1920–21 Yorkshire Cup Explained

1920–21 Yorkshire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Hull
Prevseason Link:1919–20 Yorkshire Cup
Prevseason Year:1919–20
Nextseason Link:1921–22 Yorkshire Cup
Nextseason Year:1921–22
No Of Teams:13

The 1920–21 Yorkshire Cup was the thirteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year saw a new name on the trophy, when previously twice beaten finalists (1906 and 1911), Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy at the third attempt by beating close neighbours and fierce rivals Hull F.C. by the score of 2–0 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 20,000 and receipts were £1,926. This was the first of only three meetings between the teams which would take place in the finals in the long history of the tournament

Background

The Rugby Football League's 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).

Competition and results

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.[1] [2]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

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1Sat 16 Oct 1920Batley10–3YorkMount Pleasant
2Sat 16 Oct 1920Halifax15–3BramleyThrum Hall
3Sat 16 Oct 1920Huddersfield5–5DewsburyFartown
4Sat 16 Oct 1920Hull Kingston Rovers12–3Bradford NorthernCraven Street (off Holderness Road)
5Sat 16 Oct 1920Leeds14–2Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
6Hullbye[3]
7Hunsletbye
8Keighleybye

Round 1 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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RTue 19 Oct 1920Dewsbury7–0HuddersfieldCrown Flatt

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

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1Sat 30 Oct 1920Dewsbury3–2HalifaxCrown Flatt265841
2Sat 30 Oct 1920Hunslet10–9BatleyParkside
3Sat 30 Oct 1920Keighley5–18HullLawkholme Lane
4Sat 30 Oct 1920Leeds2–8Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Sat 13 Nov 1920Hull31–5HunsletBoulevard
2Sat 13 Nov 1920Hull Kingston Rovers8–5DewsburyCraven Street (off Holderness Road)

Final

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Saturday 27 November 1920Hull Kingston Rovers2–0HullHeadingley20000£1,9262[4] [5]

Teams and scorers

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
William 'Billy' JacquesCoachSid Melville (trainer)
2score0
0HT0
Scorers
Goals
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Drop Goals
Refereeunknown
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes

1 * the attendance was a never to be bettered ground record

2 * 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.

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.
  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.