The 1935–36 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
The 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 (as applying for this season) even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The 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)
Leeds won the trophy by beating York by the score of 3–0 in the final. The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,616 and receipts were £1,113
This was Leeds' fifth of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared. Also the second of two consecutive victories which they would enjoy.
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers", but there was one new entrant in the form of new London Club Acton & Willesden, thus increasing last year's total entrants to sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 14 Sep 1935Bramley8–37LeedsBarley Mow2Sat 14 Sep 1935Castleford8–11DewsburyCastleford3Sat 14 Sep 1935Featherstone Rovers9–2Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road4Sat 14 Sep 1935Huddersfield37–4Bradford NorthernFartown5Sat 14 Sep 1935Hull18–2BatleyBoulevard6Sat 14 Sep 1935Hunslet18–5Acton & WillesdenParkside7Sat 14 Sep 1935Keighley7–5HalifaxLawkholme Lane8Sat 14 Sep 1935York6–2Wakefield TrinityClarence Street
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team ScoreAway teamVenueRef1Mon 23 Sep 1935Huddersfield8–10HullFartown2Wed 25 Sep 1935Leeds7–4HunsletHeadingley3Wed 25 Sep 1935York12–4KeighleyClarence Street4Thu 26 Sep 1935Featherstone Rovers2–12DewsburyPost Office Road
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 2 Oct 1935York8–5DewsburyClarence Street2Thu 3 Oct 1935Hull4–4LeedsBoulevard
Round 3 – semifinals - Replay Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRWed 9 Oct 1935Leeds15–3HullHeadingley
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 19 October 1935Leeds3–0YorkThrum Hall14,616£1,113
Teams and scorers Leeds№York teams Jim Brough1Tommy DingsdaleEric Harris2H. HaighStan Brogden3Jeff MooresGwyn Parker4S. HuntStan Smith5P. HargreavesDicky Ralph6Gurnos ReesEvan Williams7William ThomasAubrey Casewell8Dai ProsserJohn Hall9F. WilliamsStan Satterthwaite10Fred EliasKen Jubb11Norman FenderHarry Dyer12L. SharpeCliff Whitehead13W. Welsh??Coach?? 3score03HT0 Smith (1)Scorers Tries Stanley Smith (1)TRefereePaul Cowell (Warrington) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1935–36 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
Notes
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