1952–53 Yorkshire Cup

The 1952–53 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1952–53 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHuddersfield
Runners-upBatley

Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 18-8

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 15,500 and receipts were £2,471

This was Huddersfield's second appearance in the Yorkshire Cup final in the last three years, winning in 1950

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs invited, no new entrants and no club "dropped out", and so the number of entrants remained at the same as last season's 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

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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 agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 30 Aug 1952Huddersfield19-14HunsletFartown14,780[3]
2Sat 30 Aug 1952Halifax35-2BramleyThrum Hall
3Sat 30 Aug 1952Keighley16-7CastlefordLawkholme Lane
4Sat 30 Aug 1952Wakefield Trinity15-22Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue
5Sat 30 Aug 1952Featherstone Rovers25-6YorkPost Office Road
6Sat 30 Aug 1952Batley12-10DewsburyMount Pleasant
7Sat 30 Aug 1952Hull7-8LeedsBoulevard[6]
8Sat 30 Aug 1952Doncaster12-11Bradford NorthernYork Road Greyhound Stadium

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 Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 2 Sep 1952Hunslet2-18HuddersfieldParkside16-3715,199[3]
2Wed 3 Sep 1952Bramley12-20HalifaxBarley Mow14-55
3Wed 3 Sep 1952Castleford8-6KeighleyWheldon Road15-22
4Wed 3 Sep 1952Hull Kingston Rovers16-11Wakefield TrinityCraven Park (1)38-26
5Wed 3 Sep 1952York16-8Featherstone RoversClarence Street22-33
6Fri 5 Sep 1952Dewsbury4-16BatleyCrown Flatt14-28
7Fri 5 Sep 1952Leeds2-10HullHeadingley10-17[6]
8Mon 8 Sep 1952Bradford Northern9-11DoncasterOdsal20-23

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

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 agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 22 Sep 1952Hull9-29HuddersfieldBoulevard13,630[3][6]
2Tue 23 Sep 1952Batley20-11KeighleyMount Pleasant
3Wed 24 Sep 1952Featherstone Rovers14-4Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road
4Wed 24 Sep 1952Halifax4-3DoncasterThrum Hall

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

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
1Wed 8 Oct 1952Featherstone Rovers4-8BatleyPost Office Road
2Mon 13 Oct 1952Huddersfield9-9HalifaxFartown8,998[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replay

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
RThu 16 Oct 1952Halifax5-15HuddersfieldThrum Hall12,000[3]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 15 November 1952Huddersfield18-8BatleyHeadingley15,500£2,4711 2[3][7][8]

Teams and Scorers

Huddersfield Batley
teams
Johnny Hunter1Phil Walshaw
Peter Henderson2Gordon Harrison
Peter Ramsden3George Kenny
Pat Devery4William "Bill" Riches
Lionel Cooper5John Etty
Russell Pepperell6William "Billy" Riley
Billy Banks7Raymond "Ray" Laycock (c)
Ted Slevin8Frank Wagstaff
George Curran9Harold McIntyre
William Griffin10Trevor Jones
John "Jack" Brown11George Palmer
John "Jack" Large12Clarrie Briggs
Dave Valentine (c)13John Westbury
William R. 'Bill' SmithCoachAlex Fiddes
18score8
10HT3
Scorers
Tries
Lionel Cooper (3)TJohn Etty (1)
Dave Valentine (1)TGeorge Kenny (1)
Goals
Pat Devery (3)GRaymond "Ray" Laycock (1)
RefereeC F (Charlie) Appleton (Warrington)

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 Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Featherstone Rovers 22
Bradford Northern 30
Bradford Northern 13
Leeds 14
Leeds 43
Bramley 17
Leeds 17
Wakefield Trinity 18
Wakefield Trinity 33
Hull 23
Wakefield Trinity 14
Huddersfield 5
Hull Kingston Rovers 24
Huddersfield 38
Wakefield Trinity 17
Keighley 3
Castleford 14
Keighley 20
Keighley 18
Halifax 14
Dewsbury 18
Halifax 19
Keighley 15
Hunslet 9
Doncaster 6
Hunslet 21
Hunslet 27
Batley 8
Batley 28
York 13

Notes and comments

1 * The attendance is variably given as 15,500 by the official Huddersfield 1953 Yearbook,[3] 15,000 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but 14,705 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[7] and 1990-91[8]

2 * 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)

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1953" (PDF).
  4. HC&AC committee. Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1953. HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  5. "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1952–53" (PDF).
  6. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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