1935–36 Yorkshire Cup

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1935–36 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upYork

1935–36 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 as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and (as applying for this season) even 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)

1935–36 was the twenty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Leeds won the trophy by beating York by the score of 3-0

The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,616 and receipts were £1,113

This was Leeds' fifth of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared. Also the second of two consecutive victories which they would enjoy.

Background[]

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers", but there was one new entrant in the form of New London Club Acton & Willesden, thus increasing last year's total entrants to 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
1 Sat 14 Sep 1935 Bramley 8-37 Leeds Barley Mow
2 Sat 14 Sep 1935 Castleford 8-11 Dewsbury Castleford
3 Sat 14 Sep 1935 Featherstone Rovers 9-2 Hull Kingston Rovers Post Office Road
4 Sat 14 Sep 1935 Huddersfield 37-4 Bradford Northern Fartown
5 Sat 14 Sep 1935 Hull 18-2 Batley Boulevard [3]
6 Sat 14 Sep 1935 Hunslet 18-5 Acton & Willesden Parkside 1
7 Sat 14 Sep 1935 Keighley 7-5 Halifax Lawkholme Lane
8 Sat 14 Sep 1935 York 6-2 Wakefield Trinity Clarence Street

Round 2 - Quarter Finals[]

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 23 Sep 1935 Huddersfield 8-10 Hull Fartown [3]
2 Wed 25 Sep 1935 Leeds 7-4 Hunslet Headingley
3 Wed 25 Sep 1935 York 12-4 Keighley Clarence Street
4 Thu 26 Sep 1935 Featherstone Rovers 2-12 Dewsbury Post Office Road

Round 3 – Semi-Finals[]

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 2 Oct 1935 York 8-5 Dewsbury Clarence Street
2 Thu 3 Oct 1935 Hull 4-4 Leeds Boulevard [3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replay[]

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Wed 9 Oct 1935 Leeds 15-3 Hull Headingley [3]

Final[]

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 19 October 1935 Leeds 3-0 York Thrum Hall 14,616 £1,113 2 [4][5]

Teams and Scorers[]

Leeds № York
teams
Jim Brough 1 Tommy Dingsdale
Eric Harris 2 H. Haigh
Stan Brogden 3 Jeff Moores
Gwyn Parker 4
Stan Smith 5
Dicky Ralph 6
Evan Williams 7 William Thomas
Aubrey Casewell 8 Dai Prosser
John Hall 9
10
Ken Jubb 11 Norman Fender
Harry Dyer 12
Cliff Whitehead 13
?? Coach ??
3 score 0
3 HT 0
Smith (1) Scorers
Tries
Stanley Smith (1) T
Referee Paul Cowell (Warrington)

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

The road to success[]

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Huddersfield 37
Bradford Northern 4
Huddersfield 8
Hull 10
Hull 18
Batley 2
Hull 4 (3)
Leeds 4 (15)
Bramley 8
Leeds 37
Leeds 7
Hunslet 4
Hunslet 18
Acton & Willesden 5
Leeds 3
York 0
York 6
Halifax 2
York 12
Keighley 4
Keighley 7
Halifax 5
York 8
Dewsbury 5
Featherstone Rovers 9
Hull Kingston Rovers 2
Featherstone Rovers 2
Dewsbury 12
Castleford 8
Dewsbury 11

Notes and comments[]

1 * New London club Acton & Willesden's first (and last) match in Yorkshire Cup. The club folded at the end of the season

2 * Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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