1945–46 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersBradford Northern
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

The 1945–46 Yorkshire Cup was the thirty-eighth occasion on which the competition had been held.

In this, the first peacetime Cup final for five years, there is a new name on the trophy. Bradford Northern who previously won the trophy in 1940–41, 1941–42 and 1943–44, can now lay claim to a genuine trophy (The wartime competitions were not counted officially in the records) Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 5-2

The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 24,252 and receipts were £1,934

Background

The Second World War was now over, and things were beginning to return to normal, although still a long way to go. Hull Kingston Rovers and Bramley re-joined the competition and the four Lancashire clubs returned to their own competition. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, and these changes resulted in the number of entrants falling by two, and leaving a total number of entries at fifteen.

This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.

The competition reverted to original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.

Competition and results

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Round 1 – first leg

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 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
1Sat 6 Oct 1945Batley5-21HunsletMount Pleasant
2Sat 6 Oct 1945Bramley14-22KeighleyBarley Mow
3Sat 6 Oct 1945Halifax18-5HullThrum Hall[3]
4Sat 6 Oct 1945Hull Kingston Rovers5-4DewsburyCraven Park (1)
5Sat 6 Oct 1945Leeds11-4CastlefordHeadingley
6Sat 6 Oct 1945Wakefield Trinity20-5HuddersfieldBelle Vue[4]
7Sat 6 Oct 1945York?Featherstone RoversClarence Street
8Bradford Northernbye

Round 1 – second leg

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 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
1Sat 13 Oct 1945Hunslet19-0BatleyParkside40-5
2Sat 13 Oct 1945Keighley17-15BramleyLawkholme Lane39-29
3Sat 13 Oct 1945Hull30-5HalifaxBoulevard35-23[3]
4Sat 13 Oct 1945Dewsbury20-4Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt24-9
5Sat 13 Oct 1945Castleford11-10LeedsWheldon Road15-21
6Sat 13 Oct 1945Huddersfield7-32Wakefield TrinityFartown12-52[4]
7Sat 13 Oct 1945Featherstone Rovers24-5YorkPost Office Road?
8Bradford Northernbye

Round 2 - quarterfinals

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
1Tue 16 Oct 1945Dewsbury10-3KeighleyCrown Flatt
2Wed 17 Oct 1945Wakefield Trinity34-7HullBelle Vue1[3][4]
3Wed 17 Oct 1945Bradford Northern8-0HunsletOdsal
4Wed 17 Oct 1945Leeds11-4Featherstone RoversHeadingley

Round 3 – semifinals

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
1Tue 23 Oct 1945Dewsbury2-7Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt
2Wed 24 Oct 1945Wakefield Trinity14-7LeedsBelle Vue[4]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 3 November 1945Bradford Northern5-2Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall24252£1,9342[4][5][6]

Teams and scorers

Bradford Northern No. Wakefield Trinity
teams
George Carmichael1William "Billy" Teall
Eric Batten2Ronnie Copley
Jack Kitching3William "Billy" Stott
Ernest Ward4Johnny Jones
Walter Best5Dennis Baddeley
George Bennett6Ronald "Ron" Rylance
Donald Ward7Herbert "Harry" Goodfellow
Frank Whitcombe8Harry Wilkinson
Vic Darlison9Leonard "Len" Marson
Leonard Higson10James "Jim" Higgins
Laurie Roberts11Harry Murphy
Alf Marklew12Frank Moore
William Hutchinson13Leonard "Len" Bratley
Dai ReesCoachJames "Jim" Croston
5score2
0HT2
Scorers
Tries
Frank WhitcombeT
Goals
George CarmichaelGWilliam "Billy" Stott
Refereeunknown

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

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The road to success

All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.

For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.

For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Hull Kingston Rovers 9
Dewsbury 24
Dewsbury 10
Keighley 3
Bramley 29
Keighley 39
Dewsbury 2
Bradford Northern 7
Bradford Northern
bye
Bradford Northern 8
Hunslet 0
Batley 5
Hunslet 40
Bradford Northern 5
Wakefield Trinity 2
Wakefield Trinity 52
Huddersfield 12
Wakefield Trinity 34
Hull 7
Halifax 23
Hull 35
Wakefield Trinity 14
Leeds 7
Leeds 21
Castleford 15
Leeds 11
Featherstone Rovers 4
York L
Featherstone Rovers W

Notes and comments

1 * The date is given by RUGBYLEAGUEprojec[1] as Tuesday 16 October, but by the official Hull F.C. archives[3] as Wednesday 17 Oct

2 * Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.

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. 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  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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