1911–12 Yorkshire Cup

1911–12 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersHuddersfield
Runners-upHull Kingston Rovers

The 1911–12 Yorkshire Cup was the seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year saw a previous winner, Huddersfield, win the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 22–10

The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 20,000 and receipts were £700. This was Huddersfield's third appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total.)

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, but last year's new entrant Coventry left to join the Lancashire Cup, reducing the number of entries by one to a total of thirteen. 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 11 Oct 1911 Hull 2–8 Hunslet Boulevard [3]
2 Sat 14 Oct 1911 Bramley 3–25 Dewsbury Barley Mow
3 Sat 14 Oct 1911 Huddersfield 15–2 Batley Fartown
4 Sat 14 Oct 1911 Hull Kingston Rovers 23–9 Wakefield Trinity Hull Kingston Rovers
5 Sat 14 Oct 1911 Leeds 17–5 Keighley Headingley
6 Bradford Northern bye
7 Halifax bye
8 York bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 14 Oct 1911 Bradford Northern 9–24 Hunslet Birch Lane[a]
2 Sat 28 Oct 1911 Huddersfield 34–6 Dewsbury Fartown
3 Sat 28 Oct 1911 Hull Kingston Rovers 15–2 York Hull Kingston Rovers
4 Sat 28 Oct 1911 Leeds 9–2 Halifax Headingley

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 11 Nov 1911 Hunslet 3–5 Huddersfield Parkside
2 Sat 11 Nov 1911 Leeds 0–11 Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Ref
Saturday 25 November 1911 Huddersfield 22–10 Hull Kingston Rovers Belle Vue[b] 20000 700 [4][5]

Teams and scorers

Huddersfield № Hull Kingston Rovers
teams
Jack Bartholomew 1 Alf Carmichael
Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld 2 George Spivey
Edgar Wrigley 3 Phil Thomas
Harold Wagstaff 4 R. Hughes
Stan Moorhouse 5 J. Charles "Slasher" Brain
Thomas Grey 6 Bruce Craven
Jim Davies 7 Thomas Surman
W. Brook 8 Arthur Moore
Con Byrne 9 William "Bill" Huskins
Douglas Clark 10 Jake Blackmore
Ben Gronow 11 Arthur Spackman
John Higson 12 C. McDonald
Herbert Sherwood 13 R. Fearnley
?? Coach (??)
22 score 10
16 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
John Higson (1) T R. Hughes (1)
Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld (1) T C. McDonald (1)
Edgar Wrigley (1) T
Harold Wagstaff (1) T
Stan Moorhouse (1) T
Thomas Grey (1) T
Goals
Thomas Grey (2) G Alf Carmichael (2)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee J. F. May (St. Helens)

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
            
Bradford Northern
bye
Bradford Northern 9
Hunslet 24
Hull 2
Hunslet 8
Hunslet 3
Huddersfield 6
Huddersfield 16
Batley 2
Huddersfield 34
Dewsbury 6
Bramley 3
Dewsbury 25
Huddersfield 22
Hull Kingston Rovers 10
Leeds 17
Keighley 5
Leeds 9
Halifax 2
Halifax
bye
Leeds 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Hull Kingston Rovers 23
Wakefield Trinity 9
Hull Kingston Rovers 15
York 2
York
bye

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The first Yorkshire Cup game played at this ground, to which Bradford Northern moved for season 1908–09
  2. ^ Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield

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 1911–12" (PDF).
  7. ^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 17 – 1911–12". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a