1936–37 Yorkshire Cup

The Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such Mansfield, Coventry, this season's appearance of Newcastle, and even last year's appearance of London (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

1936–37 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersYork
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

1936 was the twenty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

York won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 9-2

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts were £1,294

This was the York's second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year as defeated finalists. It was also the third and last of York's Yorkshire Cup winning appearances, although they would appear in the finals twice more, on each occasion ending as defeated finalists

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, one "leavers" with the loss of Acton & Willesden and one new entrant in the form of Newcastle. This resulted in the total number of entries remaining the same as last season at sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 12 Sep 1936Bradford Northern11-12LeedsOdsal
2Sat 12 Sep 1936Dewsbury8-0KeighleyCrown Flatt
3Sat 12 Sep 1936Halifax7-0CastlefordThrum Hall
4Sat 12 Sep 1936Huddersfield2-8Wakefield TrinityFartown
5Sat 12 Sep 1936Hull Kingston Rovers13-17HullCraven Park (1)[3]
6Sat 12 Sep 1936Hunslet19-5Featherstone RoversParkside
7Sat 12 Sep 1936Newcastle7-7BramleyBrough Park[4]1
8Sat 12 Sep 1936York8-2BatleyClarence Street

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 16 Sep 1936Bramley11-7NewcastleBarley Mow

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 23 Sep 1936Hunslet15-7HalifaxParkside
2Wed 23 Sep 1936Wakefield Trinity20-7BramleyBelle Vue
3Wed 23 Sep 1936York14-2DewsburyClarence Street
4Thu 24 Sep 1936Hull12-9LeedsBoulevard[3]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 30 Sep 1936Wakefield Trinity11-6HunsletBelle Vue
2Wed 30 Sep 1936York5-0HullClarence Street[3]

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 17 October 1936York9-2Wakefield TrinityHeadingley19,0001,2942 3[5][6][7]

Teams and scorers
York № Wakefield Trinity
teams
Tommy Dingsdale1Robert "Bob" Oliver
T. Western2T. Ryan /J. 'Mackie' Ryan
W. Welsh3John Malpass
S. Hunt4J. Pearman/M. Pearman
H. Haigh5F G "Freddie" Smart
Gurnos Rees6Sam Herberts
William Thomas7Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow
L. Sharpe8Harry Wilkinson
Harry Field9Clifford "CJ" Carter
Dai Prosser10Jimmy A. Hobson
Horace Coldrick11William "Bill" Horton
Fred Elias12G H "Mick" Exley
Norman Fender13Alfred Watson
??Coach??
9score2
0HT2
Scorers
Tries
S. Hunt (1)T
Goals
Tommy Dingsdale (2)GRobert/Robin "Bob" Oliver (1)
Norman Fender (1)G
Drop Goals
DG
Refereeunknown

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[5]

The road to success
First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
York 8
Batley 2
York 14
Dewsbury 2
Dewsbury 8
Keighley 0
York 5
Hull 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 13
Hull 17
Hull 12
Leeds 9
Bradford Northern 11
Leeds 12
York 9
Wakefield Trinity 2
Huddersfield 2
Wakefield Trinity 8
Wakefield Trinity 20
Bramley 7
Newcastle 7 (7)
Bramley 7 (11)
Wakefield Trinity 11
Hunslet 6
Hunslet 19
Featherstone Rovers 5
Hunslet 15
Halifax 7
Halifax 7
Castleford 0

Notes and comments

1 * Newcastle's first Yorkshire Cup match. According to "The Grounds of Rugby League",[4] Newcastle RLFC played at Brough Park in the 1936/37 season. For 1937/38 the team moved to the new White City Stadium in Gateshead.

2 * The receipts are given as £1,294 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[6] and 1990-91[7] but as £1 less as £1,293 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" [5]

3 * 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.

See also

References
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. Trevor R.Delaney (1991). The Grounds of Rugby League. Trevor R.Delaney, Keighley. ISBN 978-0950998220.
  5. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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