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Woodhouse Cup

This was contested between six teams, each team playing each other twice. The main changes from the pre-war era were that teams now played each other twice, home and away, and York had entered the I. M. Brown Shield rather than the Woodhouse Cup.

		Round 1						Round 2						Games		Matches
	Woodhouse	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	6	F	A	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Bradford	X	5½	4½	3	5	7	X	7½	7	7	8	9	63½	36½	10	7	1	2	7½
2	Leeds	4½	X	7½	6	6½	7½	2½	X	6½	6	4½	7	58½	41½	10	7	0	3	7
3-4	Huddersfield	5½	2½	X	5	5½	5	3	3½	X	2½	5½	10	48	52	10	4	2	4	5
3-4	Hull	7	4	5	X	3½	7½	3	4	7½	X	5	6	52½	47½	10	4	2	4	5
5	Sheffield	5	3½	4½	6½	X	9	2	5½	4½	5	X	4	49½	50½	10	3	2	5	4
6	Wakefield	3	2½	5	2½	1	X	1	3	0	4	6	X	28	72	10	1	1	8	1½

I. M. Brown Shield

This was contested between twelve teams, four more than in the pre-war period, grouped in two regional sections, “West” and “East”, with a play-off between section winners, to determine the overall winner.

The traditional participants in the “East” section were Hull, York and Goole. These had been joined by Hull Young People’s Institute. To make the “West” section manageable, it was still felt desirable to move a team from the “West” to the “East”. Thus Leeds II was placed in the “East” section.

There were seven teams in the “West” section, each playing each other twice, home and away. In the event, Sheffield II withdrew part-way through the season. Since they had played less than half their scheduled matches, their results were discounted for calculation of points scored and final places.

		Round 1							Round 2							Games		Matches
	IMB West	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	F	A	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Bradford II	X	3½	5	7	4½	5	6	X	4½	6	5½	6½	7½	-	55	25	10	9	0	1	9
2	Halifax	4½	X	7	5½	6½	6½	5½	3½	X	4½	6½	5½	6½	-	48½	31½	10	9	0	1	9
3	Huddersfield II	3	1	X	3	4½	5½	2½	2	3½	X	5½	5	6½	-	34½	45½	10	5	0	4	5
4	Bradford I-W	1	2½	5	X	4½	5	7	2½	1½	2½	X	5½	6	-	32	48	10	5	0	4	5
5	Dewsbury	3½	1½	3½	3½	X	6	-	1½	2½	3	2½	X	5	-	27½	52½	10	2	0	7	2
6	Ravensthorpe	3	1½	2½	3½	2	X	2½	½	1½	1½	2	3	X	-	17½	62½	10	0	0	9	0
7	Sheffield II	2	2½	5½	1½	-	5½	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

There was no tie-break system based on games points of individual matches between tying teams, and Bradford II and Halifax had to play a play-off match to determine winner of West section, resulting as follows.

Bradford II

6‑2

Halifax II

There were only three teams in the “East” section, each playing each other twice, home and away.

		Round 1					Round 2					Games		Matches
	IMB East	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	F	A	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Hull II	X	4½	5	4½	6½	X	5	5½	6	4½	41½	22½	8	8	0	0	8
2	Goole	3½	X	5	3	5	3	X	2½	3½	5½	31	33	8	3	0	5	3
3	Hull YPI	3	3	X	3½	3½	2½	5½	X	4½	4½	30	34	8	3	0	5	3
4	Leeds II	3½	5	4½	X	3½	2	4½	3½	X	3½	30	34	8	3	0	5	3
5	York	1½	3	4½	4½	X	3½	2½	3½	4½	X	27½	36½	8	3	0	5	3

Bradford II met Hull II to determine the winner of the I. M. Brown Shield, resulting as follows:

Bradford II

7‑1

Hull II

Created

20/08/2013

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

20/08/2013