The first try was by the Captain, Ernest Ward, who dived in at the corner after a superb pass from Kitchen to make the score 3-2. Leeds had initially led 0-2 going into the break courtesy of a penalty goal from the New Zealander Bert Cook. Cook then go another goal to put Leeds in the lead 3-4
Ward the dropkicked a goal to make it 5-4 to Bradford with 15 minutes to go.
Then up popped the famous Trevor Foster who picked up a loose ball after Cook had ballsed up an ineffective punt from Carmichael, to trott over the line for a try with a minute to go to seal the Bradford Victory.
Actually, the coach of the day for Bradford, Dai Rees, had previously got a winners medal as a player for Halifax against York of all teams in 1931.
Leeds had been 6/4 on to win the Cup. The crowd was a new record of 77,605
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