1911–12 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1911–12 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Huddersfield Winners Hull Kingston Rovers 1910–11 Yorkshire Cup 1910–11 1912–13 Yorkshire Cup 1912–13 13 The 1911–12 Yorkshire Cup was the seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year saw a previous winner, Huddersfield, win the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 22–10 The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 20,000 and receipts were £700. This was Huddersfield's third appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total.) Background This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, but last year's new entrant Coventry left to join the Lancashire Cup, reducing the number of entries by one to a total of thirteen. This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975–76 1991 Queen Anne Press Round 1 Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 11 Oct 1911Hull2–8HunsletBoulevardHULL&PROUD – Stats – Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19112Sat 14 Oct 1911Bramley3–25DewsburyBarley Mow3Sat 14 Oct 1911Huddersfield15–2BatleyFartown4Sat 14 Oct 1911Hull Kingston Rovers23–9Wakefield TrinityHull Kingston Rovers5Sat 14 Oct 1911Leeds17–5KeighleyHeadingley6Bradford Northernbye7Halifaxbye8Yorkbye Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team ScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 14 Oct 1911Bradford Northern9–24HunsletBirch LaneThe first Yorkshire Cup game played at this ground, to which Bradford Northern moved for season 1908–092Sat 28 Oct 1911Huddersfield34–6DewsburyFartown3Sat 28 Oct 1911Hull Kingston Rovers15–2YorkHull Kingston Rovers4Sat 28 Oct 1911Leeds9–2HalifaxHeadingley Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 11 Nov 1911Hunslet3–5HuddersfieldParkside2Sat 11 Nov 1911Leeds0–11Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 25 November 1911Huddersfield22–10Hull Kingston RoversBelle VueBelle 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 Huddersfield20000700Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 X Teams and scorers Huddersfield№Hull Kingston Rovers teams Jack Bartholomew1Alf CarmichaelAlbert Rosenfeld2George SpiveyEdgar Wrigley3Phil ThomasHarold Wagstaff4R. HughesStan Moorhouse5J. Charles "Slasher" BrainThomas Grey6Bruce CravenJim Davies7Thomas SurmanW. Brook8Arthur MooreCon Byrne9William "Bill" HuskinsDouglas Clark10Jake BlackmoreBen Gronow11Arthur SpackmanJohn Higson12C. McDonaldHerbert Sherwood13R. Fearnley??Coach (??)22score1016HT2 Scorers Tries John Higson (1)T R. Hughes (1)Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld (1)T C. McDonald (1)Edgar Wrigley (1)THarold Wagstaff (1)TStan Moorhouse (1)TThomas Grey (1)T GoalsThomas Grey (2)G Alf Carmichael (2)G Drop Goals DGRefereeJ. F. May (St. Helens) Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points Huddersfield RL Heritage 1911–12 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201911-12.pdfIrvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 17 – 1911–12". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Bradford Northern bye Hull 2 Hunslet 8 Huddersfield 16 Batley 2 Bramley 3 Dewsbury 25 Leeds 17 Keighley 5 Halifax bye Hull Kingston Rovers 23 Wakefield Trinity 9 York bye Bradford Northern 9 Hunslet 24 Huddersfield 34 Dewsbury 6 Leeds 9 Halifax 2 Hull Kingston Rovers 15 York 2 Hunslet 3 Huddersfield 6 Leeds 0 Hull Kingston Rovers 11 Huddersfield 22 Hull Kingston Rovers 10 See also 1911–12 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup Yorkshire Cup