1927–28 Yorkshire Cup

The 1927–28 Yorkshire Cup tournament was the 20th occasion on which the competition had been held. Dewsbury won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. in the final by the score of 8-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 21,700 and receipts were £1,466. This was Dewsbury's second triumph in a three-year period having last won the trophy in 1925–26.

1927–28 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	15
Winners	Dewsbury
Runners-up	Hull

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, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen. This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 8 Oct 1927	Castleford		22-0		Bramley	Wheldon Road			1
2	Sat 8 Oct 1927	Dewsbury		13-9		Huddersfield	Crown Flatt
3	Sat 8 Oct 1927	Halifax		2-7		Batley	Thrum Hall
4	Sat 8 Oct 1927	Hull Kingston Rovers		5-5		Keighley	Craven Park (1)
5	Sat 8 Oct 1927	Leeds		12-2		Featherstone Rovers	Headingley
6	Sat 8 Oct 1927	Wakefield Trinity		4-12		Hull	Belle Vue				[3]
7	Sat 8 Oct 1927	York		15-2		Bradford Northern	Clarence Street
8		Hunslet				bye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
R	Tue 11 Oct 1927	Keighley		2-24		Hull Kingston Rovers	Lawkholme 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
1	Wed 19 Oct 1927	Dewsbury		15-5		Batley	Crown Flatt
2	Wed 19 Oct 1927	Hull Kingston Rovers		13-2		Hunslet	Craven Park (1)
3	Wed 19 Oct 1927	York		19-7		Leeds	Clarence Street
4	Thu 20 Oct 1927	Hull		7-7		Castleford	Boulevard				[3]

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
R	Wed 26 Oct 1927	Castleford		0-3		Hull	Sandy Desert			2	[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 2 Nov 1927	York		0-10		Hull	Clarence Street				[3]
2	Thu 3 Nov 1927	Dewsbury		2-0		Hull Kingston Rovers	Crown Flatt

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 26 November 1927	Dewsbury		8-2		Hull	Headingley	21,700	1,466	3 4	[3][4][5]

Teams and Scorers

Dewsbury	№	Hull
team unknown	teams	team unknown
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
??	Coach	Edgar Wrigley
8	score	2
8	HT	2
	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	T
	Goals
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		unknown

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

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Dewsbury		13
	Huddersfield		9
						Dewsbury		15
						Batley		5
	Halifax		2
	Batley		7
											Dewsbury		2
											Hull Kingston Rovers		0
	Hull Kingston Rovers		5 (2)
	Keighley		8 (24)
						Hull Kingston Rovers		13
						Hunslet		2
	Hunslet
	bye
																Dewsbury		8
																Hull		2
	York		15
	Bradford Northern		2
						York		19
						Leeds		7
	Leeds		12
	Featherstone Rovers		2
											York		0
											Hull		10
	Wakefield Trinity		4
	Hull		12
						Hull		7 (3)
						Castleford		7 (0)
	Castleford		22
	Bramley		0

Notes

1 * The first Yorkshire Cup game to be played at Castleford's new stadium

2 * The official Hull F.C. archives give the venue as Sandy Desert but according to the official Castleford Tiugers website they moved from this ground in 1926 (or 1927 - depending on the article). Other references (including Wikipedia's Castleford] also add confusion to the date of the move

3 * The venue is given as Crown Flatt by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but as Headingley by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[5]

4 * 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

• 1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

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.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org