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Deutsch1912–13 Yorkshire Cup
| 1912–13 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 13 |
| Winners | Batley |
| Runners-up | Hull |
The 1912–13 Yorkshire Cup was the eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's tournament saw a new name on the trophy, Batley winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 17-3
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 16,000 and receipts were £523
This was the only time between 1909–10 and 1919-20 inclusive that Huddersfield would not contest the final. During this period the club made seven appearances out of the eight occasions winning six times (which included four consecutive times between 1913–14 and 1919–20.)
Background
[edit]This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at thirteen.
This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.
Competition and Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Batley | 15-12 | Wakefield Trinity | Mount Pleasant | |
| 2 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Hull | 7-5 | Dewsbury | Boulevard | [3] |
| 3 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11-3 | Huddersfield | Craven Street (off Holderness Road) | |
| 4 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Keighley | 5-5 | Bradford Northern | Lawkholme Lane | |
| 5 | Sat 12 Oct 1912 | Leeds | 19-8 | Bramley | Headingley | |
| 6 | Halifax | bye | ||||
| 7 | Hunslet | bye | ||||
| 8 | York | bye |
Round 1 - Replays
[edit]Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Wed 16 Oct 1912 | Bradford Northern | 5-0 | Keighley | Birch Lane |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
[edit]Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 26 Oct 1912 | Batley | 21-2 | York | Mount Pleasant | |
| 2 | Sat 26 Oct 1912 | Bradford Northern | 2-3 | Hunslet | Birch Lane | |
| 3 | Sat 26 Oct 1912 | Hull | 15-0 | Halifax | Boulevard | [3] |
| 4 | Wed 30 Oct 1912 | Leeds | 11-10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley |
Round 3 – semifinals
[edit]Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 9 Nov 1912 | Batley | 18-2 | Leeds | Mount Pleasant | |
| 2 | Sat 9 Nov 1912 | Hull | 8-6 | Hunslet | Boulevard | [3] |
Final
[edit]| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 23 November 1912 | Batley | 17-3 | Hull | Headingley[a] | 16000 | 523 | [3][4][5] |
Teams and scorers
[edit]| Batley | № | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Jimmy Lyons | 1 | Ellis Clarkson |
| Eddie Ward | 2 | Alf Francis |
| Walter Drummond | 3 | Herb Gilbert |
| Clem Garforth | 4 | George Cottrell |
| Jack Tindall | 5 | Ned Rogers |
| Benny Laughlin | 6 | William Higgins |
| Jack Brooksby | 7 | William Anderson |
| Jack Battersby | 8 | Tom Herridge |
| 'Billy' Fenton | 9 | H. Webster |
| Jim Gath | 10 | Gus Merry |
| Fred Hill | 11 | Steve Darmody |
| Arthur Kitson (c) | 12 | Billy Holder |
| Fred Leek | 13 | Dick Taylor |
| Arthur Garner | Coach | Sid Melville (trainer) |
| 17 | score | 3 |
| 4 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Jack Tindall (2) | T | |
| Brooksby (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Lyons (2 ) | G | |
| Brooksby (1) | G | |
| Garforth (1) | G | |
| Referee | unknown |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
[edit]| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 5 (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 5 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Headingley, Leeds, 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
- ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
- ^ "Domesday Reloaded - Batley history so far".
- ^ Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.18 1912–1913. League Publications. p. 9.