# 1935–36 Yorkshire Cup

1935–36 Yorkshire Cup
The 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 (as applying for this season) even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The 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)
1935–36 was the twenty-eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Leeds won the trophy by beating York by the score of 3-0
The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,616 and receipts were £1,113
This was Leeds' fifth of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared. Also the second of two consecutive victories which they would enjoy.

## Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers", but there was one new entrant in the form of New London Club Acton & Willesden, thus increasing last year's total entrants to sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| 1 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Bramley | 8-37 | Leeds | Barley Mow | |
| 2 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Castleford | 8-11 | Dewsbury | Castleford | |
| 3 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Featherstone Rovers | 9-2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Post Office Road | |
| 4 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Huddersfield | 37-4 | Bradford Northern | Fartown | |
| 5 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Hull | 18-2 | Batley | Boulevard | |
| 6 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Hunslet | 18-5 | Acton & Willesden | Parkside | 1 |
| 7 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Keighley | 7-5 | Halifax | Lawkholme Lane | |
| 8 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | York | 6-2 | Wakefield Trinity | Clarence Street | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Mon 23 Sep 1935 | Huddersfield | 8-10 | Hull | Fartown |
| 2 | Wed 25 Sep 1935 | Leeds | 7-4 | Hunslet | Headingley |
| 3 | Wed 25 Sep 1935 | York | 12-4 | Keighley | Clarence Street |
| 4 | Thu 26 Sep 1935 | Featherstone Rovers | 2-12 | Dewsbury | Post Office Road |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 2 Oct 1935 | York | 8-5 | Dewsbury | Clarence Street | | | | |
| 2 | Thu 3 Oct 1935 | Hull | 4-4 | Leeds | Boulevard | | | | |

### Round 3 – semifinals - Replay

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| R | Wed 9 Oct 1935 | Leeds | 15-3 | Hull | Headingley | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 19 October 1935 | Leeds | 3-0 | York | Thrum Hall | 14,616 | £1,113 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Leeds | № | York |
| | teams | |
| Jim Brough | 1 | Tommy Dingsdale |
| Eric Harris | 2 | H. Haigh |
| Stan Brogden | 3 | Jeff Moores |
| Gwyn Parker | 4 | S. Hunt |
| Stan Smith | 5 | P. Hargreaves |
| Dicky Ralph | 6 | Gurnos Rees |
| Evan Williams | 7 | William Thomas |
| Aubrey Casewell | 8 | Dai Prosser |
| John Hall | 9 | F. Williams |
| Stan Satterthwaite | 10 | Fred Elias |
| Ken Jubb | 11 | Norman Fender |
| Harry Dyer | 12 | L. Sharpe |
| Cliff Whitehead | 13 | W. Welsh |
| ?? | Coach | ?? |
| 3 | score | 0 |
| 3 | HT | 0 |
| Smith (1) | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Stanley Smith (1) | T | |
| Referee | | Paul Cowell (Warrington) |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 37 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 4 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull | Hull | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 18 | Hull | Hull | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 2 | | | | Hull | Hull | 4 (3) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 4 (15) | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 8 | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 4 (15) | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 37 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 37 | Leeds | Leeds | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 18 | Hunslet | Hunslet | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Acton & Willesden | Acton & Willesden | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Acton & Willesden | Acton & Willesden | 5 | | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | York | York | 0 |
| York | York | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | York | York | 0 |
| Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 2 | York | York | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Keighley | Keighley | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 7 | Keighley | Keighley | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 5 | | | | York | York | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 5 | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 9 | | | | | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 5 | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 8 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * New London club Acton & Willesden's first (and last) match in Yorkshire Cup. The club folded at the end of the season
2 * Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.