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
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

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

Round 1

Involved 5 matches and 13 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 12 Oct 1912Batley15-12Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant
2Sat 12 Oct 1912Hull7-5DewsburyBoulevard
3Sat 12 Oct 1912Hull Kingston Rovers11-3HuddersfieldCraven Street
4Sat 12 Oct 1912Keighley5-5Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane
5Sat 12 Oct 1912Leeds19-8BramleyHeadingley
6Halifaxbye
7Hunsletbye
8Yorkbye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RWed 16 Oct 1912Bradford Northern5-0KeighleyBirch Lane

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 26 Oct 1912Batley21-2YorkMount Pleasant
2Sat 26 Oct 1912Bradford Northern2-3HunsletBirch Lane
3Sat 26 Oct 1912Hull15-0HalifaxBoulevard
4Wed 30 Oct 1912Leeds11-10Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 9 Nov 1912Batley18-2LeedsMount Pleasant
2Sat 9 Nov 1912Hull8-6HunsletBoulevard

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between 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 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 December