1934–35 Yorkshire Cup
Rugby league season
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The 1934â35 Yorkshire Cup was the 27th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. For the first and only time, the Yorkshire Cup final required two replays to sort the teams and decide the winners, Leeds eventually winning the trophy by beating Wakefield Trinity by the score of 13â0 in a second replay.
| 1934â35 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 15 |
| Winners | Leeds |
| Runners-up | Wakefield Trinity |
Competition and results
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.[1][2]
Round 1
Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 6 Sep 1934 | Hull | 11â7 | Hunslet | Boulevard | [3] |
| 2 | Sat 8 Sep 1934 | Castleford | 9â9 | Bradford Northern | Wheldon Road | |
| 3 | Sat 8 Sep 1934 | Halifax | 16â5 | Featherstone Rovers | Thrum Hall | |
| 4 | Sat 8 Sep 1934 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 9â9 | Keighley | Craven Park (1) | |
| 5 | Sat 8 Sep 1934 | Leeds | 35â8 | Bramley | Headingley | |
| 6 | Sat 8 Sep 1934 | Wakefield Trinity | 9â7 | Batley | Belle Vue | |
| 7 | Sat 8 Sep 1934 | York | 0â13 | Huddersfield | Clarence Street | |
| 8 | Dewsbury | bye |
Round 1 - replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Wed 12 Sep 1934 | Bradford Northern | 13â16 | Castleford | Odsal[a] | |
| R2 | Fri 13 Sep 1934 | Keighley | 5â22 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane |
Round 2 â quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 19 Sep 1934 | Huddersfield | 6â6 | Castleford | Fartown | |
| 2 | Wed 19 Sep 1934 | Wakefield Trinity | 10â0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue | |
| 3 | Thu 20 Sep 1934 | Halifax | 2â0 | Dewsbury | Thrum Hall | |
| 4 | Mon 24 Sep 1934 | Leeds | 19â4 | Hull | Headingley | [3] |
Round 2 - replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Wed 26 Sep 1934 | Castleford | 3â2 | Huddersfield | Wheldon Road |
Round 3 â semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 1 Oct 1934 | Leeds | 20â2 | Halifax | Headingley | |
| 2 | Wed 3 Oct 1934 | Castleford | 0â10 | Wakefield Trinity | Wheldon Road |
Final
The final was played at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury, now in West Yorkshire, with an attendance of 22,598, receipts were £1,529 and a final score of 5â5.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 27 October 1934 | Leeds | 5â5 | Wakefield Trinity | Crown Flatt | 22,598 | £1,529 | [b][c][d] | [4] |
Final - First Replay
The first replay was at Fartown, with an attendance of 10,500, receipts of £745 and a final score of 2â2.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 31 October 1934 | Leeds | 2â2 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | 10,500 | £745 | [e] | [4] |
Final - Second Replay
The second replay was played at Parkside, with an attendance of 19,304, receipts of £1,327 and a final score of 13â0. Altogether a total of around 52,500 people paid over £3,500 to watch the three matches. This was Leeds' fourth of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared. Also the first of two consecutive victories which they would enjoy.
Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 5-2-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 5-2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 6 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 6 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 9 (16) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 9 (13) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 9 (22) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 9 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- This was Bradford Northern's first Yorkshire Cup match at their new stadium, Odsal
- Crown Flatt was the home ground of Dewsbury from 1898 to 1991. The ground was becoming dilapidated, but a deliberately set fire which completely destroyed the recently renovated stand, together with all the clubs historical records, forced a move to a new ground. The final capacity is unknown but was much less than the record attendance of 26,584, set on 30 October 1920 for a second round Yorkshire Cup match to watch Dewsbury beat Halifax 3-2
- Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.
Due to lack of maintenance, terrace closures and finally major storm damage closing one of the stands in 1986, the final ground capacity had been reduced to just a few thousands although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup semi-final on 19 April 1947 when a crowd of 35,136 saw Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 21-0 - Parkside was the home ground of Hunslet from 1888 to 1973. The club were struggling financially when in 1971 fire destroyed the stand, greatly reducing the ground attendance capacity, the record for which stood at the 24,700 for a third round Challenge Cup match in 1924. After the fire the directors sold the ground and wound up the club.