1913–14 Yorkshire Cup

The 1913–14 Yorkshire Cup was the ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at thirteen. This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.

1913–14 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersHuddersfield
Runners-upBradford Northern

This year saw a previous two-time winner, Huddersfield taking the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 19–3 in the final. The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,000 and receipts were £430. This was Huddersfield's fourth appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total), and who knows, but for the intervention of the First World War and suspension of the competition, it may have been more. It was also the first of the four consecutive wins.

Background

The Rugby Football League's 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).

Competition and Results

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Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 18 Oct 1913Bradford Northern4-2KeighleyBirch Lane
2Sat 18 Oct 1913Halifax9-0BatleyThrum Hall
3Sat 18 Oct 1913Huddersfield67-0BramleyFartown1
4Sat 18 Oct 1913Hunslet8-19DewsburyParkside
5Sat 18 Oct 1913Wakefield Trinity8-0HullBelle Vue[3]
6Hull Kingston Roversbye
7Leedsbye
8Yorkbye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 1 Nov 1913Dewsbury18-5Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt
2Sat 1 Nov 1913Halifax0-39HuddersfieldThrum Hall
3Sat 1 Nov 1913Leeds7-15Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
4Sat 1 Nov 1913York4-9Bradford NorthernClarence Street

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 15 Nov 1913Bradford Northern13-2Wakefield TrinityBirch Lane
2Sat 15 Nov 1913Huddersfield37-0DewsburyFartown

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 November 1913Huddersfield19-3Bradford NorthernThrum Hall120004302[4][5]

Teams and scorers

Huddersfield No. Bradford Northern
teams
Major Holland1H. Schofield
Albert Rosenfeld2W. H. Irving
Tom Gleeson3N. Wilby
Robert Habron4G. Hall
George Todd5F. Wilson
Jim Davies6J. McEwan
Johnny Rogers7C. Carter
Fred Longstaff8Joe Winterburn
Ben Gronow9J. Haley
Jack Chilcott10W. H. Mitchell
Douglas Clark11J. Ruck
Aaron Lee12J. B. Simmonds
John Higson13Harry Feather(?)
??Coach??
19score3
8HT0
Scorers
Tries
George Todd (2)TN. Wilby (1)
Robert Habron (2)T
Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld (1)T
Goals
Major Holland (2)G
RefereeB. Ennion (Wigan)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Halifax 9
Batley 0
Halifax 0
Huddersfield 39
Huddersfield 67
Bramley 0
Huddersfield 37
Dewsbury 0
Hunslet 8
Dewsbury 19
Dewsbury 18
Hull Kingston Rovers 5
Hull Kingston Rovers
bye
Huddersfield 19
Bradford Northern 3
York
bye
York 4
Bradford Northern 9
Bradford Northern 4
Keighley 2
Bradford Northern 13
Wakefield Trinity 2
Leeds
bye
Leeds 7
Wakefield Trinity 15
Wakefield Trinity 8
Hull 0

Notes

1 * Highest winning margin at the time (beating Bradford's 68–2 victory over Bramley in 1906

2 * Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  6. "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1913–14" (PDF).
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