1934 Yorkshire Cup

1934-35 Yorkshire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 15
Winners Leeds
Runners-up Wakefield Trinity
< 1933 Seasons 1935 >

1934 Yorkshire Cup

1934 was the twenty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

For the first and only time, the Yorkshire Cup final required two replays to sort the teams and decide the winners, Leeds eventually winning the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of '13-0-(HT unknown) in a second replay
The initial match was played at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury, now in West Yorkshire, with an attendance of 22,598, receipts were £1,529 and a final score of 5-5
The first replay was at Fartown, with an attendance of 10,500, receipts of £745 and a final score of 2-2
The second replay was played at Parkside, with an attendance of 19,304, receipts of £1,327 and a final score of 13-0
Altogether a total of around 52,500 people paid over £3,500 to watch the three matches.
This was Leeds' fourth of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared. Also the first of two consecutive victories which they would enjoy.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entants 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.

Competition and Results[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

1Thu 6 Sep 1934Hull11-7HunsletBoulevard[3]
2Sat 8 Sep 1934Castleford9-9Bradford NorthernWheldon Road
3Sat 8 Sep 1934Halifax16-5Featherstone RoversThrum Hall
4Sat 8 Sep 1934Hull KR9-9KeighleyCraven Park (1)
5Sat 8 Sep 1934Leeds35-8BramleyHeadingley
6Sat 8 Sep 1934Wakefield Trinity9-7BatleyBelle Vue
7Sat 8 Sep 1934York0-13HuddersfieldClarence Street
8Dewsburybye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

R1Wed 12 Sep 1934Bradford Northern13-16CastlefordOdsal1
R2Fri 13 Sep 1934Keighley5-22Hull KRLawkholme Lane

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

1Wed 19 Sep 1934Huddersfield6-6CastlefordFartown
2Wed 19 Sep 1934Wakefield Trinity10-0Hull KRBelle Vue
3Thu 20 Sep 1934Halifax2-0DewsburyThrum Hall
4Mon 24 Sep 1934Leeds19-4HullHeadingley[3]

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

RWed 26 Sep 1934Castleford3-2HuddersfieldWheldon 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

1Mon 1 Oct 1934Leeds20-2HalifaxHeadingley
2Wed 3 Oct 1934Castleford0-10Wakefield TrinityWheldon Road

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

Saturday 27 October 1934Leeds5-5Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt22,598£1,5292 3 4[4]

Final - First Replay

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

Wednesday 31 October 1934Leeds2-2Wakefield TrinityFartown10,500£7455[4]

Final - Second Replay

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref

Wednesday 7 November 1934Leeds13-0Wakefield TrinityParkside19,304£1,3276 7[4]

Teams and Scorers[5]

Leeds Wakefield Trinity
teams
1W. Gordon Bonner
2Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
3Ernest Pollard
4Fred O. Smith
Stanley Smith5W. Farrar/Herbert Farrar
6C. Nat Pickard
7A. Burrows/E. Burrows
8Jimmy A. Hobson
9Harry "Tupper" Field
10David "Sandy" Rowan
11William "Bill" Horton
12G H "Mick" Exley
13Harry Wilkinson
Coach
5score5
HT
Scorers
Tries
1TA. Burrows/E. Burrows (1)
Goals
1GErnest Pollard (1)
Refereeunknown
First Replay Fartown
teams
1W. Gordon Bonner
2Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
3Ron Moore
4Fred O. Smith
5W. Farrar/Herbert Farrar
6Ernest Pollard
7A. Burrows/E. Burrows
8Jimmy A. Hobson
9Harry "Tupper" Field
10David "Sandy" Rowan
11William "Bill" Horton
12G H "Mick" Exley
13Harry Wilkinson
Coach
2score2
02
Scorers
Goals
1GErnest Pollard
Refereeunknown
Second Replay Parkside
teams
1W. Gordon Bonner
2Ron Moore
3Fred O. Smith
4Ernest Pollard
5Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
6C. Nat Pickard
7A. Burrows/E. Burrows
8Jimmy A. Hobson
9Harry "Tupper" Field
10David "Sandy" Rowan
11William "Bill" Horton
12G H "Mick" Exley
13Harry Wilkinson
coach
13score0
?HT0
Scorers
Tries
3Tno score
T
T
Goals
2G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Refereeunknown

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
            
Leeds 35
Bramley 8
Leeds 19
Hull 4
Hull 11
Hunslet 7
Leeds 20
Halifax 2
Halifax 16
Featherstone Rovers 5
Halifax 2
Dewsbury 0
Dewsbury
bye
Leeds 5-2-13
Wakefield Trinity 5-2-0
York 0
Huddersfield 13
Huddersfield 6 (2)
Castleford 6 (3)
Castleford 9 (16)
Bradford Northern 9 (13)
Castleford 0
Wakefield Trinity 10
Wakefield Trinity 9
Batley 7
Wakefield Trinity 10
Hull KR 0
Hull KR 9 (22)
Keighley 9 (5)

Notes and comments

1 * This was Bradford Northern's first Yorkshire Cup match at their new stadium, Odsal
2 * The attendance is given as 22,598 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject,[1] the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[6] but 22500 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"[5]
3 * The receipts are given as £1,529 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[6] but £1,526 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"[5]
4 * Crown Flatt was the home ground of Dewsbury from 1898 to 1991. The ground was becoming dilapidated, but a deliberately set fire which completely destroyed the recently renovated stand, together with all the clubs historical records, forced a move to a new ground. The final capacity is unknown but was much less than the record attendance of 26,584, set on 30 October 1920 for a second round Yorkshire Cup match to watch Dewsbury bear Halifax 3-2
5 * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.
Due to lack of maintenance, terrace closures and finally major storm damage closing one of the stands in 1986, the final ground capacity had been reduced to just a few thousands although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup semi-final on 19 April 1947 when a crowd of 35,136 saw Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 21-0
6 * The attendance is given as 19,304 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject,[1] the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[6] but 19,000 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"[5]
7 * Parkside was the home ground of Hunslet from 1888 to 1973. The club were struggling financially when in 1971 fire destroyed the stand, greatly reducing the ground attendance capacity, the record for which stood at the 24,700 for a third round Challenge Cup match in 1924. After the fire the directors sold the ground and wound up the club.

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)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. 1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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