1934 Yorkshire Cup

1934-35 Yorkshire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 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	Ref

1	Thu 6 Sep 1934	Hull	11-7	Hunslet	Boulevard	^[3]
2	Sat 8 Sep 1934	Castleford	9-9	Bradford Northern	Wheldon Road
3	Sat 8 Sep 1934	Halifax	16-5	Featherstone Rovers	Thrum Hall
4	Sat 8 Sep 1934	Hull KR	9-9	Keighley	Craven Park (1)
5	Sat 8 Sep 1934	Leeds	35-8	Bramley	Headingley
6	Sat 8 Sep 1934	Wakefield Trinity	9-7	Batley	Belle Vue
7	Sat 8 Sep 1934	York	0-13	Huddersfield	Clarence Street
8		Dewsbury		bye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Notes

R1	Wed 12 Sep 1934	Bradford Northern	13-16	Castleford	Odsal	1
R2	Fri 13 Sep 1934	Keighley	5-22	Hull KR	Lawkholme Lane

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 19 Sep 1934	Huddersfield	6-6	Castleford	Fartown
2	Wed 19 Sep 1934	Wakefield Trinity	10-0	Hull KR	Belle Vue
3	Thu 20 Sep 1934	Halifax	2-0	Dewsbury	Thrum Hall
4	Mon 24 Sep 1934	Leeds	19-4	Hull	Headingley	^[3]

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

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

R	Wed 26 Sep 1934	Castleford		3-2		Huddersfield	Wheldon Road

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue

1	Mon 1 Oct 1934	Leeds	20-2	Halifax	Headingley
2	Wed 3 Oct 1934	Castleford	0-10	Wakefield Trinity	Wheldon Road

Final

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

	Saturday 27 October 1934	Leeds		5-5		Wakefield Trinity	Crown Flatt	22,598	£1,529	2 3 4	^[4]

Final - First Replay

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

	Wednesday 31 October 1934	Leeds		2-2		Wakefield Trinity	Fartown	10,500	£745	5	^[4]

Final - Second Replay

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

	Wednesday 7 November 1934	Leeds		13-0		Wakefield Trinity	Parkside	19,304	£1,327	6 7	^[4]

Teams and Scorers^[5]

Leeds	№	Wakefield Trinity

	teams
	1	W. Gordon Bonner
	2	Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
	3	Ernest Pollard
	4	Fred O. Smith
Stanley Smith	5	W. Farrar/Herbert Farrar
	6	C. Nat Pickard
	7	A. Burrows/E. Burrows
	8	Jimmy A. Hobson
	9	Harry "Tupper" Field
	10	David "Sandy" Rowan
	11	William "Bill" Horton
	12	G H "Mick" Exley
	13	Harry Wilkinson
	Coach

5	score	5
	HT

	Scorers
	Tries
1	T	A. Burrows/E. Burrows (1)
	Goals
1	G	Ernest Pollard (1)
Referee		unknown


First Replay		Fartown

	teams
	1	W. Gordon Bonner
	2	Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
	3	Ron Moore
	4	Fred O. Smith
	5	W. Farrar/Herbert Farrar
	6	Ernest Pollard
	7	A. Burrows/E. Burrows
	8	Jimmy A. Hobson
	9	Harry "Tupper" Field
	10	David "Sandy" Rowan
	11	William "Bill" Horton
	12	G H "Mick" Exley
	13	Harry Wilkinson
	Coach

2	score	2
0	2
	Scorers
	Goals
1	G	Ernest Pollard

Referee		unknown


Second Replay		Parkside

	teams
	1	W. Gordon Bonner
	2	Ron Moore
	3	Fred O. Smith
	4	Ernest Pollard
	5	Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
	6	C. Nat Pickard
	7	A. Burrows/E. Burrows
	8	Jimmy A. Hobson
	9	Harry "Tupper" Field
	10	David "Sandy" Rowan
	11	William "Bill" Horton
	12	G H "Mick" Exley
	13	Harry Wilkinson
	coach

13	score	0
?	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
3	T	no score
	T
	T
	Goals
2	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG

Referee		unknown

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)

References

1 2 3 "Rugby League Project".
↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
1 2 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
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.
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.
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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