1909–10 Yorkshire Cup

The 1909–10 Yorkshire Cup was the fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's final was between two clubs who had not previously played in the final and Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 21–0. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts were £778. This was Huddersfield's first appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total.)

1909–10 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersHuddersfield
Runners-upBatley

Background

This season there were again no junior/amateur clubs taking part and so the total of entries remained the same at 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 Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 16 Oct 1909Bramley7-7HalifaxBarley Mow
2Sat 16 Oct 1909Huddersfield33-5Hull Kingston RoversFartown
3Sat 16 Oct 1909Hunslet18-0Bradford NorthernParkside
4Sat 16 Oct 1909Leeds2-3Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
5Sat 16 Oct 1909York7-6HullClarence Street[3]
6Batleybye.
7Dewsburybye.
8Keighleybye.

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RMon 18 Oct 1909Halifax29-2BramleyThrum Hall

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 30 Oct 1909Batley8-4DewsburyMount Pleasant
2Sat 30 Oct 1909Halifax14-10YorkThrum Hall
3Sat 30 Oct 1909Huddersfield12-4HunsletFartown
4Sat 30 Oct 1909Keighley8-8Wakefield TrinityLawkholme Lane

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 03 Nov 1909Wakefield Trinity7-3KeighleyBelle Vue

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 13 Nov 1909Batley7-7Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant[4]
2Sat 13 Nov 1909Huddersfield20-2HalifaxFartown28600

Semifinal - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 17 Nov 1909Wakefield Trinity3-11BatleyBelle Vue[4]

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 27 November 1909Huddersfield21-0BatleyHeadingley220007781[5][6]

Teams and scorers
Huddersfield № Batley
teams
Percy Holroyd (2)1Albert Senior
Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld2Edward/Edwin "Eddie" Ward
Kitchen (William Kitchin?)3Wattie Davies
Sykes4William T. Davies
5Harry Thomas
Edgar Wrigley6Joseph "Joe" Oakland
7John "Jack" Jones
8James "Jim" Gath
Douglas Clark9Fred "Ted" Fozzard
W. Ainsley10James W. Debney
11William "Willie" Settle
12Fred Hill
13Arthur Kitson
Coach
21score0
5HT0
Scorers
Tries
Kitchen (1)T
Sykes (1)T
Edgar Wrigley (1)T
Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld (1)T
W. Ainsley (1)T
Goals
Percy Holroyd (2)G
Edgar Wrigley (1)G
Drop Goals
Refereeunknown

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
            
Huddersfield 33
Hull Kingston Rovers 5
Huddersfield 12
Hunslet 4
Hunslet 18
Bradford Northern 0
Huddersfield 20
Halifax 2
Bramley 7 (2)
Halifax 7 (29)
Halifax 14
York 10
York 7
Hull 6
Huddersfield 21
Batley 0
Batley
bye
Batley 8
Dewsbury 4
Dewsbury
bye
Batley 7 (11)
Wakefield Trinity 7 (3)
Keighley
bye
Keighley 8 (3)
Wakefield Trinity 8 (7)
Leeds 2
Wakefield Trinity 3

Notes and comments

1 * 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.

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League 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)

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 1896/1897".
  4. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  7. "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1909-10" (PDF).
  8. Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 15 – 1909–10". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
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