# 1937–38 Yorkshire Cup

The 1937–38 Yorkshire Cup was the thirtieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
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 Mansfield, Coventry, this season's appearance of Newcastle, and even last year's appearance of 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)
Leeds won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 14-8
The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts were £1,508
This was Leeds' last of their six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared.

## 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 sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no 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 11 Sep 1937 | Batley | 42-5 | Newcastle | Mount Pleasant | 1 |
| 2 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Bramley | 2-5 | Keighley | Barley Mow | |
| 3 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Castleford | 6-8 | Dewsbury | Wheldon Road | |
| 4 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Huddersfield | 32-16 | Featherstone Rovers | Fartown | |
| 5 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Hull | 21-13 | Hunslet | Boulevard | |
| 6 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 10-11 | Bradford Northern | Craven Park (1) | |
| 7 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Leeds | 20-7 | York | Headingley | |
| 8 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Wakefield Trinity | 4-4 | Halifax | Belle Vue | |

### Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| R | Thu 16 Sep 1937 | Halifax | 7-6 | Wakefield Trinity | Thrum Hall | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Wed 22 Sep 1937 | Bradford Northern | 6-16 | Leeds | Odsal |
| 2 | Mon 27 Sep 1937 | Huddersfield | 13-6 | Hull | Fartown |
| 3 | Tue 28 Sep 1937 | Keighley | 7-9 | Batley | Lawkholme Lane |
| 4 | Wed 29 Sep 1937 | Dewsbury | 20-9 | Halifax | Crown Flatt |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Mon 11 Oct 1937 | Huddersfield | 6-2 | Dewsbury | Fartown | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 13 Oct 1937 | Leeds | 10-5 | Batley | Headingley | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 30 October 1937 | Leeds | 14-8 | Huddersfield | Belle Vue | 22,000 | £1,508 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Leeds | № | Huddersfield |
| | teams | |
| Charles "Charlie" Eaton | 1 | Tommy Scourfield |
| Eric Harris | 2 | Markham |
| Fred Harris | 3 | Stan Mountain |
| Stan Brogden | 4 | Alex Fiddes |
| Stanley Smith | 5 | Dennis Madden |
| Vic Hey | 6 | Stan Pepperell |
| Cliff Evans | 7 | Swallow |
| Harry Woods | 8 | Sherwood |
| Con Murphy | 9 | Whitehead |
| Dai Prosser | 10 | David Morgan Evans |
| Ken Jubb | 11 | Langford |
| Harry Dyer | 12 | Shaw or Senior |
| Ted Tattersfield | 13 | Aspinall |
| ?? | Coach | ?? |
| 14 | score | 8 |
| 11 | HT | 3 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| | T | Stan Mountain (1) |
| | T | Markham (1) |
| | Goals | |
| | G | Swallow (1) |
| | G | |
| Referee | | unknown |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | | | | | | |
| | | Leeds | Leeds | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | Leeds | Leeds | | | | | | |
| York | York | | | | | | | | |
| York | York | | | Leeds | Leeds | | | | |
| | | | | Batley | Batley | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | | | | | Batley | Batley | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | Keighley | Keighley | | | | | | |
| | | Batley | Batley | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | Batley | Batley | | | | | | |
| Newcastle | Newcastle | | | | | | | | |
| Newcastle | Newcastle | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 8 |
| | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 5 |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | | | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 5 |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | | | | | | |
| | | Hull | Hull | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | Hull | Hull | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | | | | |
| | | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | | | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | | | | | | |
| | | Halifax | Halifax | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | Halifax | Halifax | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * This was Newcastle's second (and last) season in the league. According to "the Grounds of Rugby League" Newcastle RLFC moved for 1937/38 to the new White City Stadium in Gateshead.from the previous season's venue of Brough Park.
2 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield