1911–12 Yorkshire Cup

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

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

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 Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 11 Oct 1911Hull2-8HunsletBoulevard[3]
2Sat 14 Oct 1911Bramley3-25DewsburyBarley Mow
3Sat 14 Oct 1911Huddersfield15-2BatleyFartown
4Sat 14 Oct 1911Hull Kingston Rovers23-9Wakefield TrinityHull Kingston Rovers
5Sat 14 Oct 1911Leeds17-5KeighleyHeadingley
6Bradford Northernbye
7Halifaxbye
8Yorkbye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 14 Oct 1911Bradford Northern9-24HunsletBirch Lane1
2Sat 28 Oct 1911Huddersfield34-6DewsburyFartown
3Sat 28 Oct 1911Hull Kingston Rovers15-2YorkHull Kingston Rovers
4Sat 28 Oct 1911Leeds9-2HalifaxHeadingley

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 11 Nov 1911Hunslet3-5HuddersfieldParkside
2Sat 11 Nov 1911Leeds0-11Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 25 November 1911Huddersfield22-10Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue200007002[4][5]

Teams and Scorers
Huddersfield № Hull Kingston Rovers
teams
Jack Bartholomew1Alf Carmichael
Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld2George Spivey
Edgar Wrigley3Phil Thomas
Harold Wagstaff4R. Hughes
Stan Moorhouse5J. Charles "Slasher" Brain
Thomas Grey6Bruce Craven
Jim Davies7Thomas Surman
W. Brook8Arthur Moore
C. A. Byrne9William "Bill" Huskins
Douglas Clark10Jake Blackmore
Ben Gronow11Arthur Spackman
John Higson12C. McDonald
Herbert Sherwood13R. Fearnley/R. Ferney
??Coach(??)
22score10
16HT2
Scorers
Tries
John Higson (1)TR. Hughes (1)
Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld (1)TC. McDonald (1)
Edgar Wrigley (1)T
Harold Wagstaff (1)T
Stan Moorhouse (1)T
Thomas Grey (1)T
Goals
Thomas Grey (2)GAlf Carmichael (2)
G
Drop Goals
DG
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 Semi Finals 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

Notes and comments

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

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)

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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. 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
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