1936–37 Yorkshire Cup
# 1936–37 Yorkshire Cup

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

### Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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) | |
| 6 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Hunslet | 19-5 | Featherstone Rovers | Parkside | |
| 7 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Newcastle | 7-7 | Bramley | Brough Park | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

### 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 30 Sep 1936 | Wakefield Trinity | 11-6 | Hunslet | Belle Vue | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 30 Sep 1936 | York | 5-0 | Hull | Clarence Street | | | | |

### 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 | |

**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 Herberts |
| 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

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| York | York | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 2 | York | York | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 8 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 0 | | | | York | York | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull | Hull | 0 | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 13 | | | | | | | Hull | Hull | 0 | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 17 | Hull | Hull | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leeds | Leeds | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 11 | Leeds | Leeds | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 12 | | | | | | | | York | York | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 2 |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 2 |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 20 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Bramley | Bramley | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Newcastle | Newcastle | 7 (7) | Bramley | Bramley | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 7 (11) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 7 (11) | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 6 | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 19 | | | | | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 6 | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 5 | Hunslet | Hunslet | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Halifax | Halifax | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 7 | Halifax | Halifax | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * Newcastle's first Yorkshire Cup match. According to "The Grounds of Rugby League", 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 and 1990-91 but as £1 less as £1,293 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"

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.

