Autumn 1941 Yorkshire Cup
Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
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Number of teams | 16 | |||
Winners | Bradford Northern | |||
Runners-up | Halifax | |||
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The Autumn 1941 Yorkshire Cup took place in Autumn 1941.
The Yorkshire Cup was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The Autumn of 1941 was the thirty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,989 and receipts were £635. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Halifax 24-0. This was the second consecutive victory for Bradford Northern
Change in Club participation
Historically, the Yorkshire Cup area had frequently changed to encompass other teams from outside the county The Second World War was continuing and the Yorkshire Cup was moved back to the early part of the 1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season i.e. the Autumn.
Hull Kingston Rovers – The club dropped out of the wartime Lancashire league after the ‘first (1939–40) season. They did not return to league competition until 1945–46 peacetime season.
Wigan - This club entered the Yorkshire Cup competition for the second successive season
Oldham - The club, as Wigan, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for the second successive season
Dewsbury - had a relatively successful time during the war years. Managed by Eddie Waring, and with the side boosted by the inclusion of a number of big-name guest players, the club won the Wartime Emergency League in 1941–42 and again the following season 1942–43 (though that championship was declared null and void when it was discovered they had played an ineligible player). They were also runners-up in the Championship in 1943–44, Challenge Cup winners in 1943 and Yorkshire Cup final appearances in this season 1940–41 and winners in 1942–43.
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no further withdrawals, and no additional "new entrants", which with the continued presence of the two Lancashire clubs, Wigan and Oldham resulted in the number of entrants remaining at last seasons total of sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
For the first time all the ties (with the exception of the actual final) were played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Competition and Results[1][2]
Round 1 - First Leg
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | Batley | 6-28 | Bradford Northern | Mount Pleasant | |||||||
2 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | Castleford | 18-2 | Dewsbury | Wheldon Road | |||||||
3 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | Featherstone Rovers | 7-18 | Halifax | Post Office Road | |||||||
4 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | Hull | 3-20 | Huddersfield | Boulevard | [3] | ||||||
5 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | Hunslet | 28-6 | Bramley | Parkside | |||||||
6 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | Keighley | 2-14 | Wigan | Lawkholme Lane | [4] | ||||||
7 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | Leeds | 3-8 | Wakefield Trinity | Headingley | |||||||
8 | Sat 25 Oct 1941 | York | 2-5 | Oldham | Clarence Street |
Round 1 - Second Leg
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Bradford Northern | 36-0 | Batley | Odsal | 64-6 | ||||||
2 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Dewsbury | 8-5 | Castleford | Crown Flatt | 10-23 | ||||||
3 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Halifax | 16-5 | Featherstone Rovers | Thrum Hall | 34-12 | ||||||
4 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Huddersfield | 5-13 | Hull | Fartown | 25-16 | [3] | |||||
5 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Bramley | 3-34 | Hunslet | Barley Mow | 9-62 | ||||||
6 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Wigan | 19-0 | Keighley | Central Park | 33-2 | [4] | |||||
7 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Wakefield Trinity | 4-5 | Leeds | Belle Vue | 12-8 | ||||||
8 | Sat 1 Nov 1941 | Oldham | 10-0 | York | Watersheddings | 15-2 | 1 |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals - First Leg
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
All second round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 8 Nov 1941 | Halifax | 13-7 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | |||||||
2 | Sat 8 Nov 1941 | Huddersfield | 14-6 | Castleford | Fartown | |||||||
3 | Sat 8 Nov 1941 | Hunslet | 3-8 | Wigan | Parkside | [4] | ||||||
4 | Sat 8 Nov 1941 | Oldham | 0-10 | Bradford Northern | Watersheddings |
Round 2 - Second Leg
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
All second round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 15 Nov 1941 | Wakefield Trinity | 3-17 | Halifax | Belle Vue | 10-27 | ||||||
2 | Sat 15 Nov 1941 | Castleford | 6-5 | Huddersfield | Wheldon Road | 12-19 | ||||||
3 | Sat 15 Nov 1941 | Wigan | 10-4 | Hunslet | Central Park | 18-7 | [4] | |||||
4 | Sat 15 Nov 1941 | Bradford Northern | 5-9 | Oldham | Odsal | 15-9 |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals - First Leg
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 22 Nov 1941 | Halifax | 11-8 | Wigan | Thrum Hall | [4] | ||||||
2 | Sat 22 Nov 1941 | Huddersfield | 11-10 | Bradford Northern | Fartown |
Semi-Final - Second Leg
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 29 Nov 1941 | Wigan | 2-2 | Halifax | Central Park | 10-13 | [4] | |||||
2 | Sat 29 Nov 1941 | Bradford Northern | 9-3 | Huddersfield | Odsal | 19-14 |
Final
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 6 December 1941 | Bradford Northern | 24-0 | Halifax | Fartown | 5,989 | £635 | 2 | [5][6] |
Teams and Scorers
Bradford Northern | № | Halifax |
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George Carmichael (position uncertain) | 1 | |
2 | ||
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7 | ||
Frank Whitcombe (position uncertain) | 8 | |
9 | ||
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12 | ||
13 | ||
Dai Rees | Coach | ?? |
24 | score | 0 |
5 | HT | 0 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
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Goals | ||
G | ||
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Drop Goals | ||
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Referee | unknown | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
All the ties (excluding the final itself) were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
Where the round was played on a two-leg (home and away) basis, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.
Where the round was played on a two-leg (home and away) basis, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.
First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Hull | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dewsbury | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
York | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Batley | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Halifax | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Halifax | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
Halifax | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leeds | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Halifax | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hunslet | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bramley | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hunslet | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Keighley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * Oldham joined the Yorkshire Cup in season 1940-41. This was the first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at Watersheddings
2 * 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.
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
- ↑ "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 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ↑ 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