1935–36 Yorkshire Cup

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 as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and (as applying for this season) even 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)

1935–36 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upYork

1935–36 Yorkshire Cup

1935–36 was the twenty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Leeds won the trophy by beating York by the score of 3-0

The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,616 and receipts were £1,113

This was Leeds' fifth of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared. Also the second of two consecutive victories which they would enjoy.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers", but there was one new entrant in the form of New London Club Acton & Willesden, thus increasing last year's total entrants to sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and Results

[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 14 Sep 1935Bramley8-37LeedsBarley Mow
2Sat 14 Sep 1935Castleford8-11DewsburyCastleford
3Sat 14 Sep 1935Featherstone Rovers9-2Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road
4Sat 14 Sep 1935Huddersfield37-4Bradford NorthernFartown
5Sat 14 Sep 1935Hull18-2BatleyBoulevard[3]
6Sat 14 Sep 1935Hunslet18-5Acton & WillesdenParkside1
7Sat 14 Sep 1935Keighley7-5HalifaxLawkholme Lane
8Sat 14 Sep 1935York6-2Wakefield TrinityClarence Street

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 23 Sep 1935Huddersfield8-10HullFartown[3]
2Wed 25 Sep 1935Leeds7-4HunsletHeadingley
3Wed 25 Sep 1935York12-4KeighleyClarence Street
4Thu 26 Sep 1935Featherstone Rovers2-12DewsburyPost Office Road

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 2 Oct 1935York8-5DewsburyClarence Street
2Thu 3 Oct 1935Hull4-4LeedsBoulevard[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replay

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 9 Oct 1935Leeds15-3HullHeadingley[3]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 19 October 1935Leeds3-0YorkThrum Hall14,616£1,1132[4][5]

Teams and Scorers

Leeds York
teams
Jim Brough1Tommy Dingsdale
Eric Harris2Haigh
Stan Brogden3Jeff Moores
Parker4S. Hunt
Stanley Smith5P. Hargreaves
Dicky Ralph6Gurnos Rees
Evan Williams7William Thomas
Aubrey Casewell8Dai Prosser
Hall9F. Williams
Stan Satterthwaite10Fred Elias
Ken Jubb11Norman Fender
Harry Dyer12L. Sharpe
Whitehead13W. Welsh
??Coach??
3score0
3HT0
Scorers
Tries
Stanley Smith (1)T
RefereeMr. P. Cowell (Warrington)

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

The road to success

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Huddersfield 37
Bradford Northern 4
Huddersfield 8
Hull 10
Hull 18
Batley 2
Hull 4 (3)
Leeds 4 (15)
Bramley 8
Leeds 37
Leeds 7
Hunslet 4
Hunslet 18
Acton & Willesden 5
Leeds 3
York 0
York 6
Halifax 2
York 12
Keighley 4
Keighley 7
Halifax 5
York 8
Dewsbury 5
Featherstone Rovers 9
Hull Kingston Rovers 2
Featherstone Rovers 2
Dewsbury 12
Castleford 8
Dewsbury 11

Notes and comments

1 * New London club Acton & Willesden's first (and last) match in Yorkshire Cup. The club folded at the end of the season

2 * Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.

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.
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