The 1938–39 Yorkshire Cup, was the thirty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire County Cup competition was held.
The previous year's defeated finalists returned for a second year, but this year they were triumphant, Huddersfield winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 18–10.
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 28,714 and receipts were £1,534.
For the losers, Hull FC, it was to be their fifth defeat in six appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final.
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants but Newcastle folded and so there is one less entrant, reducing the total number to fifteen.
This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 10 Sep 1938Bradford Northern7–20HunsletOdsal2Sat 10 Sep 1938Featherstone Rovers4–43LeedsPost Office Road3Sat 10 Sep 1938Halifax9–9BatleyThrum Hall4Sat 10 Sep 1938Huddersfield32–8DewsburyFartown5Sat 10 Sep 1938Hull17–10BramleyBoulevard6Sat 10 Sep 1938Hull Kingston Rovers12–0CastlefordCraven Park (1)7Sat 10 Sep 1938York14–28KeighleyClarence Street8Wakefield Trinitybye
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRWed 14 Sep 1938Batley0–16HalifaxMount Pleasant
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Mon 19 Sep 1938Halifax8–14Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall2Mon 19 Sep 1938Hunslet23–7Hull Kingston RoversParkside3Tue 20 Sep 1938Hull8–0KeighleyBoulevard4Wed 21 Sep 1938Huddersfield8–6LeedsFartown
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 5 Oct 1938Huddersfield6–2Wakefield TrinityFartown2Thu 6 Oct 1938Hull18–2HunsletBoulevard
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 22 October 1938Huddersfield18–10HullOdsal287141534
Teams and scorers HuddersfieldNo.Hull Teams William Taylor1Freddie MillerBill Johnson2Frank HurleyDennis Madden3Bob CornerAlex Fiddes4Sydney WilsonRay Markham5Eric OvertonStan Pepperell6Ernie HerbertTom Grahame7Tom JohnsonHerbert Sherwood8Laurie ThackerHarold Whitehead9George BarlowDavid Morgan Evans10Lawrence BarlowEmlyn Hughes11Charlie BoothJack Shaw12Jack DawsonRon Bailey13Harold Ellerington??Coach?? 18score1010HT2 Scorers Tries E. T. Markham (3)TDennis Madden (1)T Goals Alex Fiddes (2)GDennis Madden (1)GRefereeF. Fairhurst (Wigan)
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1938–39 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