The 1931–32 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Huddersfield won the trophy (for the eighth time) by beating Hunslet in the final by the score of 4–2.
Background The Rugby Football League's 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).
Competition and results 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.
Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 10 Oct 1931Batley4–24LeedsMount Pleasant2Sat 10 Oct 1931Bradford Northern5–11HuddersfieldBirch Lane3Sat 10 Oct 1931Castleford4–12DewsburyWheldon Road 4Sat 10 Oct 1931Hull33–7KeighleyBoulevard5Sat 10 Oct 1931Hull Kingston Rovers6–2Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)6Sat 10 Oct 1931Hunslet50–11BramleyParkside7Sat 10 Oct 1931York3–0HalifaxClarence Street8Featherstone Roversbye
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 14 Oct 1931Hunslet27–7Hull Kingston RoversParkside2Mon 19 Oct 1931Featherstone Rovers5–15HuddersfieldPost Office Road3Tue 20 Oct 1931Dewsbury5–9HullCrown Flatt4Wed 21 Oct 1931Leeds9–14YorkHeadingley
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 4 Nov 1931York2–2HuddersfieldClarence Street2Thu 5 Nov 1931Hull0–15HunsletBoulevard
Semifinal - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRMon 9 Nov 1931Huddersfield10–7YorkFartown
Final The final was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 27,800 and receipts were £1,764. The attendance was the second highest attendance recorded to date at the Yorkshire Cup final behind the record of 33,719 from 1922.
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 21 November 1931Huddersfield4–2HunsletHeadingley27,800£1,764
Teams and scorers HuddersfieldNo.Hunslet Teams John William Stocks1Jack WalkingtonErnie Mills2George BroughtonLen Bowkett3Johnny CoulsonGwyn Parker4JohnsonRobert Walker5William AdamsIdris Towill6George ToddErnest Thompson7Billy ThorntonJohn Rudd8David Morgan JenkinsCyril Halliday9Les WhiteClifford Morton10James TraillHenry Tiffany11Frank DawsonTom Banks12Hector CrowtherFred Talbot13Harry Beverley??Coach?? 4score22HT0 Scorers Goals Leonard Bowkett (1)GJ. William "Willie" Stocks (1)GRefereeJ. Eddon (Swinton) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
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See also 1931–32 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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References
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