1938–39 Yorkshire Cup


The 1938–39 Yorkshire Cup, was the thirty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire County Cup competition was held.
The previous year's defeated finalists returned for a second year, but this year they were triumphant, Huddersfield winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 18-10.
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 28,714 and receipts were £1,534.
For the losers, Hull FC, it was to be their fifth defeat in six appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants but Newcastle folded and so there is one less entrant, reducing the total number to fifteen.
This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 15 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 10 Sep 1938Bradford Northern7-20HunsletOdsal
2Sat 10 Sep 1938Featherstone Rovers4-43LeedsPost Office Road
3Sat 10 Sep 1938Halifax9-9BatleyThrum Hall
4Sat 10 Sep 1938Huddersfield32-8DewsburyFartown
5Sat 10 Sep 1938Hull17-10BramleyBoulevard
6Sat 10 Sep 1938Hull Kingston Rovers12-0CastlefordCraven Park
7Sat 10 Sep 1938York14-28KeighleyClarence Street
8Wakefield Trinitybye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RWed 14 Sep 1938Batley0-16HalifaxMount Pleasant

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 19 Sep 1938Halifax8-14Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall
2Mon 19 Sep 1938Hunslet23-7Hull Kingston RoversParkside
3Tue 20 Sep 1938Hull8-0KeighleyBoulevard
4Wed 21 Sep 1938Huddersfield8-6LeedsFartown

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 5 Oct 1938Huddersfield6-2Wakefield TrinityFartown
2Thu 6 Oct 1938Hull18-2HunsletBoulevard

Final

Teams and scorers

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

The road to success

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League 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 as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London 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 December.