1932–33 Yorkshire Cup

1932–33 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersLeeds
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

The 1932–33 Yorkshire Cup was the fifteenth occasion on which Rugby Football League's (RFL) Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

Leeds won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 8-0

The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,685 and receipts were £1,183

This was Leeds' third of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared

Background

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.

Competition and results

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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 8 Oct 1932 Bradford Northern 9-5 Hull Birch Lane [3]
2 Sat 8 Oct 1932 Bramley 5-18 Hunslet Barley Mow
3 Sat 8 Oct 1932 Halifax 17-4 Batley Thrum Hall
4 Sat 8 Oct 1932 Huddersfield 12-10 Featherstone Rovers Fartown
5 Sat 8 Oct 1932 Leeds 13-5 Dewsbury Headingley
6 Sat 8 Oct 1932 Wakefield Trinity 11-2 Keighley Belle Vue
7 Sat 8 Oct 1932 York 3-0 Hull Kingston Rovers Clarence Street
8 Castleford bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 17 Oct 1932 Huddersfield 2-2 Halifax Fartown
2 Wed 19 Oct 1932 Castleford 26-9 Bradford Northern Wheldon Road
3 Wed 19 Oct 1932 Hunslet 7-8 Wakefield Trinity Parkside
4 Wed 19 Oct 1932 York 0-7 Leeds Clarence Street

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Thu 20 Oct 1932 Halifax 2-0 Huddersfield Thrum Hall

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 26 Oct 1932 Leeds 9-2 Castleford Headingley
2 Wed 2 Nov 1932 Wakefield Trinity 16-11 Halifax Belle Vue

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 19 November 1932 Leeds 8-0 Wakefield Trinity Fartown 17,685 £1,183 1 [4][5]

Teams and scorers

Leeds № Wakefield Trinity
team unknown teams
1 Gilbert Robinson
2 Edward Brogden
Jeff Moores (position uncertain) 3 Frank Lingard
Frank O'Rourke (position uncertain) 4 Ernest Pollard
5 Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
6 Joe 'Sandy' Pearce
7 Sam Herberts
8 Leonard Higson
9 Sam Gee
10 Jimmy A. Hobson
11 William "Bill" Horton
12 G H "Mick" Exley
13 Harry Wilkinson
?? Coach ??
8 score 0
3 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
2 T nil
T
Goals
1 G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee unknown

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

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The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
York 3
Hull Kingston Rovers 0
York 0
Leeds 7
Leeds 13
Dewsbury 5
Leeds 9
Castleford 2
Castleford
bye
Castleford 26
Bradford Northern 9
Bradford Northern 9
Hull 5
Leeds 8
Wakefield Trinity 0
Bramley 5
Hunslet 18
Hunslet 7
Wakefield Trinity 8
Wakefield Trinity 11
Keighley 2
Wakefield Trinity 16
Halifax 11
Huddersfield 12
Featherstone Rovers 10
Huddersfield 2 (0)
Halifax 2 (2)
Halifax 17
Batley 4

Notes and comments

1 * 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

  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. ^ 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.