1928–29 Yorkshire Cup


The 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup was the 21st occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers in the final by the score of 5-0. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £838. This was Leeds' first of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared.

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

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 fifteen. This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 15 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 13 Oct 1928Castleford19-4KeighleyWheldon Road
2Sat 13 Oct 1928Dewsbury14-3BatleyCrown Flatt
3Sat 13 Oct 1928Featherstone Rovers4-2BramleyPost Office Road
4Sat 13 Oct 1928Halifax5-8HuddersfieldThrum Hall
5Sat 13 Oct 1928Leeds20-5Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley
6Sat 13 Oct 1928Wakefield Trinity7-7HunsletBelle Vue
7Sat 13 Oct 1928York14-9HullClarence Street
8Bradford Northernbye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RWed 17 Oct 1928Hunslet11-20Wakefield TrinityParkside

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 24 Oct 1928Dewsbury26-8Bradford NorthernCrown Flatt
2Wed 24 Oct 1928Huddersfield4-7Featherstone RoversFartown
3Wed 24 Oct 1928Wakefield Trinity7-24LeedsBelle Vue
4Wed 24 Oct 1928York0-8CastlefordClarence Street

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 7 Nov 1928Dewsbury5-16LeedsCrown Flatt
2Wed 7 Nov 1928Featherstone Rovers10-6CastlefordPost Office Road

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results