1942 Yorkshire Cup
| 1942–43 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | Dewsbury |
| Runners-up | Huddersfield |
1942 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 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)
The Second World War was continuing and the Yorkshire Cup was played in the early part of the 1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
1942 was the thirty-fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Dewsbury won the trophy by beating Huddersfield over two legs by an aggregate score of 7-2
Dewsbury played the first leg match at home (at Crown Flatt) and won 7-0. The attendance was 11,000 and receipts were £680.
Huddersfield were at home (at Fartown) for the second leg match and duly won 2-0. The attendance at the second leg match was 6,252 and receipts £618.
Hull Kingston Rovers – The club dropped out of the wartime Lancashire league after the ‘first (1939–40) season. They did not return to league competition until 1945–46 peacetime season.
Bramley – withdrew after the third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not rejoin until the 1945–46 season.
Castleford – withdrew after the third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not participate for two seasons, re-joining for the 1944–45 season.
Hunslet – withdrew after the third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not participate for this season, re-joining for the next 1943–44 season.
Wigan - This club entered the Yorkshire Cup competition for the third successive season
Oldham - The club, as Wigan, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for the third successive season
St. Helens - The club, as Wigan and Oldham}, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for their first season
Dewsbury - had a relatively successful time during the war years. Managed by Eddie Waring, and with the side boosted by the inclusion of a number of big-name guest players, the club won the Wartime Emergency League in 1941–42 and again the following season 1942–43 (though that championship was declared null and void when it was discovered they had played an ineligible player). They were also runners-up in the Championship in 1943–44, Challenge Cup winners in 1943 and Yorkshire Cup Final appearances in this season 1940–41 and winners in 1942–43.
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