1926–27 Yorkshire Cup

The 1926–27 Yorkshire Cup was the nineteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Huddersfield won the trophy for the seventh time in total by beating Wakefield Trinity in the final by the score of 10–3. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,300 and receipts were £863.

1926–27 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersHuddersfield
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

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 there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, but last year's junior entrant Castleford had now turned (semi-)professional, and took part as a full league member; and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen.[1][2] This in turn resulted in one byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one byes) and 15 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 9 Oct 1926Batley5-3DewsburyMount Pleasant
2Sat 9 Oct 1926Huddersfield21-8KeighleyFartown
3Sat 9 Oct 1926Hull14-0Featherstone RoversBoulevard[3]
4Sat 9 Oct 1926Hull Kingston Rovers2-2HalifaxCraven Park (1)
5Sat 9 Oct 1926Hunslet7-13LeedsParkside
6Sat 9 Oct 1926Wakefield Trinity27-3Bradford NorthernBelle Vue[4]
7Sat 9 Oct 1926York24-2CastlefordClarence Street1
8Bramleybye

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RMon 11 Oct 1926Halifax13-0Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 18 Oct 1926Leeds3-26YorkHeadingley
2Tue 19 Oct 1926Batley2-7Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant[4]
3Wed 20 Oct 1926Bramley4-16HullBarley Mow[3]
4Wed 20 Oct 1926Halifax8-10HuddersfieldThrum Hall

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 27 Oct 1926Huddersfield8-0YorkFartown
2Wed 3 Nov 1926Wakefield Trinity15-5HullBelle Vue[3][4]

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 27 November 1926HuddersfieldPWakefield TrinityHeadingley2[4]

Final - Replay
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWednesday 1 December 1926Huddersfield10-3Wakefield TrinityHeadingley113008633[4][5][6]

Teams and scorers
Huddersfield No. Wakefield Trinity
teams
Syd Walmsley1R. Wood/Fred Wood
2Edward "Ted" Bateson
3Billy Batten
4Thomas "Tommy" Pickup
5Charles "Charlie" Arthur Pollard
6Joe 'Sandy' Pearce
7Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (c)
8Thomas Coles
Douglas Clark9Robin "Bob" White
Walker10W. Ralph Howell
Jones11John William Higson
12William "Bill" Horton
13Charles "Charlie" Henry Glossop
??Coach??
10score3
5HT0
Scorers
Tries
WalkerTEdward "Ted" Bateson (1)
JonesT
Goals
Syd Walmsley (2)G
Refereeunknown

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

[4][7]

The road to success
First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Hull Kingston Rovers 2 (0)
Halifax 2 (13)
Halifax 8
Huddersfield 10
Huddersfield 21
Keighley 8
Huddersfield 8
York 0
Hunslet 7
Leeds 13
Leeds 3
York 26
York 24
Castleford 2
Huddersfield 10
Wakefield Trinity 3
Batley 5
Dewsbury 3
Batley 2
Wakefield Trinity 7
Wakefield Trinity 27
Bradford Northern 2
Wakefield Trinity 15
Hull 5
Bramley
bye
Bramley 4
Hull 16
Hull 14
Featherstone Rovers 0

Notes

1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match played by Castleford, newly elected to the league this season

2 * Match postponed due to fog

3 * 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.

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. 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 1926-27" (PDF).
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