1934–35 Yorkshire Cup
# 1934–35 Yorkshire Cup

The 1934–35 Yorkshire Cup was the 27th 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.

## Competition and results

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.

### Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thu 6 Sep 1934 | Hull | 11-7 | Hunslet | Boulevard |
| 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 Kingston Rovers | 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 | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | Wed 12 Sep 1934 | Bradford Northern | 13-16 | Castleford | Odsal | | | 1 | |
| R2 | Fri 13 Sep 1934 | Keighley | 5-22 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wed 19 Sep 1934 | Huddersfield | 6-6 | Castleford | Fartown |
| 2 | Wed 19 Sep 1934 | Wakefield Trinity | 10-0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue |
| 3 | Thu 20 Sep 1934 | Halifax | 2-0 | Dewsbury | Thrum Hall |
| 4 | Mon 24 Sep 1934 | Leeds | 19-4 | Hull | Headingley |

### 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 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mon 1 Oct 1934 | Leeds | 20-2 | Halifax | Headingley | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 3 Oct 1934 | Castleford | 0-10 | Wakefield Trinity | Wheldon Road | | | | |

### Final

The final 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,

| 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 | |

### Final - First Replay

The first replay was at Fartown, with an attendance of 10,500, receipts of £745 and a final score of 2-2.

| 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 | |

### Final - Second Replay

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.

| 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 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Leeds | № | Wakefield Trinity |
| - | - | - |
| | teams | |
| Jim Brough | 1 | W. Gordon Bonner |
| Stanley Smith | 2 | Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart |
| Gwyn Parker | 3 | Ernest Pollard |
| Stan Brogden | 4 | Fred O. Smith |
| Eric Harris | 5 | W. Farrar/Herbert Farrar |
| Dicky Ralph | 6 | C. Nat Pickard |
| J. Fawcett | 7 | A. Burrows/E. Burrows |
| Stan Satterthwaite | 8 | Jimmy A. Hobson |
| John Lowe | 9 | Harry "Tupper" Field |
| Leonard Higson | 10 | David "Sandy" Rowan |
| Harry Dyer | 11 | William "Bill" Horton |
| Ken Jubb | 12 | G H "Mick" Exley |
| Iorwerth Jones | 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 | |
| Jim Brough | 1 | W. Gordon Bonner |
| Eric Harris | 2 | Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart |
| Gwyn Parker | 3 | Ron Moore |
| Stan Brogden | 4 | Fred O. Smith |
| Stanley Smith | 5 | W. Farrar/Herbert Farrar |
| Dicky Ralph | 6 | Ernest Pollard |
| Joe Busch | 7 | A. Burrows/E. Burrows |
| Leonard Higson | 8 | Jimmy A. Hobson |
| John Lowe | 9 | Harry "Tupper" Field |
| Stan Satterthwaite | 10 | David "Sandy" Rowan |
| Ken Jubb | 11 | William "Bill" Horton |
| Harry Dyer | 12 | G H "Mick" Exley |
| Septimus Aspinall | 13 | Harry Wilkinson |
| | Coach | |
| 2 | score | 2 |
| 0 | 2 | |
| | Scorers | |
| | Goals | |
| 1 | G | Ernest Pollard |
| Referee | | unknown |
| Second Replay | | Parkside |
| | teams | |
| Jim Brough | 1 | W. Gordon Bonner |
| Eric Harris | 2 | Ron Moore |
| Gwyn Parker | 3 | Fred O. Smith |
| Stan Brogden | 4 | Ernest Pollard |
| Stanley Smith | 5 | Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart |
| Dicky Ralph | 6 | C. Nat Pickard |
| Joe Busch | 7 | A. Burrows/E. Burrows |
| Leonard Higson | 8 | Jimmy A. Hobson |
| John Lowe | 9 | Harry "Tupper" Field |
| Stan Satterthwaite | 10 | David "Sandy" Rowan |
| Ken Jubb | 11 | William "Bill" Horton |
| Septimus Aspinall | 12 | G H "Mick" Exley |
| Iorwerth Jones | 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 | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leeds | Leeds | 35 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 8 | Leeds | Leeds | 19 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull | Hull | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 11 | Hull | Hull | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 20 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 16 | | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 5 | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 5-2-13 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 5-2-0 |
| York | York | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 5-2-0 |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 13 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 6 (2) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Castleford | Castleford | 6 (3) | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 9 (16) | Castleford | Castleford | 6 (3) | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 9 (13) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 9 (13) | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 9 | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 7 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 9 (22) | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | 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, the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but 22500 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" 3 * The receipts are given as £1,529 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but £1,526 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" 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, the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but 19,000 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" 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)

