1947–48 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Wakefield Trinity Winners Leeds 1946–47 Yorkshire Cup 1946–47 1948–49 Yorkshire Cup 1948–49 16 The 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup was the fortieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 8–7 in a replay, the first match having ended in a 7–7 draw. The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,334 and receipts were £3,463. The replay took place in mid-week, four days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was a marvellous 32,000 and receipts were £3,255. This was Wakefield Trinity's second Yorkshire cup final triumph in successive years, and their third final appearance in three years. Background This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round. The competition again followed the original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Jack Winstanley and Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975–76 1991 Queen Anne Press Round 1 – first leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Thu 11 Sep 1947Yorkshire Amateurs0–41DewsburyThrum HallYorksAm Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from many both professional and amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds, this match was played at Thrum Hall, the ground of Halifax2Sat 13 Sep 1947Featherstone Rovers5–9CastlefordPost Office Road3Sat 13 Sep 1947Huddersfield43–3BramleyFartown4Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull20–6BatleyBoulevardHULL&PROUD – Stats – Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19475Sat 13 Sep 1947Hull Kingston Rovers11–18Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1) J. C. Lindley and D. W. Armitage 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973 1973 Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee 0 35617852 86Sat 13 Sep 1947Hunslet8–14KeighleyParkside7Sat 13 Sep 1947Leeds11–5Bradford NorthernHeadingley8Sat 13 Sep 1947York7–16HalifaxClarence Street Round 1 – second leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 13 Sep 1947Dewsbury53–2Yorkshire AmateursCrown Flatt94–2YorksAm2Tue 16 Sep 1947Castleford6–3Featherstone RoversWheldon Road 15–83Wed 17 Sep 1947Bramley12–26HuddersfieldBarley Mow15–694Thu 16 Sep 1947Batley3–6HullMount Pleasant9–265Wed 17 Sep 1947Wakefield Trinity12–3Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue30–146Thu 16 Sep 1947Keighley8–13HunsletLawkholme Lane22–217Wed 24 Sep 1947Bradford Northern11–9LeedsOdsal16–208Mon 15 Sep 1947Halifax15–10YorkThrum Hall31–17 Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Tue 23 Sep 1947Halifax7–18HuddersfieldThrum Hall2Wed 24 Sep 1947Keighley2–9CastlefordLawkholme Lane 3Wed 1 Oct 1947Leeds15–7DewsburyHeadingley4Wed 1 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity23–14HullBelle Vue Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 15 Oct 1947Leeds19–4CastlefordHeadingley2Wed 15 Oct 1947Wakefield Trinity18–15HuddersfieldBelle Vue20000 Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 1 November 1947Wakefield Trinity7–7LeedsFartown24,334£3,463The attendance is given as 24,344 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991–92 and 1990–91 but 24,334 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject and also by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973"The receipts were stated as £3,461 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991–92 and 1990–91 but £2 more in "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973"Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991–92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games. Due to lack of maintenance, terrace closures and finally major storm damage closing one of the stands in 1986, the final ground capacity had been reduced to just a few thousands although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup semi-final on 19 April 1947 when a crowd of 35,136 saw Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 21–0Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 978-0-356-17852-3Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 978-0-356-17851-6 Final - Replay Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefWednesday 5 November 1947Wakefield Trinity8–7LeedsOdsal32,000£3,255The receipts were stated as £3,251 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991–92 and 1990–91 but £4 more in "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973".Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington Teams and scorers Wakefield Trinity№Leeds teams William "Billy" Teall1Jackie Perry2William "Billy" Stott3Denis "Dinny" Boocker4Reginald Jenkinson5Arthur Fletcher6Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow7Harry Wilkinson (c) 8Leonard "Len" Marson9James "Jim" Higgins10Harry Murphy11John "Jack" Booth12Leonard "Len" Bratley13??CoachDai Prosser 7score72HT0 Scorers Tries Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow (1)T1 Goals William "Billy" Stott (2)G2RefereeunknownSecond LegWakefield TrinityteamsLeedsWilliam "Billy" Teall1Jackie Perry2Reginald Jenkinson3Denis "Dinny" Boocker4Ronald "Ron" Rylance5Arthur Fletcher6Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow7Harry Wilkinson8Leonard "Len" Marson9James "Jim" Higgins10Harry Murphy11John "Jack" Booth12Leonard "Len" Bratley13??Coach?? 8score72HT0 Scorers Tries Harry Wilkinson (1)T1Leonard "Len" Bratley (1)T Goals Jackie Perry (1)G2GRefereeRefereeunknown Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points The road to success All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis. For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home. For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs. First round Second round Semifinals Final Hull Kingston Rovers 14 Wakefield Trinity 30 Hull 26 Batley 9 York 17 Halifax 30 Huddersfield 69 Bramley 15 Leeds 20 Bradford Northern 16 Yorkshire Amateurs 2 Dewsbury 94 Hunslet 21 Keighley 22 Featherstone Rovers 8 Castleford 15 Wakefield Trinity 23 Hull 14 Halifax 7 Huddersfield 18 Leeds 15 Dewsbury 7 Keighley 2 Castleford 9 Wakefield Trinity 18 Huddersfield 15 Leeds 19 Castleford 4 Wakefield Trinity 7 (8) Leeds 7 (7) See also 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:1947 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup