1946–47 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1946–47 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Wakefield Trinity Winners Hull 1945–46 Yorkshire Cup 1945–46 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup 1947–48 16 1946–47 was the thirty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10–0 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 34,300 and receipts were £3,718 This is Wakefield Trinity second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year they were beaten by Bradford Northern 5–2 Background This season junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were invited to take part. This increased the number of clubs who entered last season by one to a 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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 11 Sep 1946Yorkshire Amateurs7–28YorkParksideYorksAm 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 Parkside, the ground of Hunslet2Sat 14 Sep 1946Batley8–9HunsletMount Pleasant3Sat 14 Sep 1946Bramley4–9DewsburyBarley Mow4Sat 14 Sep 1946Featherstone Rovers10–16HullPost Office RoadHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19465Sat 14 Sep 1946Huddersfield20–5Bradford NorthernFartown6Sat 14 Sep 1946Hull Kingston Rovers10–9HalifaxCraven Park (1)7Sat 14 Sep 1946Keighley14–11Wakefield TrinityLawkholme Lane 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 88Sat 14 Sep 1946Leeds8–11CastlefordHeadingley 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 14 Sep 1946York29–12Yorkshire AmateursClarence Street57–19YorksAm2Sat 21 Sep 1946Hunslet10–4BatleyParkside19–123Sat 21 Sep 1946Dewsbury9–8BramleyCrown Flatt18–124Sat 21 Sep 1946Hull24–3Featherstone RoversBoulevard42–135Sat 21 Sep 1946Bradford Northern3–20HuddersfieldOdsal8–406Sat 21 Sep 1946Halifax7–11Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall16–217Sat 21 Sep 1946Wakefield Trinity8–2KeighleyBelle Vue19–168Sat 21 Sep 1946Castleford16–7LeedsWheldon Road 27–15 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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 25 Sep 1946Hunslet10–9DewsburyParkside2Mon 30 Sep 1946Huddersfield10–15Hull Kingston RoversFartown3Thu 3 Oct 1946Hull42–8YorkBoulevard4Thu 3 Oct 1946Wakefield Trinity11–2CastlefordBelle 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 teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Thu 10 Oct 1946Hull15–11Hull Kingston RoversBoulevard2Wed 16 Oct 1946Wakefield Trinity7–4HunsletBelle Vue Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 2 November 1946Wakefield Trinity10–0HullHeadingley34,300£3,718The attendance is given as 34,300 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but 29,000 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject and also by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" The attendance of 34,300, if correct, is a record to date beating the previous record of 33,719 set in 1922. The previous second highest attendance was 28,714 set in 1938The receipts of £3,718 were a new record, beating the previous best of £2,414 set in 1922 by over £1,300Headingley, 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 Wakefield Trinity№Hull teams Billy Teall1Freddie Miller (c)Jackie Perry2Tommy GlynnJohnny Jones 3Ivor WattsJim Croston4Alan SinclairDennis Baddeley5Albert BowersRon Rylance (c)6Ernie LawrenceArthur Fletcher7Tom JohnsonHarry Wilkinson8Fred ShillitoLen Marson9Harry WilkinsonJim Higgins10Stan JimmisonMick Exley11Charlie BoothHarry Murphy12Jack TindallLen Bratley13Alf Shakesbyprobably James "Jim" CrostonCoachTed Tattersfield (trainer) 10score00HT0 Scorers Tries Ron Rylance (1)Tno scoreArthur Fletcher (1)T Goals Jackie Perry (2)GRefereeGeorge 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 Hull Kingston Rovers 9 Dewsbury 24 Bramley 29 Keighley 39 Bradford Northern bye Batley 5 Hunslet 40 Wakefield Trinity 52 Huddersfield 12 Halifax 23 Hull 35 Leeds 21 Castleford 15 York L Featherstone Rovers W Dewsbury 10 Keighley 3 Bradford Northern 8 Hunslet 0 Wakefield Trinity 34 Hull 7 Leeds 11 Featherstone Rovers 4 Dewsbury 2 Bradford Northern 7 Wakefield Trinity 14 Leeds 7 Bradford Northern 5 Wakefield Trinity 2 See also 1946–47 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:1946 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup