1931–32 Yorkshire Cup

The 1931–32 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Huddersfield won the trophy (for the eighth time) by beating Hunslet in the final by the score of 4–2.

1931–32 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	15
Winners	Huddersfield
Runners-up	Hunslet

Background

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby Football League's 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).

Competition and Results

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 fifteen. This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.[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
1	Sat 10 Oct 1931	Batley		4-24		Leeds	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 10 Oct 1931	Bradford Northern		5-11		Huddersfield	Birch Lane
3	Sat 10 Oct 1931	Castleford		4-12		Dewsbury	Wheldon Road
4	Sat 10 Oct 1931	Hull		33-7		Keighley	Boulevard				[3]
5	Sat 10 Oct 1931	Hull Kingston Rovers		6-2		Wakefield Trinity	Craven Park (1)
6	Sat 10 Oct 1931	Hunslet		50-11		Bramley	Parkside
7	Sat 10 Oct 1931	York		3-0		Halifax	Clarence Street
8		Featherstone Rovers				bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 14 Oct 1931	Hunslet		27-7		Hull Kingston Rovers	Parkside
2	Mon 19 Oct 1931	Featherstone Rovers		5-15		Huddersfield	Post Office Road
3	Tue 20 Oct 1931	Dewsbury		5-9		Hull	Crown Flatt				[3]
4	Wed 21 Oct 1931	Leeds		9-14		York	Headingley

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 4 Nov 1931	York		2-2		Huddersfield	Clarence Street
2	Thu 5 Nov 1931	Hull		0-15		Hunslet	Boulevard				[3]

Semi-Final - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
R	Mon 9 Nov 1931	Huddersfield		10-7		York	Fartown

Final

The final was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 27,800 and receipts were £1,764. The attendance was the second highest attendance recorded to date at the Yorkshire Cup final behind the record of 33,719 from 1922.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 21 November 1931	Huddersfield		4-2		Hunslet	Headingley	27,800	£1,764	1 2	[4][5]

Teams and Scorers

Huddersfield	No.	Hunslet
team unknown	teams	team unknown
J. William "Willie" Stocks	1
	2
	3
Leonard Bowkett	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
??	Coach	??
4	score	2
2	HT	0
	Scorers
	Goals
Leonard Bowkett (1)	G
J. William "Willie" Stocks (1)	G
Referee		unknown

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

[6]

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Batley		4
	Leeds		24
						Leeds		9
						York		14
	York		3
	Halifax		0
											York		2 (7)
											Huddersfield		2 (10)
	Featherstone Rovers
	bye
						Featherstone Rovers		5
						Huddersfield		15
	Bradford Northern		5
	Huddersfield		11
																Huddersfield		4
																Hunslet		2
	Castleford		4
	Dewsbury		12
						Dewsbury		5
						Hull		9
	Hull		33
	Keighley		7
											Hull		0
											Hunslet		15
	Hunslet		50
	Bramley		11
						Hunslet		27
						Hull Kingston Rovers		7
	Hull Kingston Rovers		6
	Wakefield Trinity		2

Notes

1 * The attendance is given as 27,800 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but 27,000 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[5]

2 * 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.

See also

• 1931–32 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. 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 1931–32" (PDF).

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