1937–38 Yorkshire Cup

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

1937–38 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upHuddersfield

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

[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 11 Sep 1937Batley42-5NewcastleMount Pleasant1
2Sat 11 Sep 1937Bramley2-5KeighleyBarley Mow
3Sat 11 Sep 1937Castleford6-8DewsburyWheldon Road
4Sat 11 Sep 1937Huddersfield32-16Featherstone RoversFartown
5Sat 11 Sep 1937Hull21-13HunsletBoulevard[3]
6Sat 11 Sep 1937Hull Kingston Rovers10-11Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)
7Sat 11 Sep 1937Leeds20-7YorkHeadingley
8Sat 11 Sep 1937Wakefield Trinity4-4HalifaxBelle Vue

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RThu 16 Sep 1937Halifax7-6Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 22 Sep 1937Bradford Northern6-16LeedsOdsal
2Mon 27 Sep 1937Huddersfield13-6HullFartown[3]
3Tue 28 Sep 1937Keighley7-9BatleyLawkholme Lane
4Wed 29 Sep 1937Dewsbury20-9HalifaxCrown Flatt

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 11 Oct 1937Huddersfield6-2DewsburyFartown
2Wed 13 Oct 1937Leeds10-5BatleyHeadingley

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 30 October 1937Leeds14-8HuddersfieldBelle Vue22,000£1,5082[4][5]

Teams and scorers

Leeds Huddersfield
teams
Charles "Charlie" Eaton1Tommy Scourfield
Eric Harris2Markham
Fred Harris3Stan Mountain
Stan Brogden4Alex Fiddes
Stanley Smith5Dennis Madden
Vic Hey6Stan Pepperell
Cliff Evans7Swallow
Harry Woods8Sherwood
Con Murphy9Whitehead
Dai Prosser10David Morgan Evans
Ken Jubb11Langford
Harry Dyer12Shaw or Senior
Ted Tattersfield13Aspinall
??Coach??
14score8
11HT3
Scorers
Tries
TStan Mountain (1)
TMarkham (1)
Goals
GSwallow (1)
G
Refereeunknown

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

[6]

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. "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. "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1937–38" (PDF).
  7. Trevor R.Delaney (1991). the Grounds of Rugby League. Trevor R.Delaney, Keighley. ISBN 978-0950998220.
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