1912–13 Yorkshire Cup

1912–13 Yorkshire Cup
1912–13 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Batley
Runners-up	Hull
	← 1911–12 1913–14 →

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 (which included four consecutive times between 1913–14 and 1919–20.)

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

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Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 12 Oct 1912	Batley	15-12	Wakefield Trinity	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 12 Oct 1912	Hull	7-5	Dewsbury	Boulevard	^[3]
3	Sat 12 Oct 1912	Hull Kingston Rovers	11-3	Huddersfield	Craven Street (off Holderness Road)
4	Sat 12 Oct 1912	Keighley	5-5	Bradford Northern	Lawkholme Lane
5	Sat 12 Oct 1912	Leeds	19-8	Bramley	Headingley
6		Halifax		bye
7		Hunslet		bye
8		York		bye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
R	Wed 16 Oct 1912	Bradford Northern	5-0	Keighley	Birch Lane

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 26 Oct 1912	Batley	21-2	York	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 26 Oct 1912	Bradford Northern	2-3	Hunslet	Birch Lane
3	Sat 26 Oct 1912	Hull	15-0	Halifax	Boulevard	^[3]
4	Wed 30 Oct 1912	Leeds	11-10	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 9 Nov 1912	Batley	18-2	Leeds	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 9 Nov 1912	Hull	8-6	Hunslet	Boulevard	^[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Ref
	Saturday 23 November 1912	Batley	17-3	Hull	Headingley^[a]	16000	523	^[3]^[4]^[5]

Teams and scorers

Batley	№	Hull
	teams
Jimmy Lyons	1	Ellis Clarkson
Eddie Ward	2	Alf Francis
Walter Drummond	3	Herb Gilbert
Clem Garforth	4	George Cottrell
Jack Tindall	5	Ned Rogers
Benny Laughlin	6	William Higgins
Jack Brooksby	7	William Anderson
Jack Battersby	8	Tom Herridge
'Billy' Fenton	9	H. Webster
Jim Gath	10	Gus Merry
Fred Hill	11	Steve Darmody
Arthur Kitson (c)	12	Billy Holder
Fred Leek	13	Dick Taylor
Arthur Garner	Coach	Sid Melville (trainer)
17	score	3
4	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Jack Tindall (2)	T
Brooksby (1)	T
	Goals
Lyons (2 )	G
Brooksby (1)	G
Garforth (1)	G
Referee		unknown

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

First round		Second round		Semifinals		Final

Batley	15

Wakefield Trinity	12
		Batley	21

		York	2
York

bye
				Batley	18

				Leeds	2
Leeds	19

Bramley	8
		Leeds	11

		Hull Kingston Rovers	10
Hull Kingston Rovers	11

Huddersfield	3
						Batley	17

						Hull	3
Hull	7

Dewsbury	5
		Hull	15

		Halifax	0
Halifax

bye
				Hull	8

				Hunslet	6
Keighley	5 (0)

Bradford Northern	5 (5)
		Bradford Northern	2

		Hunslet	3
Hunslet

bye

Notes

^ 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

References

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
^ "Domesday Reloaded - Batley history so far".
^ Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.18 1912–1913. League Publications. p. 9.