The 1972âÂÂ73 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Leeds winning the trophy by beating Dewsbury by the score of 36âÂÂ9 in what would be Dewsbury's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,806 and receipts were ã2,659
This was Leeds third victory (and the first of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons
The staging of the previous season's Yorkshire Cup during July and August was deemed a financial failure, and the competition reverted to its usual place in the calendar between August and October.
For the first time in its history, the competition was sponsored after agreeing a deal with Esso.
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
1 * Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington.