1949–50 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1949–50 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Bradford Northern Winners Huddersfield 1948–49 Yorkshire Cup 1948–49 1950–51 Yorkshire Cup 1950–51 16 1949–50 was the forty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 11–4. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 36,000, a record never to be beaten, and receipts were £6,365. This was the second 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 Round 1 – first leg Round 1's first leg involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs. All first round ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis. Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 10 Sep 1949Huddersfield13–5LeedsFartown2Sat 10 Sep 1949Hunslet7–10DewsburyParkside3Sat 10 Sep 1949Batley10–7HalifaxMount Pleasant4Sat 10 Sep 1949Castleford12–8HullWheldon Road HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19495Sat 10 Sep 1949York11–28Bradford NorthernClarence Street6Sat 10 Sep 1949Hull Kingston Rovers6–3BramleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 10 Sep 1949Wakefield Trinity19–12Featherstone RoversBelle Vue8Sat 10 Sep 1949Keighley45–2Yorkshire AmateursLawkholme LaneYorksAm Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from many clubs, both professional and amateur clubs. Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds; this year their home match was played at Mount Pleasant, the ground of Batley. Round 1 – second leg Round 1's second leg involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs. All first round ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis. Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 12 Sep 1949Leeds8–16HuddersfieldHeadingley13–292Tue 13 Sep 1949Dewsbury19–0HunsletCrown Flatt29–73Tue 13 Sep 1949Halifax2–7BatleyThrum Hall9–174Tue 13 Sep 1949Hull13–13CastlefordBoulevard21–25The date is given by RUGBYLEAGUEproject as Tuesday 13 September, but by the official Hull F.C. archives as Wednesday 14 September.5Wed 14 Sep 1949Bradford Northern25–11YorkOdsal53–226Wed 14 Sep 1949Bramley13–4Hull Kingston RoversBarley Mow16–107Wed 14 Sep 1949Featherstone Rovers2–12Wakefield TrinityPost Office Road14–318Thu 15 Sep 1949Yorkshire Amateurs8–15KeighleyMount Pleasant10–60YorksAm Round 2 – quarterfinals Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs. All second round ties were played on a knock-out basis. Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 21 Sep 1949Bradford Northern13–6CastlefordOdsal2Wed 21 Sep 1949Bramley5–4KeighleyBarley Mow3Wed 28 Sep 1949Huddersfield20–12Wakefield TrinityFartown21737 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 84Thu 29 Sep 1949Dewsbury12–5BatleyCrown Flatt Round 3 – semifinals Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs. Both semi-final ties were played on a knock-out basis. Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 12 Oct 1949Bramley6–8Bradford NorthernBarley Mow2Wed 19 Oct 1949Dewsbury2–7HuddersfieldCrown Flatt Final Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 29 October 1949Bradford Northern11–4HuddersfieldHeadingley36,000£6,365The attendance was a new record, never to be beaten, and beating the previous of 34,300, set in 1946.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.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 NorthernNo.Huddersfield Teams Billy Leake1E. SwallowEric Batten2George WilsonJack Kitching3Jeff BawdenErnest Ward4Pat DeveryEmlyn Walters5Lionel CooperWillie Davies6Russell PepperellDonald Ward7Billy BanksEric Day8John MaidenVictor "Vic" Darlison9Mel MeekRon Greaves10John "Jack" DalyTrevor Foster11Ike OwensBarry Tyler12Bob NicholsonKen Traill13Dave Valentine (c)Dai ReesCoach?? 11Score44HT2 Scorers Tries Willie Davies (1)T Goals Ernest Ward (4)GJeff Bawden (2)RefereeMr. W. Hemmings (Halifax) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points Huddersfield RL Heritage 1949–50 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201949-50.pdfMatch Programme Yorkshire Cup Final 1949 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Programmes/1949%20v%20Bradford%20Northern,%20YChF.pdf Yorks RL Assos Match programme Bradford Northern v Huddersfield 1949 Yorkshire Cup Final 1949 Yorkshire RL Association 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 10 Bramley 16 Keighley 60 Yorkshire Amateurs 10 York 22 Bradford Northern 53 Castleford 25 Hull 21 Hunslet 7 Dewsbury 29 Batley 17 Halifax 9 Huddersfield 29 Leeds 13 Wakefield Trinity 31 Featherstone Rovers 14 Bramley 5 Keighley 4 Bradford Northern 13 Castleford 6 Dewsbury 12 Batley 5 Huddersfield 20 Wakefield Trinity 12 Bramley 6 Bradford Northern 8 Dewsbury 2 Huddersfield 7 Bradford Northern 11 Huddersfield 4 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 See also 1949–50 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:1949 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup