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1936–37 Yorkshire Cup
1936–37 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	York
Runners-up	Wakefield Trinity
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

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 Mansfield, Coventry, this season's appearance of Newcastle, and even last year's appearance of 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)

1936 was the twenty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

York won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 9-2

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts were £1,294

This was the York's second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year as defeated finalists. It was also the third and last of York's Yorkshire Cup winning appearances, although they would appear in the finals twice more, on each occasion ending as defeated finalists

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, one "leavers" with the loss of Acton & Willesden and one new entrant in the form of Newcastle. This resulted in the total number of entries remaining the same as last season at sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Bradford Northern	11-12	Leeds	Odsal
2	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Dewsbury	8-0	Keighley	Crown Flatt
3	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Halifax	7-0	Castleford	Thrum Hall
4	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Huddersfield	2-8	Wakefield Trinity	Fartown
5	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Hull Kingston Rovers	13-17	Hull	Craven Park (1)		^[3]
6	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Hunslet	19-5	Featherstone Rovers	Parkside
7	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Newcastle	7-7	Bramley	Brough Park^[4]	1
8	Sat 12 Sep 1936	York	8-2	Batley	Clarence Street

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

R	Wed 16 Sep 1936	Bramley		11-7		Newcastle	Barley Mow

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 23 Sep 1936	Hunslet	15-7	Halifax	Parkside
2	Wed 23 Sep 1936	Wakefield Trinity	20-7	Bramley	Belle Vue
3	Wed 23 Sep 1936	York	14-2	Dewsbury	Clarence Street
4	Thu 24 Sep 1936	Hull	12-9	Leeds	Boulevard	^[3]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 30 Sep 1936	Wakefield Trinity	11-6	Hunslet	Belle Vue
2	Wed 30 Sep 1936	York	5-0	Hull	Clarence Street	^[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 17 October 1936	York		9-2		Wakefield Trinity	Headingley	19,000	1,294	2 3	^[5]^[6]^[7]

Teams and scorers

York	№	Wakefield Trinity

	teams
Tommy Dingsdale	1	Robert "Bob" Oliver
T. Western	2	T. Ryan /J. 'Mackie' Ryan
W. Welsh	3	John Malpass
S. Hunt	4	J. Pearman/M. Pearman
H. Haigh	5	F G "Freddie" Smart
Gurnos Rees	6	Sam Herbert s
William Thomas	7	Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow
L. Sharpe	8	Harry Wilkinson
Harry Field	9	Clifford "CJ" Carter
Dai Prosser	10	Jimmy A. Hobson
Horace Coldrick	11	William "Bill" Horton
Fred Elias	12	G H "Mick" Exley
Norman Fender	13	Alfred Watson
??	Coach	??

9	score	2
0	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
S. Hunt (1)	T
	Goals
Tommy Dingsdale (2)	G	Robert/Robin "Bob" Oliver (1)
Norman Fender (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	8

Batley	2
		York	14

		Dewsbury	2
Dewsbury	8

Keighley	0
				York	5

				Hull	0
Hull Kingston Rovers	13

Hull	17
		Hull	12

		Leeds	9
Bradford Northern	11

Leeds	12
						York	9

						Wakefield Trinity	2
Huddersfield	2

Wakefield Trinity	8
		Wakefield Trinity	20

		Bramley	7
Newcastle	7 (7)

Bramley	7 (11)
				Wakefield Trinity	11

				Hunslet	6
Hunslet	19

Featherstone Rovers	5
		Hunslet	15

		Halifax	7
Halifax	7

Castleford	0

Notes and comments

1 * Newcastle's first Yorkshire Cup match. According to "The Grounds of Rugby League",^[4] Newcastle RLFC played at Brough Park in the 1936/37 season. For 1937/38 the team moved to the new White City Stadium in Gateshead.

2 * The receipts are given as £1,294 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92^[6] and 1990-91^[7] but as £1 less as £1,293 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" ^[5]

3 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

References

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ ^a ^b Trevor R.Delaney (1991). The Grounds of Rugby League. Trevor R.Delaney, Keighley. ISBN 978-0950998220.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.