1909–10 Yorkshire Cup Explained

1909–10 Yorkshire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Huddersfield
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Batley
Prevseason Link:1908–09 Yorkshire Cup
Prevseason Year:1908–09
Nextseason Link:1910–11 Yorkshire Cup
Nextseason Year:1910–11
No Of Teams:13

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.)

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

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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 16 Oct 1909Bramley7–7HalifaxBarley Mow
2Sat 16 Oct 1909Huddersfield33–5Hull Kingston RoversFartown
3Sat 16 Oct 1909Hunslet18–0Bradford NorthernParkside
4Sat 16 Oct 1909Leeds2–3Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
5Sat 16 Oct 1909York7–6HullClarence Street[3]
6Batleybye.
7Dewsburybye.
8Keighleybye.

Round 1 – 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
RMon 18 Oct 1909Halifax29–2BramleyThrum Hall

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 team width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 30 Oct 1909Batley8–4DewsburyMount Pleasant
2Sat 30 Oct 1909Halifax14–10YorkThrum Hall
3Sat 30 Oct 1909Huddersfield12–4HunsletFartown
4Sat 30 Oct 1909Keighley8–8Wakefield TrinityLawkholme Lane

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 03 Nov 1909Wakefield Trinity7–3KeighleyBelle Vue

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Sat 13 Nov 1909Batley7–7Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant[4]
2Sat 13 Nov 1909Huddersfield20-2HalifaxFartown28600

Semifinal - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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RWed 17 Nov 1909Wakefield Trinity3–11BatleyBelle Vue

Final

Teams

width=280 abbr=winnerHuddersfieldwidth=60 abbr="Number"No.width=280 abbr=runner-upBatley
teams
Jack Bartholomew1Albert Senior
Edward Sykes2Eddie Ward
Edgar Wrigley3Wattie Davies
Albert Rosenfeld4William T. Davies
Billy Kitchin5Harry Thomas
Percy Holroyd6Joe Oakland
Jim Davies7John Jones
Wilfred Ainley8Jim Gath
Douglas Clark9Ted Fozzard
Fred Charlesworth10James Debney
Clon Sherwood11Willie Settle
William Trevarthen12Fred Hill
Elijah Watts13Arthur Kitson (rugby league)Arthur Kitson
Coach

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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: J C Lindley and D W Armitage. 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973. 1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. 0 35617852 8.
  5. Web site: Huddersfield RL Heritage 1909–10.
  6. Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 15 – 1909–10". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a