1911–12 Yorkshire Cup


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

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

Round 1

Involved 5 matches and 13 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 11 Oct 1911Hull2-8HunsletBoulevard
2Sat 14 Oct 1911Bramley3-25DewsburyBarley Mow
3Sat 14 Oct 1911Huddersfield15-2BatleyFartown
4Sat 14 Oct 1911Hull Kingston Rovers23-9Wakefield TrinityHull Kingston Rovers
5Sat 14 Oct 1911Leeds17-5KeighleyHeadingley
6Bradford Northernbye
7Halifaxbye
8Yorkbye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 14 Oct 1911Bradford Northern9-24HunsletBirch Lane1
2Sat 28 Oct 1911Huddersfield34-6DewsburyFartown
3Sat 28 Oct 1911Hull Kingston Rovers15-2YorkHull Kingston Rovers
4Sat 28 Oct 1911Leeds9-2HalifaxHeadingley

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 11 Nov 1911Hunslet3-5HuddersfieldParkside
2Sat 11 Nov 1911Leeds0-11Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between 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 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 December