1922–23 Yorkshire Cup

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1922–23 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersYork
Runners-upBatley

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.[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 14 Oct 1922 Bradford Northern 13-3 Keighley Birch Lane
2 Sat 14 Oct 1922 Bramley 2-7 Dewsbury Barley Mow
3 We 18 Oct 1922 Sharlston Rovers[a] 11-32 Batley Mount Pleasant[b]
4 Sat 21 Oct 1922 Featherstone Rovers 9-17 Leeds Post Office Road
5 Sat 21 Oct 1922 Huddersfield 5-0 Halifax Fartown
6 Sat 21 Oct 1922 Hull Kingston Rovers 14-2 Hull Craven Park (1)[c] [4]
7 Sat 21 Oct 1922 Hunslet 11-13 Wakefield Trinity Parkside
8 Sat 21 Oct 1922 York 24-2 Elland Wanderers[d] Clarence Street

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 4 Nov 1922 York 4-3 Huddersfield Clarence Street
2 Sat 4 Nov 1922 Batley 15-3 Hull Kingston Rovers Mount Pleasant
3 Sat 4 Nov 1922 Leeds 22-3 Bradford Northern Headingley
4 Sat 4 Nov 1922 Wakefield Trinity ? Dewsbury ?

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 18 Nov 1922 Leeds 0-28 Batley Headingley
2 Sat 18 Nov 1922 Wakefield Trinity 2-4 York Belle Vue

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Ref
Saturday 2 December 1922 York 5-0 Batley Headingley 33,719[e] £2414[f] [5][6]

Teams and scorers

York No. Batley
teams
Edward Owen 1 Joseph "Joe" Robinson
L. Farrar 2 Albert Carter
A. Corsi 3 Harry Rees
John "Jack" Corsi 4 Brinley Williams
S. Boston 5 Hugh "Bob" Murray
S. Short 6 Ike Fowler
J. McEwan 7 William "Willie" Scott
H. Brown 8 George Ramsbottom
F. Mirfield 9 James "Jim" Sykes
J. Bettridge 10 Allen Mortimer
W. Whiting 11 George Douglas
G. S. Reynolds 12 Norman Gardiner
J. A. Ashton 13 Fred Carter
T. Goulden Coach ??
5 score 0
3 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
L. Farrar (1) T
Goals
J. McEwan (DG) G
Referee Mr 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
Wakefield Trinity w
Dewsbury
Bramley 2
Dewsbury 7
Wakefield Trinity 2
York 4
York 24
Elland Wanderers 2
York 4
Huddersfield 3
Huddersfield 5
Halifax 0
York 5
Batley 0
Featherstone Rovers 9
Leeds 17
Leeds 22
Bradford Northern 3
Bradford Northern 13
Keighley 3
Leeds 0
Batley 28
Sharlston Rovers 11
Batley 32
Batley 15
Hull Kingston Rovers 3
Hull Kingston Rovers 14
Hull 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sharlston Rovers are a junior (or amateur) club from Wakefield [3]
  2. ^ Sharlston Rovers forgo ground advantage for a better ground/higher receipts
  3. ^ The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at the new stadium
  4. ^ Elland Wanderers were a Junior/amateur club from Elland (Halifax)
  5. ^ The attendance was at the time, a record not to be bettered until 1949, and then only the once.
  6. ^ The 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 £3,718

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ "Sharlston Rovers ARLFC".
  4. ^ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  5. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.