The 1937–38 Yorkshire Cup was the thirtieth 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)
Leeds won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 14–8
The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts were £1,508
This was Leeds' last of their 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 sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 11 Sep 1937Batley42–5NewcastleMount Pleasant2Sat 11 Sep 1937Bramley2–5KeighleyBarley Mow3Sat 11 Sep 1937Castleford6–8DewsburyWheldon Road 4Sat 11 Sep 1937Huddersfield32–16Featherstone RoversFartown5Sat 11 Sep 1937Hull21–13HunsletBoulevard6Sat 11 Sep 1937Hull Kingston Rovers10–11Bradford NorthernCraven Park (1)7Sat 11 Sep 1937Leeds20–7YorkHeadingley8Sat 11 Sep 1937Wakefield Trinity4–4HalifaxBelle Vue
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRThu 16 Sep 1937Halifax7–6Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 22 Sep 1937Bradford Northern6–16LeedsOdsal2Mon 27 Sep 1937Huddersfield13–6HullFartown3Tue 28 Sep 1937Keighley7–9BatleyLawkholme Lane4Wed 29 Sep 1937Dewsbury20–9HalifaxCrown Flatt
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Mon 11 Oct 1937Huddersfield6–2DewsburyFartown2Wed 13 Oct 1937Leeds10–5BatleyHeadingley
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 30 October 1937Leeds14–8HuddersfieldBelle Vue22,000£1,508
Teams and scorers Leeds№Huddersfield teams Charles "Charlie" Eaton1Tommy ScourfieldEric Harris2Ray MarkhamFred Harris3Stan MountainStan Brogden4Alex FiddesStanley Smith5Dennis MaddenVic Hey6Stan PepperellCliff Evans7Eric SwallowHarry Woods8Herbert SherwoodCon Murphy9Harold WhiteheadDai Prosser10David Morgan EvansKen Jubb11Bryan LangfordHarry Dyer12Shaw or SeniorTed Tattersfield13Sep Aspinall??Coach?? 14score811HT3 Scorers Tries TStan Mountain (1)TMarkham (1) Goals GSwallow (1)GRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1937–38 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