1937–38 Yorkshire Cup

Yorkshire Cup Thirtieth Anniversary April 2022 1937–38 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Leeds Winners Huddersfield 1936–37 Yorkshire Cup 1936–37 1938–39 Yorkshire Cup 1938–39 16 The 1937–38 Yorkshire Cup was the thirtieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. 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) Leeds won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 14–8 The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts were £1,508 This was Leeds' last of their six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared. Background This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no in the first round. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne Press Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 11 Sep 1937Batley42–5NewcastleThis was Newcastle's second (and last) season in the league. According to "the Grounds of Rugby League"Trevor R.Delaney the Grounds of Rugby League 1991 Trevor R.Delaney, Keighley 978-0950998220 Newcastle RLFC moved for 1937/38 to the new White City Stadium in Gateshead.from the previous season's venue of Brough Park.Mount Pleasant2Sat 11 Sep 1937Bramley2–5KeighleyBarley Mow3Sat 11 Sep 1937Castleford6–8DewsburyWheldon Road 4Sat 11 Sep 1937Huddersfield32–16Featherstone RoversFartown5Sat 11 Sep 1937Hull21–13HunsletBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results https://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19376Sat 11 Sep 1937Hull Kingston Rovers10–11Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)7Sat 11 Sep 1937Leeds20–7YorkHeadingley8Sat 11 Sep 1937Wakefield Trinity4–4HalifaxBelle Vue Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRThu 16 Sep 1937Halifax7–6Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 22 Sep 1937Bradford Northern6–16LeedsOdsal2Mon 27 Sep 1937Huddersfield13–6HullFartown3Tue 28 Sep 1937Keighley7–9BatleyLawkholme Lane4Wed 29 Sep 1937Dewsbury20–9HalifaxCrown Flatt Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Mon 11 Oct 1937Huddersfield6–2DewsburyFartown2Wed 13 Oct 1937Leeds10–5BatleyHeadingley Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 30 October 1937Leeds14–8HuddersfieldBelle Vue22,000£1,508Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and HuddersfieldRaymond 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 Leeds№Huddersfield teams Charles "Charlie" Eaton1Tommy ScourfieldEric Harris2Ray MarkhamFred Harris3Stan MountainStan Brogden4Alex FiddesStanley Smith5Dennis MaddenVic Hey6Stan PepperellCliff Evans7Eric SwallowHarry Woods8Herbert SherwoodCon Murphy9Harold WhiteheadDai Prosser10David Morgan EvansKen Jubb11Bryan LangfordHarry Dyer12Shaw or SeniorTed Tattersfield13Sep Aspinall??Coach?? 14score811HT3 Scorers Tries TStan Mountain (1)TMarkham (1) Goals GSwallow (1)GRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points Huddersfield RL Heritage 1937–38 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201937-38.pdf The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Hull Kingston Rovers 10 Bradford Northern 11 Leeds 20 York 7 Bramley 2 Keighley 5 Batley 42 Newcastle 5 Huddersfield 32 Featherstone Rovers 16 Hull 21 Hunslet 13 Castleford 6 Dewsbury 8 Wakefield Trinity 4 (6) Halifax 4 (7) Bradford Northern 6 Leeds 16 Keighley 7 Batley 9 Huddersfield 13 Hull 6 Dewsbury 20 Halifax 9 Leeds 10 Batley 5 Huddersfield 6 Dewsbury 2 Leeds 14 Huddersfield 8 See also 1937–38 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:1937 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup