| 1912–13 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 13 |
| Winners | Batley |
| Runners-up | Hull |
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
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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Batley | 15-12 | Wakefield Trinity | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Hull | 7-5 | Dewsbury | Boulevard | [3] | |||||
| 3 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11-3 | Huddersfield | Craven Street (off Holderness Road) | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Keighley | 5-5 | Bradford Northern | Lawkholme Lane | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Leeds | 19-8 | Bramley | Headingley | ||||||
| 6 | Halifax | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | Hunslet | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | York | 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 | Wed 16 Oct 1912 | Bradford Northern | 5-0 | Keighley | Birch Lane |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 26 Oct 1912 | Batley | 21-2 | York | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 26 Oct 1912 | Bradford Northern | 2-3 | Hunslet | Birch Lane | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 26 Oct 1912 | Hull | 15-0 | Halifax | Boulevard | [3] | |||||
| 4 | Wed 30 Oct 1912 | Leeds | 11-10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley |
Round 3 – semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 9 Nov 1912 | Batley | 18-2 | Leeds | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 9 Nov 1912 | Hull | 8-6 | Hunslet | Boulevard | [3] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 23 November 1912 | Batley | 17-3 | Hull | Headingley | 16000 | 523 | 1 | [3][4][5] |
Teams and scorers
| Batley | № | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Jimmy Lyons | 1 | |
| Eddie Ward | 2 | |
| Walter Drummond | 3 | |
| Clem Garforth | 4 | |
| Jack Tindall | 5 | |
| Benny Laughlin | 6 | |
| Jack Brooksby | 7 | |
| Jack Battersby | 8 | |
| 'Billy' Fenton | 9 | |
| Jim Gath | 10 | |
| Fred Hill | 11 | |
| Arthur Kitson (c) | 12 | |
| Fred Leek | 13 | |
| Arthur Garner | Coach | Sid Melville (trainer) |
| 17 | score | 3 |
| 4 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Jack Tindall (2) | T | |
| Brooksby (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Lyons (2 ) | G | |
| Brooksby (1) | G | |
| Garforth (1) | G | |
| Referee | unknown | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | 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)
See also
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
- 1 2 3 4 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
- ↑ "Domesday Reloaded - Batley history so far".