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
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	York

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
1	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Bramley		8-37		Leeds	Barley Mow
2	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Castleford		8-11		Dewsbury	Castleford
3	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Featherstone Rovers		9-2		Hull Kingston Rovers	Post Office Road
4	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Huddersfield		37-4		Bradford Northern	Fartown
5	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Hull		18-2		Batley	Boulevard				[3]
6	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Hunslet		18-5		Acton & Willesden	Parkside			1
7	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Keighley		7-5		Halifax	Lawkholme Lane
8	Sat 14 Sep 1935	York		6-2		Wakefield Trinity	Clarence 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
1	Mon 23 Sep 1935	Huddersfield		8-10		Hull	Fartown				[3]
2	Wed 25 Sep 1935	Leeds		7-4		Hunslet	Headingley
3	Wed 25 Sep 1935	York		12-4		Keighley	Clarence Street
4	Thu 26 Sep 1935	Featherstone Rovers		2-12		Dewsbury	Post 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
1	Wed 2 Oct 1935	York		8-5		Dewsbury	Clarence Street
2	Thu 3 Oct 1935	Hull		4-4		Leeds	Boulevard				[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
R	Wed 9 Oct 1935	Leeds		15-3		Hull	Headingley				[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 19 October 1935	Leeds		3-0		York	Thrum Hall	14,616	£1,113	2	[4][5]

Teams and Scorers

Leeds	№	York
	teams
Jim Brough	1	Tommy Dingsdale
Eric Harris	2	Haigh
Stan Brogden	3	Jeff Moores
Parker	4	S. Hunt
Stanley Smith	5	P. Hargreaves
Dicky Ralph	6	Gurnos Rees
Evan Williams	7	William Thomas
Aubrey Casewell	8	Dai Prosser
Hall	9	F. Williams
Stan Satterthwaite	10	Fred Elias
Ken Jubb	11	Norman Fender
Harry Dyer	12	L. Sharpe
Whitehead	13	W. Welsh
??	Coach	??
3	score	0
3	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Stanley Smith (1)	T
Referee		Mr. 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

• 1935–36 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.

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