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1942-43 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersDewsbury
Runners-upHuddersfield

1942 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 as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even 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)
The Second World War was continuing and the Yorkshire Cup was played in the early part of the 1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season

1942 was the thirty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Dewsbury won the trophy by beating Huddersfield over two legs by an aggregate score of 7-2
Dewsbury played the first leg match at home (at Crown Flatt) and won 7-0. The attendance was 11,000 and receipts were £680.
Huddersfield were at home (at Fartown) for the second leg match and duly won 2-0. The attendance at the second leg match was 6,252 and receipts £618.

Change in Club participation

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.
Bramley – withdrew after the third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not rejoin until the 1945-46 season.
Castleford – withdrew after the third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not participate for two seasons, re-joining for the 1944-45 season.
Hunslet – withdrew after the third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not participate for this season, re-joining for the next 1943-44 season.
Wigan - This club entered the Yorkshire Cup competition for the third successive season
Oldham - The club, as Wigan, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for the third successive season
St Helens - The club, as Wigan and Oldham}, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for their first 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, Bramley, Castleford and Hunslet withdrew, and St Helens joined, which with the continued presence of the two Lancashire clubs, Wigan and Oldham resulted in the number of entrants decreasing by two to a total of fourteen.
This in turn resulted in two byes in the first round.
For the second successive year ALL the ties (this season including the actual final) were played on a two-legged home and away basis.

Competition and Results[1][2]

Round 1 - First Leg

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 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
1 Sat 17 Oct 1942 Batley 6-2 Wakefield Trinity Mount Pleasant
2 Sat 17 Oct 1942 Featherstone Rovers 0-0 Hull Post Office Road [3]
3 Sat 17 Oct 1942 Halifax 3-0 Oldham Thrum Hall
4 Sat 17 Oct 1942 Keighley 0-21 Huddersfield Lawkholme Lane
5 Sat 17 Oct 1942 Leeds 15-7 Dewsbury Headingley
6 Sat 17 Oct 1942 York 5-4 Bradford Northern Clarence Street
7 Wigan bye [4]
8 St Helens bye [5]

Round 1 - Second Leg

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 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
1 Sat 24 Oct 1942 Wakefield Trinity 7-13 Batley Belle Vue 9-19
2 Sat 24 Oct 1942 Hull 8-0 Featherstone Rovers Boulevard 8-0 [3]
3 Sat 24 Oct 1942 Oldham 3-9 Halifax Watersheddings 3-12
4 Sat 24 Oct 1942 Huddersfield 33-5 Keighley Fartown 54-5
5 Sat 24 Oct 1942 Dewsbury 18-5 Leeds Crown Flatt 25-20
6 Sat 24 Oct 1942 Bradford Northern 5-2 York Odsal 9-7
7 Wigan bye [4]
8 St Helens bye [5]

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
1 Sat 24 Oct 1942 St Helens 21-8 Wigan Knowsley Road 1 [4][5]
2 Sat 31 Oct 1942 Batley 5-10 Huddersfield Mount Pleasant
3 Sat 31 Oct 1942 Halifax 7-10 Bradford Northern Thrum Hall
4 Sat 31 Oct 1942 Hull 12-10 Dewsbury Boulevard [3]

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
1 Sat 07 Nov 1942 Wigan 32-11 St Helens Central Park 40-32 2 [4][5]
2 Sat 07 Nov 1942 Huddersfield 36-3 Batley Fartown 39-16
3 Sat 07 Nov 1942 Bradford Northern 6-5 Halifax Odsal 16-12
4 Sat 07 Nov 1942 Dewsbury 23-7 Hull Crown Flatt 33-19 [3]

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
1 Sat 14 Nov 1942 Dewsbury 11-3 Wigan Crown Flatt [4]
2 Sat 14 Nov 1942 Huddersfield 6-0 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
1 Sat 21 Nov 1942 Wigan 0-6 Dewsbury Central Park 3-17 [4]
2 Sat 21 Nov 1942 Bradford Northern 4-11 Huddersfield Odsal 4-17

Final - First Leg

The final was played on a two-legged home and away basis this season


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 28 November 1942 Dewsbury 7-0 Huddersfield Crown Flatt 11000 680 [6][7]

Final - Second Leg

The final was played on a two-legged home and away basis this season


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 5 December 1942 Huddersfield 2-0 Dewsbury Fartown Ground [6][7]

Teams and Scorers[8]

Dewsbury № Huddersfield
teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Eddie Waring Coach ??
7 score 0
HT
Scorers
Tries
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
Goals
G
G
G
Drop Goals
DG
DG
DG
Referee unknown ()
Second Leg
Dewsbury teams Huddersfield
1
2
3
4 Bill Davies
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Eddie Waring Coach ??
0 Score 2
HT
Scorers
Goals
G Bill Davies (1)
Referee unknown ()

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

The road to success

All the ties (including the final itself) were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
The first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.
The scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Featherstone Rovers 0
Hull 8
Hull 19
Dewsbury 33
Leeds 5
Dewsbury 18
Dewsbury 17
Wigan 3
St Helens
bye
St Helens 32
Wigan 40
Wigan
bye
Dewsbury 7
Huddersfield 2
Batley 13
Wakefield Trinity 7
Batley 13
Huddersfield 39
Keighley 5
Huddersfield 33
Huddersfield 17
Bradford Northern 4
Halifax 12
Oldham 3
Halifax 12
Bradford Northern 16
York 7
Bradford Northern 9

Notes and comments

1 * The firat Yorkshire Cup match to be played by St Helens and also the first to be played at Knowsley Road
2 * After Extra Time - 80 Mins Score was 19-6 (27-27 Agg) Wigan win on Aggregate 40-32

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  5. ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  6. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  8. ^ "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1942-43" (PDF).
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