1923–24 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1923–24 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Hull Winners Huddersfield 1922–23 Yorkshire Cup 1922–23 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup 1924–25 16 The 1923–24 Yorkshire Cup was the sixteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year, for the fourth consecutive year, produced another new name was inscribed on the trophy. Hull F.C. (previously three times beaten finalists) won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 10–4 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,300 and receipts were £1,728. 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 were again two junior/amateur clubs taking part, Elland Wanderers again, and Castleford. The number of entries remained at last year's "full house" total of sixteen again obviating the necessity of having byes.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 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 13 Oct 1923CastlefordCastleford were at that time a junior club. They joined the league for season 1926–273–17BatleySandy Desert 2Sat 13 Oct 1923Dewsbury13–5LeedsCrown Flatt3Sat 13 Oct 1923Elland WanderersElland Wanderers were a Junior/amateur club from Elland (Halifax)2–53Huddersfieldvenue unknown4Sat 13 Oct 1923Featherstone Rovers6–15Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road5Sat 13 Oct 1923Halifax27–0Bradford NorthernThrum Hall6Sat 13 Oct 1923Hull16–3BramleyBoulevardHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results https://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19237Sat 13 Oct 1923Keighley5–3YorkLawkholme Lane8Sat 13 Oct 1923Wakefield Trinity4–13HunsletBelle Vue Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 27 Oct 1923Huddersfield19–2HalifaxFartown2Sat 27 Oct 1923Hull16–7HunsletBoulevard3Sat 27 Oct 1923Hull Kingston Rovers7–16BatleyCraven Park (1)4Sat 27 Oct 1923Keighley6–8DewsburyLawkholme Lane Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 10 Nov 1923Dewsbury3–12HullCrown Flatt2Sat 10 Nov 1923Huddersfield10–9BatleyFartownBatley official/history https://www.batleybulldogs.co.uk/index.php/club/history Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 24 November 1923Hull10–4HuddersfieldHeadingleyHeadingley 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 1947.23,300£1,728Raymond 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 RL Heritage 1923–24 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201923-24.pdf Hull№Huddersfield Teams Ned Rogers1Joe OliverBilly Stone2Stanley ThorpeTom Collins3Joseph McTigheBilly Batten4Harold WagstaffJim Kennedy5Johnny RogersStan Whitty6James MayEddie Caswell7Harold EdmondsonJack Beasty8Arthur SherwoodBill Brennan9Ben GronowHarold Bowman10Thomas FenwickBob Taylor11Douglas ClarkEdgar Morgan12George NaylorHarold Garrett13Tommy Schofield??Coach??10score43HT4 Scorers Tries TT Goals GBen Gronow (1)GJoe Oliver (1)G Drop Goals DGDGRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.29 1923–1924 League Publications 10 The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Keighley 5 York 3 Dewsbury 13 Leeds 6 Hull 16 Bramley 3 Wakefield Trinity 4 Hunslet 13 Elland Wanderers 2 Huddersfield 53 Halifax 27 Bradford Northern 0 Featherstone Rovers 6 Hull Kingston Rovers 15 Castleford 3 Batley 17 Keighley 6 Dewsbury 8 Hull 16 Hunslet 7 Huddersfield 19 Halifax 2 Hull Kingston Rovers 7 Batley 16 Dewsbury 3 Hull 12 Huddersfield 10 Batley 9 Hull 10 Huddersfield 4 See also 1923–24 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 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