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1948–49 Yorkshire Cup
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1948–49 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Bradford Northern Winners Castleford 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup 1947–48 1949–50 Yorkshire Cup 1949–50 16
1948–49 was the forty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 18–9
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 31,393 and receipts were £5,053
The first of two successive wins for Bradford Northern
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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 11 Sep 1948Castleford37–7BramleyWheldon Road 2Sat 11 Sep 1948Dewsbury5–3Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt3Sat 11 Sep 1948Huddersfield79–5Yorkshire AmateursFartownYorksAm 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 year their home match was played at Crown Flatt, the ground of Dewsbury4Sat 11 Sep 1948Hull22–7BatleyBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19485Sat 11 Sep 1948Keighley7–8HunsletLawkholme Lane6Sat 11 Sep 1948Leeds10–10HalifaxHeadingley7Sat 11 Sep 1948Wakefield Trinity20–5Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue8Sat 11 Sep 1948York12–14Featherstone RoversClarence 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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 15 Sep 1948Bramley9–12CastlefordBarley Mow16–492Wed 15 Sep 1948Bradford Northern20–5DewsburyOdsal23–103Thu 16 Sep 1948Yorkshire Amateurs0–61HuddersfieldCrown Flatt5–140YorksAm4Tue 14 Sep 1948Batley5–12HullMount Pleasant12–345Wed 15 Sep 1948Hunslet9–5KeighleyParkside17–126Tue 14 Sep 1948Halifax5–11LeedsThrum Hall15–217Wed 15 Sep 1948Hull Kingston Rovers14–4Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)19–248Wed 15 Sep 1948Featherstone Rovers17–9YorkPost Office Road31–21
Round 2 - quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScore Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 20 Sep 1948Bradford Northern19–12HuddersfieldOdsal2Mon 27 Sep 1948Featherstone Rovers5–19Wakefield TrinityPost Office Road3Tue 28 Sep 1948Castleford11–0HullWheldon Road 4Thu 30 Sep 1948Leeds7–10HunsletHeadingley
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 13 Oct 1948Bradford Northern7–7HunsletOdsal2Wed 13 Oct 1948Castleford6–5Wakefield TrinityWheldon Road 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 8
Round 3 – semifinals - Replay
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefRMon 18 Oct 1948Hunslet5–12Bradford NorthernParkside
Final
Game NoFixture dateHome team ScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 30 October 1948Bradford Northern18–9CastlefordHeadingley31,393£5,053Headingley, 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.Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 X
Teams and scorers
Bradford Northern№Castleford teams George Carmichael1Ronald LewisEric Batten2Arthur BastowWilliam "Bill" Leake3Leonard "Len" SkidmoreErnest Ward (c) 4Norman GuestAlan Edwards5Reg LloydWillie Davies6Arthur FisherDonald 7George LangfieldFrank Whitcombe8Dyl HarrisVic Darlison9Jimmy JonesRonald "Ron" Greaves10James CrossleyTrevor Foster11Desmond "Des" ForemanBarry Tyler12Charles StainesKen Traill13Frank MugglestoneDai ReesCoach?? 18score92HT4 Scorers Tries Allen Edwards (2)TDes Foreman (1)Leake (1)TFoster (1)T Goals Allen Edwards (3)GDes Foreman (1)GCharlie Staines (1) Drop Goals DG George Langfield (1)RefereeG.S.Phillips(Widnes)
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 Dewsbury 10 Bradford Northern 23 Huddersfield 140 Batley 5 Leeds 21 Halifax 15 Keighley 12 Hunslet 17 Castleford 49 Bramley 16 Hull 34 Batley 12 York 21 Featherstone Rovers 31 Wakefield Trinity 24 Hull Kingston Rovers 19 Bradford Northern 19 Huddersfield 12 Leeds 7 Hunslet 10 Castleford 11 Hull 0 Featherstone Rovers 6 Wakefield Trinity 19 Bradford Northern 7 (5) Hunslet 7 (12) Castleford 6 Wakefield Trinity 5 Bradford Northern 18 Castleford 9
See also
1948–49 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
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