The 1973 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup Rugby competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 7-2The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,621 and receipts were £3,728This was Leeds' fourth victory (and the second of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons.It was also the first of two consecutive Yorkshire Cup final appearances by Wakefield Trinity, both of which would result in defeat