1948–49 Yorkshire Cup


1948–49 was the forty-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 18-9
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 31,393 and receipts were £5,053
The first of two successive wins for Bradford Northern

Background

This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered 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

Round 1 - First Leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 11 Sep 1948Castleford37-7BramleyWheldon Road
2Sat 11 Sep 1948Dewsbury5-3Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt
3Sat 11 Sep 1948Huddersfield79-5Yorkshire AmateursFartown1
4Sat 11 Sep 1948Hull22-7BatleyBoulevard
5Sat 11 Sep 1948Keighley7-8HunsletLawkholme Lane
6Sat 11 Sep 1948Leeds10-10HalifaxHeadingley
7Sat 11 Sep 1948Wakefield Trinity20-5Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue
8Sat 11 Sep 1948York12-14Featherstone RoversClarence Street

Round 1 - Second Leg

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 15 Sep 1948Bramley9-12CastlefordBarley Mow16-49
2Wed 15 Sep 1948Bradford Northern20-5DewsburyOdsal23-10
3Thu 16 Sep 1948Yorkshire Amateurs0-61HuddersfieldCrown Flatt5-1401
4Tue 14 Sep 1948Batley5-12HullMount Pleasant12-34
5Wed 15 Sep 1948Hunslet9-5KeighleyParkside17-12
6Tue 14 Sep 1948Halifax5-11LeedsThrum Hall15-21
7Wed 15 Sep 1948Hull Kingston Rovers14-4Wakefield TrinityCraven Park 19-24
8Wed 15 Sep 1948Featherstone Rovers17-9YorkPost Office Road31-21

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 20 Sep 1948Bradford Northern19-12HuddersfieldOdsal
2Mon 27 Sep 1948Featherstone Rovers5-19Wakefield TrinityPost Office Road
3Tue 28 Sep 1948Castleford11-0HullWheldon Road
4Thu 30 Sep 1948Leeds7-10HunsletHeadingley

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 13 Oct 1948Bradford Northern7-7HunsletOdsal
2Wed 13 Oct 1948Castleford6-5Wakefield TrinityWheldon Road

Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replay

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef
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RMon 18 Oct 1948Hunslet5-12Bradford NorthernParkside

Final

Teams and Scorers

Bradford Northern№Castleford
teams
George Carmichael1Ronald Lewis
Eric Batten2Arthur Bastow
William "Bill" Leake3Leonard "Len" Skidmore
Ernest Ward 4Norman Guest
Alan Edwards5Reg Lloyd
Willie Davies6Arthur Fisher
Donald7George Langfield
Frank Whitcombe8Dyl Harris
Vic Darlison9Jimmy Jones
Ronald "Ron" Greaves10James Crossley
Trevor Foster11Desmond "Des" Foreman
Barry Tyler12Charles Staines
Ken Traill13Frank Mugglestone
Dai ReesCoach??
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18score9
2HT4
Scorers
Tries
Allen Edwards TDes Foreman
Leake T
Foster T
Goals
Allen Edwards GDes Foreman
GCharlie Staines -
Drop Goals
DGGeorge Langfield -
RefereeG.S.Phillips

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success

All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg 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.

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between 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 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 December