Yorkshire 1

Yorkshire Division One is an English rugby union division, the seventh tier of the domestic competition, and the top level for local rugby union in Yorkshire. The champions are automatically promoted to North 1 East, a division with a wider geographical area which also encompasses north east England. The runners-up participates in a playoff against the 2nd place team from the equivalent regional league, Durham/Northumberland 1, for promotion to North 1 East. The bottom two clubs are relegated to Yorkshire 2.

Yorkshire Division One

Current season or competition: 2019–20
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987 (1987)
Number of teams	14
Country	England
Holders	Old Brodleians (2019–20)
Most titles	Bridlington, Driffield, Malton & Norton, Old Brodleians, Pocklington, Wheatley Hills (2 titles)
Website	Website
Related competition	Durham/Northumberland 1
Promotion to	North 1 East
Relegation to	Yorkshire 2

Each season a team from Yorkshire 1 is picked to take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a national competition for clubs at level 7.

2019–20 season

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Beverley Beaver Park Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire 5th Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire 9th Bridlington Dukes Park Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire Relegated from North 1 East (12th) Dinnington Lodge Lane Dinnington, South Yorkshire 6th Goole Westfield Banks Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire Promoted from Yorkshire 2 (champions) Heath West Vale West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire Runners up (lost playoff) Hullensians Springhead Lane Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire 12th Keighley Rose Cottage Keighley, West Yorkshire 10th Leodiensian Crag Lane Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire Promoted from Yorkshire 2 (runners up) Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 7th Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 4th Pontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire 3rd Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 11th West Leeds Bluehill Lane Wortley, Leeds, West Yorkshire Relegated from North 1 East (13th)

Beverley B Salem Bridlington Dinnington Goole Heath Hullensians Keighley Leodiensian Brodleians Crossleyans Pontefract Selby W Leeds Locations of the 2019–20 Yorkshire 1 teams

2018–19 season

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Beverley Beaver Park Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire 11th Dinnington Lodge Lane Dinnington, South Yorkshire Relegated from North 1 East (12th) Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire Level transfer from Durham/Northumberland 1 (10th) Heath West Vale West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire 5th Hullensians Springhead Lane Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire 10th Keighley Rose Cottage Keighley, West Yorkshire 9th Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 3rd Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 7th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 8th Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire Promoted from Yorkshire 2 (runners up) Old Rishworthians Hollas Lane Copley, Halifax, West Yorkshire 6th Pontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire Promoted from Yorkshire 2 (champions) Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 12th

Beverley Bradford Salem Dinnington Guisborough Heath Hullensians Keighley Middlesbrough Moortown Brodleians Crossleyans Rishworthians Pontefract Selby Locations of the 2018–19 Yorkshire 1 teams

2017–18 season

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Beverley Beaver Park Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire 5th Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire 8th Heath West Vale West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire 9th Hullensians Springhead Lane Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire 10th Keighley Rose Cottage Keighley, West Yorkshire 7th Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Level transfer from Durham/Northumberland 1 Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire Promoted from Yorkshire 2 (champions) North Ribblesdale Grove Park Settle, North Yorkshire 12th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 6th Old Rishworthians Hollas Lane Copley, Halifax, West Yorkshire Promoted from Yorkshire 2 (runners up) Scarborough Silver Royd 1,950 (322 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 4th Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 11th Wheatley Hills Brunnel Road Doncaster, South Yorkshire Relegated from North 1 East (14th) York Clifton Park York, North Yorkshire 3rd

Beverley Bradford Salem Heath Hullensians Keighley Middlesbrough Moortown North Ribblesdale Brodleians Rishworthians Scarborough Selby Wheatley Hills York Locations of the 2017–18 Yorkshire 1 teams

2016–17 season

• Acklam (transferred from Durham/Northumberland 1)
• Beverley (relegated from North 1 East)
• Bradford Salem
• Bridlington
• Heath
• Hullensians
• Keighley (promoted from Yorkshire 2)
• North Ribblesdale
• Old Brodleians
• Scarborough
• Selby
• West Leeds (promoted from Yorkshire 2)
• Yarnbury
• York

2015–16 season

Bradford & Bingley

Bradford Salem

Bridlington

Heath

Hullensians

Malton & Norton

North Ribblesdale

Old Brodleians

Old Crossleyans

Scarborough

Selby

West Park Leeds

Yarnbury

York

Locations of the 2015–16 Yorkshire 1 teams

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Bradford & Bingley	Wagon Lane	4,000	Bingley, West Yorkshire
Bradford Salem	Shay Lane		Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Bridlington	Dukes Park		Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Heath	West Vale		Greetland, Halifax, West Yorkshire
Hullensians	Springhead Lane		Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Malton & Norton	The Gannock		Malton, North Yorkshire
North Ribblesdale	Grove Park		Settle, North Yorkshire
Old Brodleians	Woodhead		Hipperholme, West Yorkshire
Old Crossleyans	Broomfield Avenue		Halifax, West Yorkshire
Scarborough	Silver Royd	4500 (322 seats)	Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Selby	Sandhill Lane		Selby, North Yorkshire
West Park Leeds	The Sycamores		Leeds, West Yorkshire
Yarnbury	Brownberrie Lane		Horsforth, West Yorkshire
York	Clifton Park		York, North Yorkshire

2014–15 season

• Bridlington
• Doncaster Phoenix
• Heath
• Hullensians (promoted from Yorkshire 2)
• Malton & Norton (relegated from North 1 East)
• Middlesbrough (relegated from North 1 East)
• North Ribblesdale
• Old Brodleians
• Pontefract
• Scarborough
• Selby
• Wath Upon Dearne
• Yarnbury (promoted from Yorkshire 2)
• York

2013–14 season

• Acklam
• Bridlington
• Dinnington
• Doncaster Phoenix (promoted from Yorkshire 2)
• Heath
• Ilkley
• Keighley (relegated from North 1 East)
• North Ribblesdale
• Old Brodleians
• Pontefract
• Scarborough
• Selby (promoted from Yorkshire 2)
• Wath Upon Dearne
• York

2012–13 season

• Barnsley
• Bridlington
• Dinnington
• Driffield
• Heath
• Huddersfield YMCA
• Ilkley
• Knottingley
• North Ribblesdale
• Old Brodleians
• Pontefract
• Scarborough
• Wath Upon Dearne
• York

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

• Bramley
• Castleford
• Cleckheaton
• Driffield
• Goole
• Hemsworth
• Moortown
• Roundhegians
• Scarborough
• West Park Bramhope[lower-alpha 1]
• York Railway Institute

Yorkshire 1 Honours

Yorkshire 1 (1987–1993)

The original Yorkshire 1 was a tier 9 league with promotion up to North East 2 and relegation down to Yorkshire 2.

Yorkshire 1 Honours
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams
1987–88	11	Roundhegians	Bramley	Scarborough, York Railway Institute
1988–89	11	Bramley	West Park Bramhope	Moortown, Goole
1989–90	11	West Park Bramhope	Driffield	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.
1990–91	11	Bridlington	Driffield	Barnsley
1991–92	11	Driffield	Doncaster[lower-alpha 2]	No relegation[lower-alpha 3]
1992–93	13	Goole	Bradford Salem	Castleford
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Yorkshire 1 (1993–2000)

The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Yorkshire 1 dropped to become a tier 10 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of North East 3 at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 1 remain at tier 10 with promotion to the new North 3 East league.

Yorkshire 1 Honours
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams
1993–94	13	North Ribblesdale	Wheatley Hills	York Railway Institute
1994–95	13	Wheatley Hills	Wath upon Dearne	Hemsworth
1995–96	13	Pocklington	Old Otliensians	Sheffield Oaks, Halifax Vandals, Barnsley, Castleford[lower-alpha 4]
1996–97	10	Yarnbury	Ilkley	Wibsey[lower-alpha 5]
1997–98	10	Bradford Salem	Northallerton	Moortown
1998–99[2]	10	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.	Castleford	Old Otliensians, Malton & Norton, Bramley Phoenix
1999–00[3]	10	West Leeds	Leodiensian	Thornensians, Hemsworth, Ilkley
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Yorkshire 1 (2000–present)

Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999-2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7-9). This meant that Yorkshire 1 became a tier 7 league, with promotion to North 2 East (currently North 1 East).

Yorkshire 1 Honours
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams
2000–01[4]	12	Cleckheaton	Wheatley Hills	Ripon, Keighley, Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.
2001–02[5]	12	Hull	Scarborough	Pocklington, West Park Leeds, Beverley
2002–03[6]	12	Bridlington Mariners[lower-alpha 6]	York	Sheffield Tigers, North Ribblesdale, Wheatley Hills
2003–04[7]	12	Malton & Norton	Pontefract	Scarborough, Old Brodleians
2004–05[8]	12	Beverley	Wheatley Hills	Yarnbury, Dinnington
2005–06[9]	12	Sheffield Tigers	Old Crossleyans	Goole, Selby
2006–07[10]	12	Pontefract	York	Wheatley Hills, Old Brodleians
2007–08[11]	12	Sandal	Ilkley	Redcar, Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.
2008–09[12]	12	Old Brodleians	Bridlington	Glossop
2009–10[13]	14	Wheatley Hills	Sheffield	Skipton, Yarnbury
2010–11[14]	14	Malton & Norton	Sheffield	Bradford Salem, Selby
2011–12[15]	14	Pocklington	Keighley	Castleford
2012–13[16]	14	Driffield	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.	Knottingley, Barnsley
2013–14[17]	14	Ilkley	Dinnington	Acklam, Keighley
2014–15[18]	14	Doncaster Phoenix	Malton & Norton	Wath Upon Dearne, Pontefract
2015–16[19]	14	Bradford & Bingley	Malton & Norton	West Park Leeds, Old Crossleyans
2016–17[20]	14	Bridlington	West Leeds	Acklam, Yarnbury
2017–18[21]	14	York	Scarborough	Wheatley Hills, North Ribblesdale
2018–19[22]	14	Moortown	Heath	Guisborough, Old Rishworthians
2019–20[23]	14	Brodleians	Heath	Hullensians, Keighley
2020–21	14
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Durham/Northumberland 1 and Yorkshire 1 for the third and final promotion place to North 1 East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Yorkshire 1 teams have been the most successful with thirteen wins to the Durham/Northumberland 1 teams six; and the home side have won ten times to the away sides nine.

Durham/Northumberland 1 v Yorkshire 1 promotion play-off results
Season	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2000–01[24]	Wheatley Hills (Y)	21-19	Percy Park (DN)[26]	Brunel Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
2001–02[27]	Ashington (DN)	17-23	Scarborough (Y)	Recreation Ground, Ashington, Northumberland
2002–03[28]	York (Y)	29-15	Hartlepool Rovers (DN)	Clifton Park, York, North Yorkshire
2003–04[29]	Alnwick (DN)	25-18	Pontefract (Y)	Greensfield, Alnwick, Northumberland
2004–05[30]	Durham City (DN)	26-13	Wheatley Hills (Y)	Hollow Drift, Durham, County Durham
2005–06[31]	Malton & Norton (DN)	19-39	Old Crossleyans (Y)	The Gannock, Malton, North Yorkshire
2006–07[32]	Sunderland (DN)	16-18	York (Y)	Ashbrooke Sports Club, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
2007–08[33]	Northern (DN)	24-28	Ilkley (Y)	McCracken Park, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2008–09[34]	Percy Park (DN)	36-3	Bridlington (Y)	Preston Avenue, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
2009–10[35]	Team Northumbria (DN)	34-13	Sheffield (Y)	Coach Lane Sports Ground, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2010–11[36]	Darlington (DN)	17-18	Sheffield (Y)	Blackwell Meadows, Darlington, County Durham
2011–12[37]	Alnwick (DN)	16-18	Keighley (Y)	Greensfield, Alnwick, Northumberland
2012–13[38]	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (Y)	33-12	Guisborough (DN)	Laund Hill, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
2013–14[39]	Dinnington (Y)	34-20 (aet)	Guisborough (DN)	Lodge Lane, Dinnington, South Yorkshire
2014–15[40]	Morpeth (DN)	14-11	Malton & Norton (Y)	Mitford Road, Morpeth, Northumberland
2015–16[41]	Middlesbrough (DN)	17-25	Malton & Norton (Y)	Acklam Park, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
2016–17[42]	South Shields Westoe (DN)	14-19	West Leeds (Y)	Wood Terrace, South Shields, Tyne and Wear
2017–18[43]	Durham City (DN)	AWO[lower-alpha 7]	Scarborough (Y)	Hollow Drift, Durham, County Durham
2018–19[44]	West Hartlepool (DN)	24-23	Heath (Y)	Brinkburn, Hartlepool, County Durham
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Heath (Y) - promoted instead.
2020–21
Green background is the promoted team. DN = Durham/Northumberland 1 and Y = Yorkshire 1

Number of league titles

• Bridlington (2)[lower-alpha 8]
• Driffield (2)
• Malton & Norton (2)
• Old Brodleians (2)
• Pocklington (2)
• Wheatley Hills (2)
• Beverley (1)
• Bradford & Bingley (1)
• Bradford Salem (1)
• Bramley (1)
• Bridlington Mariners (1)[lower-alpha 9]
• Cleckheaton (1)
• Doncaster Phoenix (1)
• Goole (1)
• Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (1)
• Hull (1)
• Ilkley (1)
• Moortown (1)
• North Ribblesdale (1)
• Pocklington (1)
• Pontefract (1)
• Roundhegians (1)
• Sandal (1)
• Sheffield Tigers (1)
• West Leeds (1)[lower-alpha 10]
• West Park Bramhope (1)[lower-alpha 11]
• Yarnbury (1)
• York (1)

Notes

1. West Park Bramhope are currently known as West Park Leeds.[1]
2. 3rd place Cleckheaton were also promoted.
3. League restructuring due to the cancellation of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1992–93 season, meant no clubs were relegated and five clubs would be promoted from Yorkshire 2.
4. Yorkshire league restructuring due to reintroduction of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1996–97 season meant that four clubs were relegated into Yorkshire 2.
5. Relegated side Wibsey would drop out of the Yorkshire leagues at the end of the season.
6. The Bridlington Mariners are the 2nd XV of Bridlington RUFC.
7. Scarborough won by default as Durham City were unable to raise a team.[43]
8. Bridlington have actually won Yorkshire 1 three times - twice by their 1st XV, the other by the 2nd XV (Bridlington Mariners).
9. Bridlington Mariners are the 2nd XV of Bridlington RUFC.
10. Not to be confused with West Park Leeds.
11. West Park Bramhope are currently known as West Park Leeds.

See also

• Yorkshire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

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