1937–38_Yorkshire_Cup

1937–38 Yorkshire Cup

1937–38 Yorkshire Cup

Yorkshire Cup Thirtieth Anniversary

The 1937–38 Yorkshire Cup was the thirtieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

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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

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Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

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Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

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Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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Final

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Teams and scorers

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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Hull Kingston Rovers
Bradford Northern
Bradford Northern
Leeds
Leeds
York
Leeds
Batley
Bramley
Keighley
Keighley
Batley
Batley
Newcastle
Leeds 8
Huddersfield 5
Huddersfield
Featherstone Rovers
Huddersfield
Hull
Hull
Hunslet
Huddersfield
Dewsbury
Castleford
Dewsbury
Dewsbury
Halifax
Wakefield Trinity
Halifax

Notes and comments

1 * This was Newcastle,s second (and last) season in the league. According to "the Grounds of Rugby League"[7] Newcastle RLFC moved for 1937/38 to the new White City Stadium in Gateshead.from the previous season's venue of Brough Park.

2 * Belle 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 Huddersfield

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Rugby League Project".
  2. [2]
    Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. [3]
    "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. [4]
    Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. [5]
    Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  6. [6]
    "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1937–38" (PDF).
  7. [7]
    Trevor R.Delaney (1991). the Grounds of Rugby League. Trevor R.Delaney, Keighley. ISBN 978-0950998220.
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