The 1936–37 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-ninth 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 Mansfield, Coventry, this season's appearance of Newcastle, and even last year's appearance of 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)
York won the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 9–2 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts were £1,294
This was the York's second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year as defeated finalists. It was also the third and last of York's Yorkshire Cup winning appearances, although they would appear in the finals twice more, on each occasion ending as defeated finalists
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, one "leavers" with the loss of Acton & Willesden and one new entrant in the form of Newcastle. This resulted in the total number of entries remaining the same as last season at 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 12 Sep 1936Bradford Northern11–12LeedsOdsal2Sat 12 Sep 1936Dewsbury8–0KeighleyCrown Flatt3Sat 12 Sep 1936Halifax7–0CastlefordThrum Hall4Sat 12 Sep 1936Huddersfield2–8Wakefield TrinityFartown5Sat 12 Sep 1936Hull Kingston Rovers13–17HullCraven Park (1)6Sat 12 Sep 1936Hunslet19–5Featherstone RoversParkside7Sat 12 Sep 1936Newcastle7–7BramleyBrough Park8Sat 12 Sep 1936York8–2BatleyClarence Street
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRWed 16 Sep 1936Bramley11–7NewcastleBarley Mow
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 23 Sep 1936Hunslet15–7HalifaxParkside2Wed 23 Sep 1936Wakefield Trinity20–7BramleyBelle Vue3Wed 23 Sep 1936York14–2DewsburyClarence Street4Thu 24 Sep 1936Hull12–9LeedsBoulevard
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 30 Sep 1936Wakefield Trinity11–6HunsletBelle Vue2Wed 30 Sep 1936York5–0HullClarence Street
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 17 October 1936York9–2Wakefield TrinityHeadingley19,0001,294
Teams and scorers YorkNo.Wakefield Trinity teams Tommy Dingsdale1Robert "Bob" OliverT. Western2T. Ryan /J. 'Mackie' RyanW. Welsh3John MalpassS. Hunt4J. Pearman/M. PearmanH. Haigh5F G "Freddie" SmartGurnos Rees6Sam HerbertsWilliam Thomas7Herbert "Harry" GoodfellowL. Sharpe8Harry WilkinsonHarry Field9Clifford "CJ" CarterDai Prosser10Jimmy A. HobsonHorace Coldrick11William "Bill" HortonFred Elias12G H "Mick" ExleyNorman Fender13Alfred Watson??Coach?? 9score20HT2 Scorers Tries S. Hunt (1)T Goals Tommy Dingsdale (2) GRobert/Robin "Bob" Oliver (1)Norman Fender (1)G Drop Goals DGRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1936–37 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