| No | Date | Year | Winner | Score | Runner Up | Score | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1878 | 29/12/1877 | Halifax | 1g, 1t, 9m | York | 0g, 0t, 0m | Recreation Ground, Holbeck, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 2 | 1879 | 12/04/1879 | Wakefield Trinity | 2g, 1t, 7m | Kirkstall | 0g, 0t, 0m | Halifax | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 3 | 1880 | 03/04/1880 | Wakefield Trinity | 3g, 6g, 7m | Heckmondwike | 0g, 1t, 2m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 4 | 1881 | 09/04/1881 | Dewsbury | 1g, 0g, 0m | Wakefield Trinity | 0g, 2t, 4m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 5 | 1882 | 01/04/1882 | Thornes | 1g, 0g, 5m | Wakefield Trinity | 0g, 1t, 5m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 6 | 1883 | 23/04/1883 | Wakefield Trinity | 1g, 2t, 11m | Halifax | 0g, 0t, 0m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 7 | 1884 | 05/04/1884 | Bradford | 1g, 4t, 5m | Hull | 0g, 1t, 3m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 8 | 1885 | 04/04/1885 | Batley | 0g, 0t, 6m | Manningham | 0g, 0t, 2m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 9 | 1886 | 03/04/1886 | Halifax | 1g, 0t, 3m | Bradford | 0g, 0t, 2m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 10 | 1887 | 02/04/1887 | Wakefield Trinity | 2g, 0t, 2m | Leeds St John's | 0g, 0t, 2m | Halifax | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 11 | 1888 | 07/04/1888 | Halifax | 0g, 2t, 2m | Wakefield Trinity | 0g, 1t, 1m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 12 | 1889 | 06/04/1889 | Otley | 1g, 1t,4m | Liversedge | 1g, 0t, 3m | Cardigan Fields, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 13 | 1890 | 05/04/1890 | Huddersfield | 1g, 0t, 1m | Wakefield Trinity | 0g, 0t ,0m | Halifax | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 14 | 1891 | 11/04/1891 | Pontefract | 1g, 1t, 3m | Wakefield Trinity | 1g, 0t, 3m | Headingley, Leeds | Scoring system in place used goals (g), tries (t) and minor points (m) to decide the winners |
| 15 | 1892 | 23/04/1892 | Hunslet | 21 | Leeds | 0 | Huddersfield | |
| 16 | 1893 | 22/04/1893 | Halifax | 8 | Batley | 2 | Headingley, Leeds | |
| 17 | 1894 | 21/04/1894 | Halifax | 38 | Castleford | 9 | Headingley, Leeds | |
| 18 | 1895 | 20/04/1895 | Brighouse | 16 | Morley | 4 | Headingley, Leeds | |
| 19 | 1896 | 18/04/1896 | Castleford | 3 | West Riding | 0 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 20 | 1897 | 17/04/1897 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11 | Shipley | 5 | Meanwood, Leeds | |
| 21 | 1898 | 16/04/1898 | Ossett | 13 | Hebden Bridge | 3 | Wortley, Leeds | |
| 22 | 1899 | 15/04/1899 | Sowerby Bridge | 0 | Alverthorpe | 0 | Keighley | |
| Replay | 1899 | 22/04/1899 | Sowerby Bridge | 4 | Alverthorpe | 0 | Keighley | |
| 23 | 1900 | Saturday 14/04/1900 | Mytholmroyd | 11 | Castleford | 0 | Harrogate | |
| 24 | 1901 | Saturday 20/04/1901 | Castleford | 20 | Morley | 6 | Harrogate | |
| 25 | 1902 | Saturday 19/04/1902 | Castleford | 9 | Old Dewsburians | 5 | Harrogate | |
| 26 | 1903 | Saturday 18/04/1903 | Skipton | 6 | Castleford | 6 | Harrogate | Skipton contested result on grounds that Castleford had included an ineligible player |
| Replay | 1903 | Saturday 25/04/1903 | Skipton | w/o | Castleford | w/o | Wakefield | Castleford refused to play. |
| 27 | 1904 | Saturday 16/04/1904 | Skipton | 3 | Mytholmroyd | 0 | Harrogate | |
| 28 | 1905 | Saturday 15/04/1905 | Harrogate | 5 | Wakefield Balne Lane | 5 | Castleford | |
| Replay | 1905 | Saturday 22/04/1905 | Harrogate | 7 | Wakefield Balne Lane | 5 | Castleford | |
| 29 | 1906 | Saturday 21/04/1906 | Castleford | 11 | Wakefield Balne Lane | 0 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 30 | 1907 | Saturday 13/04/1907 | Harrogate | 11 | Headingley | 6 | Castleford | |
| 31 | 1908 | Saturday 11/04/1908 | Castleford | 29 | Skipton | 0 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 32 | 1909 | Saturday 17/04/1909 | Headingley | 3 | Skipton | 0 | Ilkley | Cup awarded to Headingley after Skipton, objecting to one of the referees decisions, walked off the field five minutes before half time. |
| 33 | 1910 | Saturday 23/04/1910 | Otley | 6 | Hull and East Riding | 0 | Harrogate | |
| 34 | 1911 | Saturday 08/04/1911 | Otley | 12 | Hull and East Riding | 0 | Ilkley | |
| 35 | 1912 | Saturday 13/04/1912 | Skipton | 7 | Otley | 0 | Ilkley | |
| 36 | 1913 | Saturday 19/04/1913 | Headingley | 20 | Harrogate Old Boys | 5 | Ilkley | |
| 37 | 1914 | Saturday 18/04/1914 | Headingley | 18 | Harrogate Old Boys | 5 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 38 | 1920 | Saturday 24/04/1920 | Wakefield | 9 | Bradford | 4 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 39 | 1921 | Saturday 16/04/1921 | Headingley | 13 | Wakefield | 3 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 40 | 1922 | Saturday 08/04/1922 | Wakefield | 3 | Leeds University | 0 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 41 | 1923 | Wednesday 14/03/1923 | Bradford | 6 | Wakefield | 0 | Skipton | |
| 42 | 1924 | Saturday 05/04/1924 | Bradford | 14 | Wakefield | 3 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 43 | 1925 | Saturday 04/04/1925 | Bradford | 22 | Otley | 9 | Ilkley | |
| 44 | 1926 | Saturday 17/04/1926 | Halifax | 8 | Otley | 0 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 45 | 1927 | Saturday 09/04/1927 | Halifax | 17 | Otley | 0 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 46 | 1928 | Saturday 21/04/1928 | Halifax | 6 | Otley | 6 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| Replay | 1928 | Saturday 28/04/1928 | Halifax | 11 | Otley | 0 | Lidget Green, Bradford | after extra time |
| 47 | 1929 | Saturday 20/04/1929 | Otley | 9 | Morley | 0 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 48 | 1930 | Saturday 12/04/1930 | Halifax | 17 | Ilkley | 4 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 49 | 1931 | Saturday 18/04/1931 | Otley | 13 | Halifax | 6 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 50 | 1932 | Saturday 09/04/1932 | Morley | 18 | Huddersfield Old Boys | 0 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 51 | 1933 | Saturday 08/04/1933 | Halifax | 22 | Bradford | 14 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 52 | 1934 | Saturday 07/04/1934 | Otley | 19 | Sandal | 3 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 53 | 1935 | Saturday 06/04/1935 | Halifax | 14 | Harrogate Old Boys | 0 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 54 | 1936 | Saturday 04/04/1936 | Otley | 26 | Harrogate Old Boys | 0 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 55 | 1937 | Saturday 10/04/1937 | Otley | 16 | Wakefield | 3 | Skipton | |
| 56 | 1938 | Saturday 02/04/1938 | Morley | 5 | Wakefield | 0 | Halifax | |
| 57 | 1939 | Saturday 01/04/1939 | Morley | 10 | Bradford | 0 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 58 | 1947 | Competition abandoned owing to continuous frost and snow | ||||||
| 59 | 1948 | Saturday 17/04/1948 | Keighlians | 14 | Otley | 9 | Skipton | First club to win Yorkshire Cup and Shield in same season |
| 60 | 1949 | Saturday 23/04/1949 | Harrogate | 20 | Skipton | 6 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 61 | 1950 | Thursday 06/04/1950 | Halifax | 11 | Wakefield | 0 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 62 | 1951 | Saturday 21/04/1951 | Halifax | 9 | Morley | 6 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 63 | 1952 | Saturday 19/04/1952 | Royal Signals | 11 | Halifax | 10 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 64 | 1953 | Saturday 18/04/1953 | Morley | 8 | Goole Grammar School Old Boys | 3 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 65 | 1954 | Saturday 10/04/1954 | Royal Signals | 17 | Roundhay | 3 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 66 | 1955 | Saturday 30/04/1955 | Morley | 16 | Bramley Old Boys | 9 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 67 | 1956 | Goole Grammar School Old Boys | 3 | Old Pomfretians | 3 | Lidget Green, Bradford | ||
| Replay | 1956 | Saturday 21/04/1956 | Goole Grammar School Old Boys | 6 | Old Pomfretians | 0 | Selby | |
| 68 | 1957 | Saturday 13/04/1957 | West Leeds Old Boys | 13 | Old Roundhegians | 3 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 69 | 1958 | Saturday 12/04/1958 | Old Roundhegians | 11 | Sandal | 0 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 70 | 1959 | Saturday 18/04/1959 | Old Hymerians | 15 | West Leeds Old Boys | 11 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 71 | 1960 | Saturday 09/04/1960 | Old Crossleyans | 9 | Sandal | 0 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 72 | 1961 | Saturday 15/04/1961 | Old Thornensians | 6 | West Leeds Old Boys | 3 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 73 | 1962 | Old Thornensians | 3 | York Railway Institute | 3 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | ||
| Replay | 1962 | Old Thornensians | 0 | York Railway Institute | 0 | Cross Green, Otley | ||
| 2nd Replay | 1962 | Wednesday 25/04/1962 | Old Thornensians | 12 | York Railway Institute | 6 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 74 | 1963 | Competion abandoned due to continuous frosty Weather | ||||||
| 75 | 1964 | Wednesday 22/04/1964 | Halifax | 8 | Otley | 6 | Lidget Green, Bradford | |
| 76 | 1965 | Wednesday 28/04/1965 | Harrogate | 9 | Wakefield | 8 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 77 | 1966 | Wednesday 27/04/1966 | Bradford | 8 | Harrogate | 3 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 78 | 1967 | Halifax | 0 | Roundhay | 0 | Cross Green, Otley | ||
| Replay | 1967 | Saturday 29/04/1967 | Halifax | 11 | Roundhay | 9 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 79 | 1968 | Bradford | 3 | Halifax | 3 | Cross Green, Otley | ||
| Replay | 1968 | Tuesday 30/04/1968 | Bradford | 8 | Halifax | 6 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 79 | 1969 | Monday 28/04/1969 | Wakefield | 15 | Roundhay | 12 | Cross Green, Otley | after extra time |
| 80 | 1970 | Tuesday 28/04/1970 | Bradford | 19 | Huddersfield | 6 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 81 | 1971 | Thursday 27/04/1972 | Halifax | 9 | Old Thornensians | 3 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 82 | 1972 | Thursday 27/04/1972 | Morley | 16 | Bradford | 3 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 83 | 1973 | Thursday 26/04/1973 | Morley | 10 | Roundhay | 9 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 84 | 1974 | Thursday 25/04/1974 | Morley | 27 | Roundhay | 16 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 85 | 1975 | Roundhay | 13 | Headingley | 13 | Cross Green, Otley | ||
| Replay | 1975 | Saturday 26/04/1975 | Roundhay | 20 | Headingley | 16 | Cross Green, Otley | |
| 86 | 1976 | Tuesday 27/04/1976 | Middlesbrough | 10 | Roundhay | 9 | Cross Green, Otley | after extra time |
| 87 | 1977 | Tuesday 26/04/1977 | Morley | 23 | Halifax | 9 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 88 | 1978 | Wakefield | 18 | Middlesbrough | 9 | Cross Green, Cross Green, Otley | Centenary Final | |
| 89 | 1979 | Tuesday 24/04/1979 | Morley | 9 | Harrogate | 9 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 90 | 1980 | Tuesday 29/04/1980 | Roundhay | 15 | Morley | 6 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 91 | 1981 | Harrogate | 12 | Morley | 3 | |||
| 92 | 1982 | Saturday 24/04/1982 | Wakefield | 23 | Sheffield | 3 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 93 | 1983 | Tuesday 26/04/1983 | Headingley | 8 | Morley | 3 | Cross Green, Cross Green, Otley | 94 |
| 94 | 1984 | Thursday 26/04/1984 | Headingley | 17 | Wakefield | 3 | Cross Green, Cross Green, Otley | |
| 95 | 1985 | Tuesday 30/04/1985 | Headingley | 7 | Wakefield | 0 | Cross Green, Cross Green, Otley | |
| 96 | 1986 | Tuesday 29/04/1986 | Wakefield | 18 | Morley | 6 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 97 | 1987 | Headingley | 18 | Morley | 4 | |||
| 98 | 1988 | Headingley | 21 | Wakefield | 9 | |||
| 99 | 1989 | Tuesday 25/04/1989 | Headingley | 48 | Otley | 9 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | 100th final |
| 100 | 1990 | Wakefield | 16 | Sheffield | 3 | |||
| 101 | 1991 | Tuesday 30/04/1991 | Harrogate | 23 | Otley | 4 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 102 | 1992 | Harrogate | 12 | Bradford and Bingley | 7 | |||
| 103 | 1993 | Tuesday 27/04/1993 | Otley | 22 | Rotherham | 5 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 104 | 1994 | Tuesday 03/05/1994 | Wakefield | 35 | Sandal | 9 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 105 | 1995 | Sunday 23/04/1995 | Rotherham | 39 | Harrogate | 3 | Clarence Fields, Kirkstall, Leeds | |
| 106 | 1996 | Morley | 16 | Rotherham | 10 | |||
| 107 | 1997 | Sandal | 17 | Doncaster | 13 | |||
| 108 | 1998 | Sunday 10/05/1998 | Leeds | 21 | Doncaster | 11 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 109 | 1999 | Doncaster | 13 | Sandal | 10 | |||
| 110 | 2000 | Doncaster | ||||||
| 111 | 2001 | Sandal | 26 | Middlesbrough | 24 | Claro Road, Harrogate | ||
| 112 | 2002 | Harrogate | Wharfedale | |||||
| 113 | 2003 | Wednesday 14/05/2003 | Harrogate | 13 | Doncaster | 12 | Scatchered Lane, Morley | |
| 114 | 2004 | Halifax | Otley | |||||
| 115 | 2005 | Thursday 12/05/2005 | Halifax | 19 | Cleckheaton | 14 | Wagon Lane, Bingley | |
| 116 | 2006 | Wednesday 03/05/2006 | Leeds Tykes | Wharfedale | Wagon Lane, Bingley | |||
| 117 | 2007 | Wednesday 02/05/2007 | Doncaster | 31 | Wharfedale | 6 | York | |
| 118 | 2008 | Wednesday 30/04/2008 | Doncaster | Wharfedale | Claro Road, Harrogate |