1908–09 Yorkshire Cup

The 1908–09 Yorkshire Cup was the fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's final was between cup holder Hunslet and the previous season's runner-up Halifax with this year the reverse result, Halifax winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 9-6. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,000 and receipts were £356. This was the third meeting between the two teams, Halifax and Hunslet, who had now met in three out of the first four previous finals, Hunslet having won on both earlier occasions in 1905–06 and 1907–08.

1908–09 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersHalifax
Runners-upHunslet

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 10 Oct 1908Halifax13-0LeedsThrum Hall
2Sat 10 Oct 1908Hull Kingston Rovers13-19BatleyCraven Street (off Holderness Road)
3Sat 10 Oct 1908Keighley6-14HunsletLawkholme Lane
4Sat 10 Oct 1908Wakefield Trinity0-17HuddersfieldBelle Vue
5Sat 10 Oct 1908York8-2Bradford NorthernClarence Street
6Sat 10 Oct 1908Bramley0bye
7Sat 10 Oct 1908Dewsbury0bye
8Sat 10 Oct 1908Hull0bye[3]

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 24 Oct 1908Dewsbury32-2BramleyCrown Flatt
2Sat 24 Oct 1908Halifax31-2HullThrum Hall[3]
3Sat 24 Oct 1908Huddersfield8-13BatleyFartown
4Sat 24 Oct 1908York0-14HunsletClarence Street

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 14 Nov 1908Halifax9-0BatleyThrum Hall
2Sat 14 Nov 1908Hunslet10-2DewsburyParkside

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 28 November 1908Halifax9-5HunsletBelle Vue130003561[4][5]

Teams and scorers

Halifax Hunslet
team unknownteamsteam unknown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Coach
9score6
7HT0
Scorers
Tries
T
T
T
Goals
G
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
            
Halifax 13
Leeds 0
Halifax 31
Hull 2
Hull
bye
Halifax 9
Batley 0
Wakefield Trinity 0
Huddersfield 17
Huddersfield 8
Batley 13
Hull Kingston Rovers 13
Batley 19
Halifax 9
Hunslet 5
York) 8
Bradford Northern 2
York) 0
Hunslet 14
Keighley 6
Hunslet 14
Hunslet 10
Dewsbury 2
Dewsbury
bye
Dewsbury 32
Bramley 2
Bramley
bye

Notes and comments

1 * 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)

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 1896/1897".
  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. Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 14 – 1908–09". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
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