1925–26 Yorkshire Cup

The 1925–26 Yorkshire Cup was the eighteenth competition in this series. This year again saw a new name added to the list of cup winners. This time it was Dewsbury winning the trophy by beating Huddersfield in the final 2–0. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,616 and receipts were £718. This was the last time for another fourteen years that a new name would be added.

1925–26 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersDewsbury
Runners-upHuddersfield

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 was only one junior/amateur club taking part, Castleford, at the time still a junior club, but which would be joining the league in the next closed season. This resulted in a reduction in entrants of just one, giving a total of fifteen entrants. 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
1Sat 10 Oct 1925Batley4-6Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant
2Sat 10 Oct 1925Bradford Northern9-9CastlefordBirch Lane1
3Sat 10 Oct 1925Dewsbury22-7BramleyCrown Flatt
4Sat 10 Oct 1925Halifax0-2LeedsThrum Hall
5Sat 10 Oct 1925Hull16-3HunsletBoulevard[3]
6Sat 10 Oct 1925Hull Kingston Rovers10-14YorkCraven Park (1)
7Sat 10 Oct 1925Keighley4-18Featherstone RoversLawkholme Lane
8Huddersfieldbye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
RWed 14 Oct 1925Castleford5-11Bradford NorthernSandy Desert1

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 20 Oct 1925Dewsbury13-3HullCrown Flatt[3]
2Wed 21 Oct 1925Bradford Northern15-5YorkBirch Lane
3Wed 21 Oct 1925Huddersfield16-11LeedsFartown
4Wed 21 Oct 1925Wakefield Trinity2-23Featherstone RoversBelle Vue

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 4 Nov 1925Huddersfield15-9Featherstone RoversFartown
2Wed 11 Nov 1925Dewsbury13-5Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 28 November 1925Dewsbury2-0HuddersfieldBelle Vue12,616£7182[4][5]

Teams and Scorers

Dewsbury No. Huddersfield
teams unknownteamsteams unknown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9Douglas Clark
10
11
12
13
??Coach??
2score0
2HT0
Scorers
Goals
G
Drop Goals
DG
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
            
Dewsbury 22
Bramley 7
Dewsbury 13
Hull 3
Hull 16
Hunslet 3
Dewsbury 13
Bradford Northern 5
Bradford Northern 9 (11)
Castleford 9 (5)
Bradford Northern 15
York 5
Hull Kingston Rovers 10
York 14
Dewsbury 2
Huddersfield 0
Huddersfield
bye
Huddersfield 16
Leeds 11
Halifax 0
Leeds 2
Huddersfield 15
Featherstone Rovers 9
Batley 4
Wakefield Trinity 6
Wakefield Trinity 2
Featherstone Rovers 23
Keighley 4
Featherstone Rovers 18

Notes

1 * Castleford were at that time a junior club. They joined the league for season 1926–27

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

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 1925–26" (PDF).
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