1922–23 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1922–23 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship York Winners Batley 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup 1921–22 1923–24 Yorkshire Cup 1923–24 14 The 1922–23 Yorkshire Cup was the fifteen occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. For the third year in succession, the name of yet another new club appeared on the trophy. This year, York won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 5–0 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 33,719 and receipts were £2,414. 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, two junior clubs were invited to enter bringing the total number taking part up to a "full house" of sixteen, which in turn removed the necessity to have any 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 teamScore Away teamVenueRef1Sat 14 Oct 1922Bradford Northern13–3KeighleyBirch Lane2Sat 14 Oct 1922Bramley2–7DewsburyBarley Mow3We 18 Oct 1922Sharlston RoversSharlston Rovers are a junior (or amateur) club from Wakefield Sharlston Rovers ARLFC http://www.sharlstonrovers.co.uk/news.php?basket=1011–32BatleyMount PleasantSharlston Rovers forgo ground advantage for a better ground/higher receipts4Sat 21 Oct 1922Featherstone Rovers9–17LeedsPost Office Road5Sat 21 Oct 1922Huddersfield5–0HalifaxFartown6Sat 21 Oct 1922Hull Kingston Rovers14–2HullCraven Park (1)The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at the new stadiumHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19227Sat 21 Oct 1922Hunslet11–13Wakefield TrinityParkside8Sat 21 Oct 1922York24–2Elland WanderersElland Wanderers were a Junior/amateur club from Elland (Halifax)Clarence Street Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 4 Nov 1922York4–3HuddersfieldClarence Street2Sat 4 Nov 1922Batley15–3Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant3Sat 4 Nov 1922Leeds22–3Bradford NorthernHeadingley4Sat 4 Nov 1922Wakefield Trinity?Dewsbury? Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 18 Nov 1922Leeds0–28BatleyHeadingley2Sat 18 Nov 1922Wakefield Trinity2–4YorkBelle Vue Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 2 December 1922York5–0BatleyHeadingley33,719The attendance was at the time, a record not to be bettered until 1949, and then only the once.£2414The receipts of £2,414 were also a record and this would stand for almost 25 years until broken in 1946 with a new record of £3,718Raymond 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 YorkNo.Batley teams Edward Owen1Joe RobinsonL. Farrar2Albert CarterA. Corsi3Harry ReesJack Corsi4Bryn WilliamsS. Boston5Hugh MurrayS. Short6Ike FowlerJ. McEwan7Willie ScottH. Brown8George RamsbottomF. Mirfield9James SykesJ. Bettridge10Allen MortimerW. Whiting11George DouglasG. S. Reynolds12Norman GardinerJ. A. Ashton13Fred CarterT. GouldenCoach??5score03HT0 Scorers Tries L. Farrar (1)T Goals J. McEwan (DG)GRefereeMr B. Ennion (Wigan) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Hunslet 11 Wakefield Trinity 13 Bramley 2 Dewsbury 7 York 24 Elland Wanderers 2 Huddersfield 5 Halifax 0 Featherstone Rovers 9 Leeds 17 Bradford Northern 13 Keighley 3 Sharlston Rovers 11 Batley 32 Hull Kingston Rovers 14 Hull 2 Wakefield Trinity w Dewsbury York 4 Huddersfield 3 Leeds 22 Bradford Northern 3 Batley 15 Hull Kingston Rovers 3 Wakefield Trinity 2 York 4 Leeds 0 Batley 28 York 5 Batley 0 See also 1922–23 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