1933–34 Yorkshire Cup
Rugby league season
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The 1933â34 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. York won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 10â4.
| 1933â34 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 15 |
| Winners | York |
| Runners-up | Hull Kingston Rovers |
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 fifteen.
This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 17 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 11 Oct 1933 | Featherstone Rovers | 7â12 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | |
| 2 | Sat 14 Oct 1933 | Batley | 7â12 | York | Mount Pleasant | |
| 3 | Sat 14 Oct 1933 | Castleford | 10â9 | Hunslet | Wheldon Road | |
| 4 | Sat 14 Oct 1933 | Dewsbury | 4â5 | Leeds | Crown Flatt | |
| 5 | Sat 14 Oct 1933 | Halifax | 23â5 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | |
| 6 | Sat 14 Oct 1933 | Huddersfield | 17â4 | Keighley | Fartown | |
| 7 | Sat 14 Oct 1933 | Hull | 9â7 | Bramley | Boulevard | [3] |
| 8 | Bradford Northern | bye |
Round 2 â quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 14 Oct 1933 | Bradford Northern | 5â8 | Huddersfield | Birch Lane | |
| 2 | Wed 25 Oct 1933 | Halifax | 18â2 | Castleford | Thrum Hall | |
| 3 | Wed 25 Oct 1933 | Leeds | 5â9 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley | |
| 4 | Wed 25 Oct 1933 | York | 13â2 | Hull | Clarence Street | [3] |
Round 3 â semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 6 Nov 1933 | Halifax | 5â7 | York | Thrum Hall | |
| 2 | Mon 13 Nov 1933 | Huddersfield | 3â20 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Fartown |
Final
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,222 and receipts were £1,480.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 25 Nov 1933 | York | 10â4 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley | 22,222 | £1,480 | [a][b] | [4][5] |
Teams and scorers
| York | No | Hull Kingston Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Tommy Dingsdale | 1 | George Carmichael |
| Lou Brown | 2 | Ted Tattersfield |
| Mel Rosser | 3 | Jack Spamer |
| Jeff Moores | 4 | Louis Beaumont |
| F. Smith | 5 | Roland Hill |
| Gurnos Rees | 6 | John Woodcock |
| William Thomas | 7 | Harry âScrubberâ Dale |
| Harry Bland | 8 | Ben Britton |
| Eddie Myers | 9 | Harold Binks |
| W. John | 10 | W. Eddoms |
| Horace Coldrick | 11 | F. Blossom |
| Fred Elias | 12 | Charlie Brown |
| Norman Fender | 13 | George Saddington |
| ?? | Coach | ?? |
| 10 | score | 4 |
| 3 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Lou Brown (1), Fred Smith (1) | T | |
| T | ||
| Goals | ||
| Tommy Dingsdale (2) | G | George Carmichael (2) |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | unknown | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.