1913–14 Yorkshire Cup


The 1913–14 Yorkshire Cup was the ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. 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.
This year saw a previous two-time winner, Huddersfield taking the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 19-3 in the final. The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,000 and receipts were £430. This was Huddersfield's fourth appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919, and who knows, but for the intervention of the First World War and suspension of the competition, it may have been more. It was also the first of the four consecutive wins.

Background

The Rugby Football League's 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.

Competition and Results

Round 1

Involved 5 matches and 13 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 18 Oct 1913Bradford Northern4-2KeighleyBirch Lane
2Sat 18 Oct 1913Halifax9-0BatleyThrum Hall
3Sat 18 Oct 1913Huddersfield67-0BramleyFartown1
4Sat 18 Oct 1913Hunslet8-19DewsburyParkside
5Sat 18 Oct 1913Wakefield Trinity8-0HullBelle Vue
6Hull Kingston Roversbye
7Leedsbye
8Yorkbye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 1 Nov 1913Dewsbury18-5Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt
2Sat 1 Nov 1913Halifax0-39HuddersfieldThrum Hall
3Sat 1 Nov 1913Leeds7-15Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
4Sat 1 Nov 1913York4-9Bradford NorthernClarence Street

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 15 Nov 1913Bradford Northern13-2Wakefield TrinityBirch Lane
2Sat 15 Nov 1913Huddersfield37-0DewsburyFartown

Final

Teams and Scorers

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

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