1909–10 Yorkshire Cup
The 1909–10 Yorkshire Cup was the fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's final was between two clubs who had not previously played in the final and Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 21–0. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts were £778. This was Huddersfield's first appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total.)
| 1909–10 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 13 |
| Winners | Huddersfield |
| Runners-up | Batley |
Background
This season there were again no junior/amateur clubs taking part 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
Round 1
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | Bramley | 7-7 | Halifax | Barley Mow | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | Huddersfield | 33-5 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Fartown | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | Hunslet | 18-0 | Bradford Northern | Parkside | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | Leeds | 2-3 | Wakefield Trinity | Headingley | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | York | 7-6 | Hull | Clarence Street | [3] | |||||
| 6 | Batley | bye | . | ||||||||
| 7 | Dewsbury | bye | . | ||||||||
| 8 | Keighley | bye | . |
Round 1 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Mon 18 Oct 1909 | Halifax | 29-2 | Bramley | Thrum Hall |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Batley | 8-4 | Dewsbury | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Halifax | 14-10 | York | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Huddersfield | 12-4 | Hunslet | Fartown | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Keighley | 8-8 | Wakefield Trinity | Lawkholme Lane |
Round 2 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Wed 03 Nov 1909 | Wakefield Trinity | 7-3 | Keighley | Belle Vue |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 13 Nov 1909 | Batley | 7-7 | Wakefield Trinity | Mount Pleasant | [4] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 13 Nov 1909 | Huddersfield | 20-2 | Halifax | Fartown | 28600 |
Semi-Final - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Wed 17 Nov 1909 | Wakefield Trinity | 3-11 | Batley | Belle Vue | [4] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 27 November 1909 | Huddersfield | 21-0 | Batley | Headingley | 22000 | 778 | 1 | [5][6] |
Teams and Scorers
| Huddersfield | № | Batley |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Percy Holroyd (2) | 1 | Albert Senior |
| Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld | 2 | Edward/Edwin "Eddie" Ward |
| Kitchen (William Kitchin?) | 3 | Wattie Davies |
| Sykes | 4 | William T. Davies |
| 5 | Harry Thomas | |
| Edgar Wrigley | 6 | Joseph "Joe" Oakland |
| 7 | John "Jack" Jones | |
| 8 | James "Jim" Gath | |
| Douglas Clark | 9 | Fred "Ted" Fozzard |
| W. Ainsley | 10 | James W. Debney |
| 11 | William "Willie" Settle | |
| 12 | Fred Hill | |
| 13 | Arthur Kitson | |
| Coach | ||
| 21 | score | 0 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Kitchen (1) | T | |
| Sykes (1) | T | |
| Edgar Wrigley (1) | T | |
| Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld (1) | T | |
| W. Ainsley (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Percy Holroyd (2) | G | |
| Edgar Wrigley (1) | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Referee | unknown | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 7 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 7 (29) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 7 (11) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 7 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 8 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 8 (7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * 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.
General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League 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)
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