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1941–42 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersBradford Northern
Runners-upHalifax

The 1941–42 Yorkshire Cup was the thirty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

The Yorkshire Cup was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire.

The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,989 and receipts were £635. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Halifax 24–0. This was the second consecutive victory for Bradford Northern

Change in Club participation

Historically, the Yorkshire Cup area had frequently changed to encompass other teams from outside the county The Second World War was continuing and the Yorkshire Cup was moved back to the early part of the 1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season i.e. the Autumn.

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.

Wigan - This club entered the Yorkshire Cup competition for the second successive season

Oldham - The club, as Wigan, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for the second successive 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, no further withdrawals, and no additional "new entrants", which with the continued presence of the two Lancashire clubs, Wigan and Oldham resulted in the number of entrants remaining at last seasons total of sixteen.

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

For the first time all the ties (with the exception of the actual final) were played on a two-legged home and away basis.

Competition and Results

[1][2]

Round 1 - First Leg

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 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 25 Oct 1941 Batley 6-28 Bradford Northern Mount Pleasant
2 Sat 25 Oct 1941 Castleford 18-2 Dewsbury Wheldon Road
3 Sat 25 Oct 1941 Featherstone Rovers 7-18 Halifax Post Office Road
4 Sat 25 Oct 1941 Hull 3-20 Huddersfield Boulevard [3]
5 Sat 25 Oct 1941 Hunslet 28-6 Bramley Parkside
6 Sat 25 Oct 1941 Keighley 2-14 Wigan Lawkholme Lane [4]
7 Sat 25 Oct 1941 Leeds 3-8 Wakefield Trinity Headingley
8 Sat 25 Oct 1941 York 2-5 Oldham Clarence Street

Round 1 - Second Leg

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 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 1 Nov 1941 Bradford Northern 36-0 Batley Odsal 64-6
2 Sat 1 Nov 1941 Dewsbury 8-5 Castleford Crown Flatt 10-23
3 Sat 1 Nov 1941 Halifax 16-5 Featherstone Rovers Thrum Hall 34-12
4 Sat 1 Nov 1941 Huddersfield 5-13 Hull Fartown 25-16 [3]
5 Sat 1 Nov 1941 Bramley 3-34 Hunslet Barley Mow 9-62
6 Sat 1 Nov 1941 Wigan 19-0 Keighley Central Park 33-2 [4]
7 Sat 1 Nov 1941 Wakefield Trinity 4-5 Leeds Belle Vue 12-8
8 Sat 1 Nov 1941 Oldham 10-0 York Watersheddings 15-2 1

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 8 Nov 1941 Halifax 13-7 Wakefield Trinity Thrum Hall
2 Sat 8 Nov 1941 Huddersfield 14-6 Castleford Fartown
3 Sat 8 Nov 1941 Hunslet 3-8 Wigan Parkside [4]
4 Sat 8 Nov 1941 Oldham 0-10 Bradford Northern Watersheddings

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 15 Nov 1941 Wakefield Trinity 3-17 Halifax Belle Vue 10-27
2 Sat 15 Nov 1941 Castleford 6-5 Huddersfield Wheldon Road 12-19
3 Sat 15 Nov 1941 Wigan 10-4 Hunslet Central Park 18-7 [4]
4 Sat 15 Nov 1941 Bradford Northern 5-9 Oldham Odsal 15-9

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 22 Nov 1941 Halifax 11-8 Wigan Thrum Hall [4]
2 Sat 22 Nov 1941 Huddersfield 11-10 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 29 Nov 1941 Wigan 2-2 Halifax Central Park 10-13 [4]
2 Sat 29 Nov 1941 Bradford Northern 9-3 Huddersfield Odsal 19-14

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 6 December 1941 Bradford Northern 24-0 Halifax Fartown 5,989 £635 2 [5][6]

Teams and Scorers

Bradford Northern No. Halifax
teams
George Carmichael 1
Walter Best 2
E. Billington 3
Ernest Ward 4
Emlyn Walters 5
Willie Davies 6
Donald Ward 7
Frank Whitcombe 8
Cliff Carter (wartime guest from Leeds) 9
Leonard Higson 10
Trevor Foster 11
xWilliam Smith 12
William Hutchinson 13
Dai Rees Coach ??
24 score 0
5 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
T
T
T
T
T
Goals
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

All the ties (excluding the final itself) were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.

Where the round was played on a two-leg (home and away) basis, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.

Where the round was played on a two-leg (home and away) basis, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Hull 16
Huddersfield 25
Huddersfield 19
Castleford 12
Castleford 23
Dewsbury 10
Huddersfield 14
Bradford Northern 19
York 2
Oldham 15
Oldham 9
Bradford Northern 15
Batley 6
Bradford Northern 64
Bradford Northern 24
Halifax 0
Featherstone Rovers 12
Halifax 34
Halifax 27
Wakefield Trinity 10
Leeds 8
Wakefield Trinity 12
Halifax 13
Wigan 10
Hunslet 62
Bramley 9
Hunslet 7
Wigan 18
Keighley 2
Wigan 33

Notes and comments

1 * Oldham joined the Yorkshire Cup in season 1940–41. This was the first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at Watersheddings

2 * 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. ^ a b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  5. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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