1936–37 Yorkshire Cup


The Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between 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 December
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 and 16 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 12 Sep 1936Bradford Northern11-12LeedsOdsal
2Sat 12 Sep 1936Dewsbury8-0KeighleyCrown Flatt
3Sat 12 Sep 1936Halifax7-0CastlefordThrum Hall
4Sat 12 Sep 1936Huddersfield2-8Wakefield TrinityFartown
5Sat 12 Sep 1936Hull Kingston Rovers13-17HullCraven Park
6Sat 12 Sep 1936Hunslet19-5Featherstone RoversParkside
7Sat 12 Sep 1936Newcastle7-7BramleyBrough Park1
8Sat 12 Sep 1936York8-2BatleyClarence Street

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RWed 16 Sep 1936Bramley11-7NewcastleBarley Mow

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 23 Sep 1936Hunslet15-7HalifaxParkside
2Wed 23 Sep 1936Wakefield Trinity20-7BramleyBelle Vue
3Wed 23 Sep 1936York14-2DewsburyClarence Street
4Thu 24 Sep 1936Hull12-9LeedsBoulevard

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 30 Sep 1936Wakefield Trinity11-6HunsletBelle Vue
2Wed 30 Sep 1936York5-0HullClarence Street

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success