1907–08 Yorkshire Cup

1907–08 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersHunslet
Runners-upHalifax

The 1907 Yorkshire Cup was the third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. This year's final was a repeat of the first Yorkshire Cup final in which the same two clubs reached the same outcome. Hunslet won the trophy for the second time in three years by beating Halifax by the score of 17–0

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 15,000 and receipts were £397

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, Pontefract folded part way through the last season, and last years cup winner and cup holder, Bradford, became turncoats to play with the round ball. As replacement, a new club Bradford Northern joined the league, resulting in an overall decrease of two from 1906, and giving a total of thirteen entrants.

This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.

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 Ref
1 Sat 09 Nov 1907 Halifax 10–5 Batley Thrum Hall
2 Sat 09 Nov 1907 Hull 21–10 Keighley Boulevard [3]
3 Sat 09 Nov 1907 Hunslet 50–0 Bramley Parkside
4 Sat 09 Nov 1907 Leeds 16–2 Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley
5 Sat 09 Nov 1907 York 14–15 Bradford Northern[a] Clarence Street
6 09 Nov 1907 Dewsbury 0 bye
7 09 Nov 1907 Huddersfield 0 bye
8 09 Nov 1907 Wakefield Trinity 0 bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 23 Nov 1907 Dewsbury 3–15 Hull Crown Flatt [3]
2 Sat 23 Nov 1907 Halifax 31–0 Bradford Northern Thrum Hall
3 Sat 23 Nov 1907 Huddersfield 2–2 Wakefield Trinity Fartown
4 Sat 23 Nov 1907 Hunslet 17–10 Leeds Parkside

Round 2 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
R Wed 27 Nov 1907 Wakefield Trinity 12–0 Huddersfield Belle Vue

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 07 Dec 1907 Hull 2–16 Halifax Boulevard [3]
2 Sat 07 Dec 1907 Hunslet 10–0 Wakefield Trinity Parkside

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Ref
Saturday 21 December 1907 Hunslet 17–0 Halifax Headingley[b] 15,000 397 [4][5]

Teams and scorers

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Hunslet № Halifax
teams
Herbert Place 1 Billy Little
Fred Farrar 2 Harry Morley
Charlie Ward 3 Fred Atkins
Billy Eagers 4 Eddie Ward
Billy Batten 5 Joe Riley
Albert Goldthorpe 6 Jimmy Hilton
Fred Smith 7 Tommy Grey
Harry Wilson 8 Joseph Brearley
Billy Brookes 9 Fred Hammond
Bill Dukes 10 Asa Robinson
Jack Randall 11 Fred Littlewood
Tom Walsh 12 John Langhorn
Walter Wray 13 L Sunderland
Coach
17 score 0
4 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Billy Batten T
Fred Smith T
Albert Goldthorpe T
T
T
Goals
Charlie Ward G
Billy Eagers G
Albert Goldthorpe (2) G
DG
Referee Billy Mc Cutcheon (Oldham)
Attendance: 15,000

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

The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Bradford 68
Bramley 2
Bradford 21
Leeds 5
Wakefield Trinity 7
Leeds 19
Bradford 6
Keighley 4
Keighley 34
New Blackpool 2
Keighley 34
York 2
York 8
Batley 7
Bradford 8
Hull Kingston Rovers 5
Hull Kingston Rovers 44
Pontefract 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Huddersfield 3
Dewsbury 10
Huddersfield 27
Hull Kingston Rovers 21
Halifax 0
Hull 3
Halifax 6
Halifax 6
Hunslet 0
Hunslet
bye

See also

Notes

  1. ^ First Yorkshire Cup match played by newly formed club Bradford Northern who replaced Bradford who had converted to Soccer
  2. ^ Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c "HULL&PROUD – Stats – Fixtures & Results 1896/1897".
  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. ^ "Hunslet Remembered". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  7. ^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 13 – 1907–08". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a