1907–08 Yorkshire Cup Explained

1907–08 Yorkshire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Hunslet
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Halifax
Prevseason Link:1906–07 Yorkshire Cup
Prevseason Year:1906–07
Nextseason Link:1908–09 Yorkshire Cup
Nextseason Year:1908–09
No Of Teams:13

The 1907 Yorkshire Cup was the third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. This year's final was a repeat of the first Yorkshire Cup final in which the same two clubs reached the same outcome. Hunslet won the trophy for the second time in three years by beating Halifax by the score of 17–0

The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 15,000 and receipts were £397

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, Pontefract folded part way through the last season, and last years cup winner and cup holder, Bradford, became turncoats to play with the round ball. As replacement, a new club Bradford Northern joined the league, resulting in an overall decrease of two from 1906, and giving a total of thirteen entrants.

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

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=100 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 09 Nov 1907Halifax10–5BatleyThrum Hall
2Sat 09 Nov 1907Hull21–10KeighleyBoulevard[3]
3Sat 09 Nov 1907Hunslet50–0BramleyParkside
4Sat 09 Nov 1907Leeds16–2Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley
5Sat 09 Nov 1907York14–15Bradford NorthernClarence Street
609 Nov 1907Dewsbury0bye
709 Nov 1907Huddersfield0bye
809 Nov 1907Wakefield Trinity0bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=100 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 23 Nov 1907Dewsbury3–15HullCrown Flatt
2Sat 23 Nov 1907Halifax31–0Bradford NorthernThrum Hall
3Sat 23 Nov 1907Huddersfield2–2Wakefield TrinityFartown
4Sat 23 Nov 1907Hunslet17–10LeedsParkside

Round 2 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=100 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
RWed 27 Nov 1907Wakefield Trinity12–0HuddersfieldBelle Vue

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=100 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 07 Dec 1907Hull2–16HalifaxBoulevard
2Sat 07 Dec 1907Hunslet10–0Wakefield TrinityParkside

Final

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Saturday 21 December 1907Hunslet17–0HalifaxHeadingley15,000397[4] [5]

Teams and scorers

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width=280 abbr=winnerHunsletwidth=60 abbr="Number"width=280 abbr=runner-upHalifax
teams
Herbert Place1Billy Little
Fred Farrar2Harry Morley
Charlie Ward3Fred Atkins
Billy Eagers4Eddie Ward
Billy Batten5Joe Riley
Albert Goldthorpe6Jimmy Hilton
Fred Smith7Tommy Grey
Harry Wilson8Joseph Brearley
Billy Brookes9Fred Hammond
Bill Dukes10Asa Robinson
Jack Randall11Fred Littlewood
Tom Walsh12John Langhorn
Walter Wray13L Sunderland
Coach
17score0
4HT0
Scorers
Tries
Billy BattenT
Fred SmithT
Albert GoldthorpeT
T
T
Goals
Charlie WardG
Billy EagersG
Albert Goldthorpe (2)G
DG
RefereeBilly Mc Cutcheon (Oldham)
Attendance: 15,000
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Book: Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding. John Player Yearbook 1975–76. 1991. Queen Anne Press.
  3. Web site: HULL&PROUD – Stats – Fixtures & Results 1896/1897.
  4. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  5. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. 1990. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617851 X.
  6. Web site: Hunslet Remembered. 2014-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206123253/http://www.hunslet.org/Games_and_sport_(1).html. 2012-02-06. dead.
  7. Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 13 – 1907–08". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a