1912–13 Yorkshire Cup

The 1912–13 Yorkshire Cup was the eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's tournament saw a new name on the trophy, Batley winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 17-3

1912–13 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersBatley
Runners-upHull

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 16,000 and receipts were £523

This was the only time between 1909–10 and 1919-20 inclusive that Huddersfield would not contest the final. During this period the club made seven appearances out of the eight occasions winning six times (which included four consecutive times between 1913–14 and 1919–20.)

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" 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 12 Oct 1912Batley15-12Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant
2Sat 12 Oct 1912Hull7-5DewsburyBoulevard[3]
3Sat 12 Oct 1912Hull Kingston Rovers11-3HuddersfieldCraven Street (off Holderness Road)
4Sat 12 Oct 1912Keighley5-5Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane
5Sat 12 Oct 1912Leeds19-8BramleyHeadingley
6Halifaxbye
7Hunsletbye
8Yorkbye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 16 Oct 1912Bradford Northern5-0KeighleyBirch Lane

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 26 Oct 1912Batley21-2YorkMount Pleasant
2Sat 26 Oct 1912Bradford Northern2-3HunsletBirch Lane
3Sat 26 Oct 1912Hull15-0HalifaxBoulevard[3]
4Wed 30 Oct 1912Leeds11-10Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley

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 9 Nov 1912Batley18-2LeedsMount Pleasant
2Sat 9 Nov 1912Hull8-6HunsletBoulevard[3]

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 23 November 1912Batley17-3HullHeadingley160005231[3][4][5]

Teams and Scorers
Batley № Hull
teams
Jimmy Lyons1
Eddie Ward2
Walter Drummond3
Clem Garforth4
Jack Tindall5
Benny Laughlin6
Jack Brooksby7
Jack Battersby8
'Billy' Fenton9
Jim Gath10
Fred Hill11
Arthur Kitson (c)12
Fred Leek13
Arthur GarnerCoachSid Melville (trainer)
17score3
4HT0
Scorers
Tries
Jack Tindall (2)T
Brooksby (1)T
Goals
Lyons (2 )G
Brooksby (1)G
Garforth (1)G
Refereeunknown

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

[6]

The road to success
First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Batley 15
Wakefield Trinity 12
Batley 21
York 2
York
bye
Batley 18
Leeds 2
Leeds 19
Bramley 8
Leeds 11
Hull Kingston Rovers 10
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Huddersfield 3
Batley 17
Hull 3
Hull 7
Dewsbury 5
Hull 15
Halifax 0
Halifax
bye
Hull 8
Hunslet 6
Keighley 5 (0)
Bradford Northern 5 (5)
Bradford Northern 2
Hunslet 3
Hunslet
bye

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)

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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. "Domesday Reloaded - Batley history so far".
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