1938–39 Yorkshire Cup

The 1938–39 Yorkshire Cup, was the thirty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire County Cup competition was held.

1938–39 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersHuddersfield
Runners-upHull

The previous year's defeated finalists returned for a second year, but this year they were triumphant, Huddersfield winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 18-10.

The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 28,714 and receipts were £1,534.

For the losers, Hull FC, it was to be their fifth defeat in six appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants but Newcastle folded and so there is one less entrant, reducing the total number to fifteen.

This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.

Competition and results

[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 10 Sep 1938Bradford Northern7-20HunsletOdsal
2Sat 10 Sep 1938Featherstone Rovers4-43LeedsPost Office Road
3Sat 10 Sep 1938Halifax9-9BatleyThrum Hall
4Sat 10 Sep 1938Huddersfield32-8DewsburyFartown
5Sat 10 Sep 1938Hull17-10BramleyBoulevard[3]
6Sat 10 Sep 1938Hull Kingston Rovers12-0CastlefordCraven Park (1)
7Sat 10 Sep 1938York14-28KeighleyClarence Street
8Wakefield Trinitybye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 14 Sep 1938Batley0-16HalifaxMount Pleasant

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 19 Sep 1938Halifax8-14Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall
2Mon 19 Sep 1938Hunslet23-7Hull Kingston RoversParkside
3Tue 20 Sep 1938Hull8-0KeighleyBoulevard[3]
4Wed 21 Sep 1938Huddersfield8-6LeedsFartown

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 5 Oct 1938Huddersfield6-2Wakefield TrinityFartown
2Thu 6 Oct 1938Hull18-2HunsletBoulevard[3]

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 22 October 1938Huddersfield18-10HullOdsal2871415341[3][4][5]

Teams and scorers
Huddersfield № Hull
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W. J. Taylor1Freddie Miller
Bill Johnson2Frank Hurley
Dennis Madden3J. R. "Bob" Corner
Alex Fiddes4Sydney Wilson
E. T. Markham5E. Overton
Stanley "Stan" V. Pepperell6Ernie Herbert
T. Grahame (or T. H. Royal)7A. Tom Johnson
H. Sherwood8Lawrence "Laurie" Thacker
H. Whitehead9G. H. "George" Barlow
David Morgan Evans10Lawrence Barlow
Emrys Hughes11Charles "Charlie" Booth
J. D. Shaw12J. R. P. "Jack" Dawson
K. Gronow (or Ron Bailey)13Harold Ellerington
??Coach??
18score10
10HT2
Scorers
Tries
E. T. Markham (3)T
Dennis Madden (1)T
Goals
Alex Fiddes (2)G
Dennis Madden (1)G
Refereeunknown

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

[6][7][8]

The road to success
First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Huddersfield 32
Dewsbury 8
Huddersfield 8
Leeds 6
Featherstone Rovers 4
Leeds 43
Huddersfield 6
Wakefield Trinity 2
Halifax 9 (16)
Batley 9 (0)
Halifax 8
Wakefield Trinity 14
Wakefield Trinity
bye
Huddersfield 18
Hull 10
Hull 17
Bramley 10
Hull 8
Keighley 0
York 14
Keighley 28
Hull 18
Hunslet 2
Bradford Northern 7
Hunslet 20
Hunslet 23
Hull Kingston Rovers 7
Hull Kingston Rovers 12
Castleford 0

Notes and comments

1 * Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington.

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League 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 as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.

The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this 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.)

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See also

References
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  6. "Match Programme Yorkshire Cup Final 1938" (PDF).
  7. Yorks RL Assos (1938). Match programme Huddersfield v Hull 1938 Yorkshire Cup Final. Yorkshire RL Association.
  8. "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1938–39" (PDF).
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