# 1946–47 Yorkshire Cup

1946–47 was the thirty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10-0
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 34,300 and receipts were £3,718
This is Wakefield Trinity second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year they were beaten by Bradford Northern 5-2

## Background

This season junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were invited to take part. This increased the number of clubs who entered last season by one to a 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

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| 1 | Wed 6 Sep 1946 | Yorkshire Amateurs | 7-28 | York | Parkside | 1 |
| 2 | Sat 7 Sep 1946 | Batley | 8-9 | Hunslet | Mount Pleasant | |
| 3 | Sat 8 Sep 1946 | Bramley | 4-9 | Dewsbury | Barley Mow | |
| 4 | Sat 9 Sep 1946 | Featherstone Rovers | 10-16 | Hull | Post Office Road | |
| 5 | Sat 10 Sep 1946 | Huddersfield | 20-5 | Bradford Northern | Fartown | |
| 6 | Sat 11 Sep 1946 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 10-9 | Halifax | Craven Park (1) | |
| 7 | Sat 12 Sep 1946 | Keighley | 14-11 | Wakefield Trinity | Lawkholme Lane | |
| 8 | Sat 13 Sep 1946 | Leeds | 8-11 | Castleford | Headingley | |

### Round 1 – second leg

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Notes |
| 1 | Sat 14 Sep 1946 | York | 29-12 | Yorkshire Amateurs | Clarence Street | 57-19 | 1 |
| 2 | Sat 15 Sep 1946 | Hunslet | 10-4 | Batley | Parkside | 19-12 | |
| 3 | Sat 16 Sep 1946 | Dewsbury | 9-8 | Bramley | Crown Flatt | 18-12 | |
| 4 | Sat 17 Sep 1946 | Hull | 24-3 | Featherstone Rovers | Boulevard | 42-13 | |
| 5 | Sat 18 Sep 1946 | Bradford Northern | 3-20 | Huddersfield | Odsal | 8-40 | |
| 6 | Sat 19 Sep 1946 | Halifax | 7-11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Thrum Hall | 16-21 | |
| 7 | Sat 20 Sep 1946 | Wakefield Trinity | 8-2 | Keighley | Belle Vue | 19-16 | |
| 8 | Sat 21 Sep 1946 | Castleford | 16-7 | Leeds | Wheldon Road | 27-15 | |

### Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 23 Sep 1946 | Hunslet | 10-9 | Dewsbury | Parkside |
| 2 | Mon 24 Sep 1946 | Huddersfield | 10-15 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Fartown |
| 3 | Thu 25 Oct 1946 | Hull | 42-8 | York | Boulevard |
| 4 | Thu 26 Oct 1946 | Wakefield Trinity | 11-2 | Castleford | Belle Vue |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Thu 28 Oct 1946 | Hull | 15-11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Boulevard | | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 29 Oct 1946 | Wakefield Trinity | 7-4 | Hunslet | Belle Vue | | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 31 November 1946 | Wakefield Trinity | 10-0 | Hull | Headingley | | 34,300 | £3,718 | 2 3 4 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Wakefield Trinity | № | Hull |
| | teams | |
| Billy Teall | 1 | Freddie Miller (c) |
| Jackie Perry | 2 | Tommy Glynn |
| Johnny Jones | 3 | Ivor Watts |
| Jim Croston | 4 | Alan Sinclair |
| Dennis Baddeley | 5 | Albert Bowers |
| Ron Rylance (c) | 6 | Ernie Lawrence |
| Arthur Fletcher | 7 | Tom Johnson |
| Harry Wilkinson | 8 | Fred Shillito |
| Len Marson | 9 | Harry Wilkinson |
| Jim Higgins | 10 | Stan Jimmison |
| Mick Exley | 11 | Charlie Booth |
| Harry Murphy | 12 | Jack Tindall |
| Len Bratley | 13 | Alf Shakesby |
| probably James "Jim" Croston | Coach | Ted Tattersfield (trainer) |
| 10 | score | 0 |
| 0 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Ron Rylance (1) | T | no score |
| Arthur Fletcher (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Jackie Perry (2) | G | |
| Referee | | George Phillips (Widnes) |
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.
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 24 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Keighley | Keighley | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 29 | Keighley | Keighley | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 39 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 39 | | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 7 | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 7 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 5 | Hunslet | Hunslet | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 40 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 40 | | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 2 |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 52 | | | | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 2 |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 12 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 34 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull | Hull | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 23 | Hull | Hull | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 35 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 35 | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 14 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 7 | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 21 | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 7 | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 15 | Leeds | Leeds | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 4 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | L | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | W | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

* Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from many, both professional and amateur, clubs? Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds, this match was played at Parkside, the ground of Hunslet
* The attendance is given as 34,300 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 but 29,000 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject and also by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973"
* The attendance of 34,300, if correct (see last item) is a record to date beating the previous record of 33,719 set in 1922. The previous second highest attendance was 28,714 set in 1938
* The receipts of £3,718 were a new record, beating the previous best of £2,414 set in 1922 by over £1,300
* 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.

### General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League 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 as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this 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)

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