1946–47 Yorkshire Cup

1946–47 was the thirty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1946–47 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up	Hull

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

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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 No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	agg	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 6 Sep 1946	Yorkshire Amateurs		7-28		York	Parkside				1
2	Sat 7 Sep 1946	Batley		8-9		Hunslet	Mount Pleasant
3	Sat 8 Sep 1946	Bramley		4-9		Dewsbury	Barley Mow
4	Sat 9 Sep 1946	Featherstone Rovers		10-16		Hull	Post Office Road					[3]
5	Sat 10 Sep 1946	Huddersfield		20-5		Bradford Northern	Fartown
6	Sat 11 Sep 1946	Hull Kingston Rovers		10-9		Halifax	Craven Park (1)
7	Sat 12 Sep 1946	Keighley		14-11		Wakefield Trinity	Lawkholme Lane					[4]
8	Sat 13 Sep 1946	Leeds		8-11		Castleford	Headingley

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 No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	agg	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 14 Sep 1946	York		29-12		Yorkshire Amateurs	Clarence Street	57-19			1
2	Sat 15 Sep 1946	Hunslet		10-4		Batley	Parkside	19-12
3	Sat 16 Sep 1946	Dewsbury		9-8		Bramley	Crown Flatt	18-12
4	Sat 17 Sep 1946	Hull		24-3		Featherstone Rovers	Boulevard	42-13				[3]
5	Sat 18 Sep 1946	Bradford Northern		3-20		Huddersfield	Odsal	8-40
6	Sat 19 Sep 1946	Halifax		7-11		Hull Kingston Rovers	Thrum Hall	16-21
7	Sat 20 Sep 1946	Wakefield Trinity		8-2		Keighley	Belle Vue	19-16				[4]
8	Sat 21 Sep 1946	Castleford		16-7		Leeds	Wheldon Road	27-15

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	agg	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 23 Sep 1946	Hunslet		10-9		Dewsbury	Parkside
2	Mon 24 Sep 1946	Huddersfield		10-15		Hull Kingston Rovers	Fartown
3	Thu 25 Oct 1946	Hull		42-8		York	Boulevard					[3]
4	Thu 26 Oct 1946	Wakefield Trinity		11-2		Castleford	Belle Vue					[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	agg	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Thu 28 Oct 1946	Hull		15-11		Hull Kingston Rovers	Boulevard					[3]
2	Wed 29 Oct 1946	Wakefield Trinity		7-4		Hunslet	Belle Vue					[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	agg	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 31 November 1946	Wakefield Trinity		10-0		Hull	Headingley		34,300	£3,718	2 3 4	[3][4][5][6]

Teams and Scorers

Wakefield Trinity	№	Hull
	teams	Positions uncertain
William "Billy" Teall	1	Freddie Miller (c)
Jackie Perry	2	Ivor J. Watts
Ronald "Ron" Rylance (c)	3	T. Glynn
A J "Jim" Croston	4	Ernie Lawrence
Dennis Baddeley	5	A. Shakesby
Johnny Jones	6	Alan Sinclair
Arthur Fletcher	7	Thomas A. Johnson
Harry Wilkinson	8	Charlie Booth
Leonard "Len" Marson	9	Jack Tindall
James "Jim" Higgins	10	S. Jimmeson
G H "Mick" Exley	11	H. Wilkinson
Harry Murphy	12	Albert Bowers
Leonard "Len" Bratley	13	F. W. Shillito
probably James "Jim" Croston	Coach	Ted Tattersfield (trainer)
10	score	0
0	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Ronald "Ron" Rylance (1)	T	no score
Arthur Fletcher (1)	T
	Goals
Jackie Perry (2)	G
Referee		unknown

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

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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					Semi Finals					Final
	Hull Kingston Rovers		9
	Dewsbury		24
						Dewsbury		10
						Keighley		3
	Bramley		29
	Keighley		39
											Dewsbury		2
											Bradford Northern		7
	Bradford Northern
	bye
						Bradford Northern		8
						Hunslet		0
	Batley		5
	Hunslet		40
																Bradford Northern		5
																Wakefield Trinity		2
	Wakefield Trinity		52
	Huddersfield		12
						Wakefield Trinity		34
						Hull		7
	Halifax		23
	Hull		35
											Wakefield Trinity		14
											Leeds		7
	Leeds		21
	Castleford		15
						Leeds		11
						Featherstone Rovers		4
	York		L
	Featherstone Rovers		W

Notes and comments

1. 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 match was played at Parkside, the ground of Hunslet
2. The attendance is given as 34,300 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[5] and 1990-91[6] but 29,000 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and also by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"[4]
3. The attendance of 34,300, if correct (see last item) 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 1938
4. The receipts of £3,718 were a new record, beating the previous best of £2,414 set in 1922 by over £1,300
5. 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.

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

• 1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

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. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
5. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org