1922–23 Yorkshire Cup

The 1922–23 Yorkshire Cup was the fifteen occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. For the third year in succession, the name of yet another new club appeared on the trophy. This year, York won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 5–0 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 33,719 and receipts were £2,414.

1922–23 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersYork
Runners-upBatley

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

This season, two junior clubs were invited to enter bringing the total number taking part up to a "full house" of sixteen, which in turn removed the necessity to have any byes.[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 14 Oct 1922Bradford Northern13-3KeighleyBirch Lane
2Sat 14 Oct 1922Bramley2-7DewsburyBarley Mow
3We 18 Oct 1922Sharlston Rovers11-32BatleyMount Pleasant1 2
4Sat 21 Oct 1922Featherstone Rovers9-17LeedsPost Office Road
5Sat 21 Oct 1922Huddersfield5-0HalifaxFartown
6Sat 21 Oct 1922Hull Kingston Rovers14-2HullCraven Park (1)3[3]
7Sat 21 Oct 1922Hunslet11-13Wakefield TrinityParkside
8Sat 21 Oct 1922York24-2Elland WanderersClarence Street4

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 4 Nov 1922York4-3HuddersfieldClarence Street
2Sat 4 Nov 1922Batley15-3Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant
3Sat 4 Nov 1922Leeds22-3Bradford NorthernHeadingley
4Sat 4 Nov 1922Wakefield Trinity?Dewsburycheck venue5

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 18 Nov 1922Leeds0-28BatleyHeadingley
2Sat 18 Nov 1922Wakefield Trinity2-4YorkBelle Vue

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 2 December 1922York5-0BatleyHeadingley33,719£24146 7 8[4][5]

Teams and scorers
York No. Batley
teams
Edward Owen1Joseph "Joe" Robinson
L. Farrar2Albert Carter
A. Corsi3Harry Rees
John "Jack" Corsi4Brinley Williams
S. Boston5Hugh "Bob" Murray
S. Short6Ike Fowler
J. McEwan7William "Willie" Scott
H. Brown8George Ramsbottom
F. Mirfield9James "Jim" Sykes
J. Bettridge10Allen Mortimer
W. Whiting11George Douglas
G. S. Reynolds12Norman Gardiner
J. A. Ashton13Fred Carter
T. GouldenCoach??
5score0
3HT0
Scorers
Tries
L. Farrar (1)T
Goals
J. McEwan (DG)G
RefereeMr B. Ennion (Wigan)

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

The road to success
First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Hunslet 11
Wakefield Trinity 13
Wakefield Trinity w
Dewsbury
Bramley 2
Dewsbury 7
Wakefield Trinity 2
York 4
York 24
Elland Wanderers 2
York 4
Huddersfield 3
Huddersfield 5
Halifax 0
York 5
Batley 0
Featherstone Rovers 9
Leeds 17
Leeds 22
Bradford Northern 3
Bradford Northern 13
Keighley 3
Leeds 0
Batley 28
Sharlston Rovers 11
Batley 32
Batley 15
Hull Kingston Rovers 3
Hull Kingston Rovers 14
Hull 2

See also

Notes

1 * Sharlston Rovers are a junior (or amateur) club from Wakefield [6]

2 * Sharlston Rovers forgo ground advantage for a better ground/higher receipts

3 * The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at the new stadium

4 * Elland Wanderers were a Junior/amateur club from Elland (Halifax)

5 * cannot locate any reference to this fixture, but both Wakefield Trinity and Dewsbury won their first round tie and Wakefield Trinity proceed to the semi-final. The venue and score are both unknown

6 * The attendance was at the time, a record, and this for, arguably, possibly two of the least glamorous teams in the competition. The record was not to be bettered until 1949, and then only the once.

7 * The receipts of £2,414 were also a record and this would stand for almost 25 years until broken in 1946 with a new record of £3,718

8 * Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire

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. "Sharlston Rovers ARLFC".
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