1938–39 Yorkshire Cup

The 1938–39 Yorkshire Cup, was the thirty-first occasion on which the [RFL RFL Yorkshire Cup|Yorkshire Cup|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 No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Bradford Northern	7-20	Hunslet	Odsal
2	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Featherstone Rovers	4-43	Leeds	Post Office Road
3	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Halifax	9-9	Batley	Thrum Hall
4	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Huddersfield	32-8	Dewsbury	Fartown
5	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Hull	17-10	Bramley	Boulevard
6	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Hull Kingston Rovers	12-0	Castleford	Craven Park (1)
7	Sat 10 Sep 1938	York	14-28	Keighley	Clarence Street
8		Wakefield Trinity		bye

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

R	Wed 14 Sep 1938	Batley	0-16	Halifax	Mount Pleasant

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Mon 19 Sep 1938	Halifax	8-14	Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall
2	Mon 19 Sep 1938	Hunslet	23-7	Hull Kingston Rovers	Parkside
3	Tue 20 Sep 1938	Hull	8-0	Keighley	Boulevard
4	Wed 21 Sep 1938	Huddersfield	8-6	Leeds	Fartown

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
									-
1	Wed 5 Oct 1938	Huddersfield	6-2	Wakefield Trinity	Fartown
2	Thu 6 Oct 1938	Hull	18-2	Hunslet	Boulevard

Final

Teams and scorers

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

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.