1948–49 Yorkshire Cup

1948–49 was the forty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1948–49 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersBradford Northern
Runners-upCastleford

Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 18-9

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 31,393 and receipts were £5,053

The first of two successive wins for Bradford Northern

Background

This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen.

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

The competition again followed the 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

[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
1Sat 11 Sep 1948Castleford37-7BramleyWheldon Road
2Sat 11 Sep 1948Dewsbury5-3Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt
3Sat 11 Sep 1948Huddersfield79-5Yorkshire AmateursFartown1
4Sat 11 Sep 1948Hull22-7BatleyBoulevard[3]
5Sat 11 Sep 1948Keighley7-8HunsletLawkholme Lane
6Sat 11 Sep 1948Leeds10-10HalifaxHeadingley
7Sat 11 Sep 1948Wakefield Trinity20-5Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue
8Sat 11 Sep 1948York12-14Featherstone RoversClarence 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
1Wed 15 Sep 1948Bramley9-12CastlefordBarley Mow16-49
2Wed 15 Sep 1948Bradford Northern20-5DewsburyOdsal23-10
3Thu 16 Sep 1948Yorkshire Amateurs0-61HuddersfieldCrown Flatt5-1401
4Tue 14 Sep 1948Batley5-12HullMount Pleasant12-34[3]
5Wed 15 Sep 1948Hunslet9-5KeighleyParkside17-12
6Tue 14 Sep 1948Halifax5-11LeedsThrum Hall15-21
7Wed 15 Sep 1948Hull Kingston Rovers14-4Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)19-24
8Wed 15 Sep 1948Featherstone Rovers17-9YorkPost Office Road31-21

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 20 Sep 1948Bradford Northern19-12HuddersfieldOdsal
2Mon 27 Sep 1948Featherstone Rovers5-19Wakefield TrinityPost Office Road
3Tue 28 Sep 1948Castleford11-0HullWheldon Road[3]
4Thu 30 Sep 1948Leeds7-10HunsletHeadingley

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 13 Oct 1948Bradford Northern7-7HunsletOdsal
2Wed 13 Oct 1948Castleford6-5Wakefield TrinityWheldon Road[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replay

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
RMon 18 Oct 1948Hunslet5-12Bradford NorthernParkside

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 30 October 1948Bradford Northern18-9CastlefordHeadingley31,393£5,0532[5][6]

Teams and Scorers

Bradford Northern Castleford
teams
George Carmichael1Ronald Lewis
Eric Batten2Arthur Bastow
William "Bill" Leake3Leonard "Len" Skidmore
Ernest Ward (c)4Norman Guest
Alan Edwards5Reg Lloyd
Willie Davies6Arthur Fisher
Donald7George Langfield
Frank Whitcombe8Dyl Harris
Vic Darlison9Jimmy Jones
Ronald "Ron" Greaves10James Crossley
Trevor Foster11Desmond "Des" Foreman
Barry Tyler12Charles Staines
Ken Traill13Frank Mugglestone
Dai ReesCoach??
18score9
2HT4
Scorers
Tries
Allen Edwards (2)TDes Foreman (1)
Leake (1)T
Foster (1)T
Goals
Allen Edwards (3)GDes Foreman (1)
GCharlie Staines (1)
Drop Goals
DGGeorge Langfield (1)
RefereeG.S.Phillips(Widnes)

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

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 Semi Finals Final
            
Dewsbury 10
Bradford Northern 23
Bradford Northern 19
Huddersfield 12
Huddersfield 140
Batley 5
Bradford Northern 7 (5)
Hunslet 7 (12)
Leeds 21
Halifax 15
Leeds 7
Hunslet 10
Keighley 12
Hunslet 17
Bradford Northern 18
Castleford 9
Castleford 49
Bramley 16
Castleford 11
Hull 0
Hull 34
Batley 12
Castleford 6
Wakefield Trinity 5
York 21
Featherstone Rovers 31
Featherstone Rovers 6
Wakefield Trinity 19
Wakefield Trinity 24
Hull Kingston Rovers 19

Notes and comments

1 * Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from many both professional and amateur clubs - can anyone comment ? Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds, this match was played at Parkside, the ground of Hunslet

2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

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. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. 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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