Yearbook but given as 17,629 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" and 17,456 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject and by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91
4 * The receipts are quoted as ã2,936 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" but ã2,937 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91
5 * 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.