1946–47 Yorkshire Cup


1946–47 was the thirty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10-0
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 34,300 and receipts were £3,718
This is Wakefield Trinity second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year they were beaten by Bradford Northern 5-2

Background

This season junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were invited to take part. This increased the number of clubs who entered last season by one to a 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

Round 1 – first leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 11 Sep 1946Yorkshire Amateurs7-28YorkParkside1
2Sat 14 Sep 1946Batley8-9HunsletMount Pleasant
3Sat 14 Sep 1946Bramley4-9DewsburyBarley Mow
4Sat 14 Sep 1946Featherstone Rovers10-16HullPost Office Road
5Sat 14 Sep 1946Huddersfield20-5Bradford NorthernFartown
6Sat 14 Sep 1946Hull Kingston Rovers10-9HalifaxCraven Park (1)
7Sat 14 Sep 1946Keighley14-11Wakefield TrinityLawkholme Lane
8Sat 14 Sep 1946Leeds8-11CastlefordHeadingley

Round 1 – second leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 14 Sep 1946York29-12Yorkshire AmateursClarence Street57-191
2Sat 21 Sep 1946Hunslet10-4BatleyParkside19-12
3Sat 21 Sep 1946Dewsbury9-8BramleyCrown Flatt18-12
4Sat 21 Sep 1946Hull24-3Featherstone RoversBoulevard42-13
5Sat 21 Sep 1946Bradford Northern3-20HuddersfieldOdsal8-40
6Sat 21 Sep 1946Halifax7-11Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall16-21
7Sat 21 Sep 1946Wakefield Trinity8-2KeighleyBelle Vue19-16
8Sat 21 Sep 1946Castleford16-7LeedsWheldon Road27-15

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 25 Sep 1946Hunslet10-9DewsburyParkside
2Mon 30 Sep 1946Huddersfield10-15Hull Kingston RoversFartown
3Thu 3 Oct 1946Hull42-8YorkBoulevard
4Thu 3 Oct 1946Wakefield Trinity11-2CastlefordBelle Vue

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Thu 10 Oct 1946Hull15-11Hull Kingston RoversBoulevard
2Wed 16 Oct 1946Wakefield Trinity7-4HunsletBelle Vue

Final

Teams and scorers

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

The road to success

All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg 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.

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

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