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1941 (Autumn) Yorkshire Cup The Yorkshire Cup was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The Autumn of 1941 was the thirty-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. The final was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,989 and receipts were £635. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Halifax 24-0. This was the second consecutive victory for Bradford Northern ==Change in Club participation== Historically, the Yorkshire Cup area had frequently changed to encompass other teams from outside the county The Second World War was continuing and the Yorkshire Cup was moved back to the early part of the 1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season i.e. the Autumn. 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. Wigan - This club entered the Yorkshire Cup competition for the second successive season Oldham - The club, as Wigan, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for the second successive 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1941 (Autumn) Yorkshire Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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