1949–50 was the forty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 11–4.
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 36,000, a record never to be beaten, and receipts were £6,365.
This was the second of two successive wins for Bradford Northern.
Background This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part, and the number of clubs who entered remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
The competition again followed the original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round, which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Competition and results
Round 1 – first leg Round 1's first leg involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.
All first round ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 10 Sep 1949Huddersfield13–5LeedsFartown2Sat 10 Sep 1949Hunslet7–10DewsburyParkside3Sat 10 Sep 1949Batley10–7HalifaxMount Pleasant4Sat 10 Sep 1949Castleford12–8HullWheldon Road 5Sat 10 Sep 1949York11–28Bradford NorthernClarence Street6Sat 10 Sep 1949Hull Kingston Rovers6–3BramleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 10 Sep 1949Wakefield Trinity19–12Featherstone RoversBelle Vue8Sat 10 Sep 1949Keighley45–2Yorkshire AmateursLawkholme Lane
Round 1 – second leg Round 1's second leg involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.
All first round ties were played on a two-legged home and away basis.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 12 Sep 1949Leeds8–16HuddersfieldHeadingley13–292Tue 13 Sep 1949Dewsbury19–0HunsletCrown Flatt29–73Tue 13 Sep 1949Halifax2–7BatleyThrum Hall9–174Tue 13 Sep 1949Hull13–13CastlefordBoulevard21–255Wed 14 Sep 1949Bradford Northern25–11YorkOdsal53–226Wed 14 Sep 1949Bramley13–4Hull Kingston RoversBarley Mow16–107Wed 14 Sep 1949Featherstone Rovers2–12Wakefield TrinityPost Office Road14–318Thu 15 Sep 1949Yorkshire Amateurs8–15KeighleyMount Pleasant10–60
Round 2 – quarterfinals Round 2's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.
All second round ties were played on a knock-out basis.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 21 Sep 1949Bradford Northern13–6CastlefordOdsal2Wed 21 Sep 1949Bramley5–4KeighleyBarley Mow3Wed 28 Sep 1949Huddersfield20–12Wakefield TrinityFartown217374Thu 29 Sep 1949Dewsbury12–5BatleyCrown Flatt
Round 3 – semifinals Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
Both semi-final ties were played on a knock-out basis.
Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Wed 12 Oct 1949Bramley6–8Bradford NorthernBarley Mow2Wed 19 Oct 1949Dewsbury2–7HuddersfieldCrown Flatt
Final Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 29 October 1949Bradford Northern11–4HuddersfieldHeadingley36,000£6,365
Teams and scorers
Bradford NorthernNo.Huddersfield Teams Billy Leake1E. SwallowEric Batten2George WilsonJack Kitching3Jeff BawdenErnest Ward4Pat DeveryEmlyn Walters5Lionel CooperWillie Davies6Russell PepperellDonald Ward7Billy BanksEric Day8John MaidenVictor "Vic" Darlison9Mel MeekRon Greaves10John "Jack" DalyTrevor Foster11Ike OwensBarry Tyler12Bob NicholsonKen Traill13Dave Valentine (c)Dai ReesCoach?? 11Score44HT2 Scorers Tries Willie Davies (1)T Goals Ernest Ward (4)GJeff Bawden (2)RefereeMr. W. Hemmings (Halifax) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.
For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.
See also 1949–50 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