1912–13 Yorkshire Cup

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

1912–13 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Batley
Runners-up	Hull

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

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

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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 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

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
R	Wed 16 Oct 1912	Bradford Northern		5-0		Keighley	Birch Lane

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 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 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 9 Nov 1912	Batley		18-2		Leeds	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 9 Nov 1912	Hull		8-6		Hunslet	Boulevard				[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 23 November 1912	Batley		17-3		Hull	Headingley	16000	523	1	[3][4][5]

Teams and Scorers

Batley	№	Hull
	teams
Jimmy Lyons	1
Eddie Ward	2
Walter Drummond	3
Clem Garforth	4
Jack Tindall	5
Benny Laughlin	6
Jack Brooksby	7
Jack Battersby	8
'Billy' Fenton	9
Jim Gath	10
Fred Hill	11
Arthur Kitson (c)	12
Fred Leek	13
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

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The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					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

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)

See also

• 1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season
• Rugby league county cups

References

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

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org