1932–33 Yorkshire Cup

The 1932–33 Yorkshire Cup was the fifteenth occasion on which Rugby Football League's (RFL) Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1932–33 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	15
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Wakefield Trinity
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

Leeds won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 8-0

The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,685 and receipts were £1,183

This was Leeds' third of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen.

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

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 8 Oct 1932	Bradford Northern		9-5		Hull	Birch Lane				[3]
2	Sat 8 Oct 1932	Bramley		5-18		Hunslet	Barley Mow
3	Sat 8 Oct 1932	Halifax		17-4		Batley	Thrum Hall
4	Sat 8 Oct 1932	Huddersfield		12-10		Featherstone Rovers	Fartown
5	Sat 8 Oct 1932	Leeds		13-5		Dewsbury	Headingley
6	Sat 8 Oct 1932	Wakefield Trinity		11-2		Keighley	Belle Vue
7	Sat 8 Oct 1932	York		3-0		Hull Kingston Rovers	Clarence Street
8		Castleford				bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 17 Oct 1932	Huddersfield		2-2		Halifax	Fartown
2	Wed 19 Oct 1932	Castleford		26-9		Bradford Northern	Wheldon Road
3	Wed 19 Oct 1932	Hunslet		7-8		Wakefield Trinity	Parkside
4	Wed 19 Oct 1932	York		0-7		Leeds	Clarence Street

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
R	Thu 20 Oct 1932	Halifax		2-0		Huddersfield	Thrum Hall

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 26 Oct 1932	Leeds		9-2		Castleford	Headingley
2	Wed 2 Nov 1932	Wakefield Trinity		16-11		Halifax	Belle Vue

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 19 November 1932	Leeds		8-0		Wakefield Trinity	Fartown	17,685	£1,183	1	[4][5]

Teams and scorers

Leeds	№	Wakefield Trinity
team unknown	teams
	1	Gilbert Robinson
	2	Edward Brogden
Jeff Moores (position uncertain)	3	Frank Lingard
Frank O'Rourke (position uncertain)	4	Ernest Pollard
	5	Frederick "Freddie" G. Smart
	6	Joe 'Sandy' Pearce
	7	Sam Herberts
	8	Leonard Higson
	9	Sam Gee
	10	Jimmy A. Hobson
	11	William "Bill" Horton
	12	G H "Mick" Exley
	13	Harry Wilkinson
??	Coach	??
8	score	0
3	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
2	T	nil
	T
	Goals
1	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		unknown

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

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The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Final
	York		3
	Hull Kingston Rovers		0
						York		0
						Leeds		7
	Leeds		13
	Dewsbury		5
											Leeds		9
											Castleford		2
	Castleford
	bye
						Castleford		26
						Bradford Northern		9
	Bradford Northern		9
	Hull		5
																Leeds		8
																Wakefield Trinity		0
	Bramley		5
	Hunslet		18
						Hunslet		7
						Wakefield Trinity		8
	Wakefield Trinity		11
	Keighley		2
											Wakefield Trinity		16
											Halifax		11
	Huddersfield		12
	Featherstone Rovers		10
						Huddersfield		2 (0)
						Halifax		2 (2)
	Halifax		17
	Batley		4

Notes and comments

1 * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.

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

• 1932–33 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

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. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
5. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org