1907 Yorkshire Cup
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
Round 1
Involved 5 matches and 13 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Halifax | 10–5 | Batley | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Hull | 21–10 | Keighley | Boulevard | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Hunslet | 50–0 | Bramley | Parkside | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Leeds | 16–2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | York | 14–15 | Bradford Northern | Clarence Street | 1 | |||||
| 6 | 09 Nov 1907 | Dewsbury | 0 | bye | |||||||
| 7 | 09 Nov 1907 | Huddersfield | 0 | bye | |||||||
| 8 | 09 Nov 1907 | Wakefield Trinity | 0 | bye |
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 23 Nov 1907 | Dewsbury | 3–15 | Hull | Crown Flatt | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 23 Nov 1907 | Halifax | 31–0 | Bradford Northern | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 23 Nov 1907 | Huddersfield | 2–2 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 23 Nov 1907 | Hunslet | 17–10 | Leeds | Parkside |
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 27 Nov 1907 | Wakefield Trinity | 12–0 | Huddersfield | 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 07 Dec 1907 | Hull | 2–16 | Halifax | Boulevard | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 07 Dec 1907 | Hunslet | 10–0 | Wakefield Trinity | Parkside |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Hunslet | № | Halifax |
| teams | ||
| Billy Batten | 1 | |
| Fred Farrar | 2 | |
| Fred Smith | 3 | |
| Walter Goldthorpe | 4 | |
| Herbert Place | 5 | |
| Harry Cappleman | 6 | |
| Albert Goldthorpe | 7 | |
| Tom Walsh | 8 | |
| Harry Wilson | 9 | |
| Jack Randle | 10 | |
| William "Bill" 'Tubby' Brookes | 11 | |
| Bill Jukes | 12 | |
| John Willie Higson | 13 | |
| Coach | - | |
| - | ||
| 17 | score | 0 |
| 4 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| T | - | |
| T | - | |
| T | - | |
| T | - | |
| T | - | |
| Goals | ||
| G | - | |
| G | - | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | - | |
| Referee | unknown | |
Scoring – Try = three points – Goal = two points – Drop goal = two points