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 (which included four successive victories and six in total), 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 (mainly professional) 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 (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) 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 (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars).
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScore Away teamVenueRef1Sat 18 Oct 1913Bradford Northern4–2KeighleyBirch Lane2Sat 18 Oct 1913Halifax9–0BatleyThrum Hall3Sat 18 Oct 1913Huddersfield67–0BramleyFartown4Sat 18 Oct 1913Hunslet8–19DewsburyParkside5Sat 18 Oct 1913Wakefield Trinity8–0HullBelle Vue6Hull Kingston Roversbye7Leedsbye8Yorkbye
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 1 Nov 1913Dewsbury18–5Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt2Sat 1 Nov 1913Halifax0–39HuddersfieldThrum Hall3Sat 1 Nov 1913Leeds7–15Wakefield TrinityHeadingley4Sat 1 Nov 1913York4–9Bradford NorthernClarence Street
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 15 Nov 1913Bradford Northern13–2Wakefield TrinityBirch Lane2Sat 15 Nov 1913Huddersfield37–0DewsburyFartown
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 29 November 1913Huddersfield19–3Bradford NorthernThrum Hall12000430
Teams and scorers HuddersfieldNo.Bradford Northern teams Major Holland1H. SchofieldAlbert Rosenfeld2W. H. IrvingTom Gleeson3N. WilbyRobert Habron4G. HallGeorge Todd5F. WilsonJim Davies6J. McEwanJohnny Rogers7C. CarterFred Longstaff8Joe WinterburnBen Gronow9J. HaleyJack Chilcott10W. H. MitchellDouglas Clark11J. RuckAaron Lee12J. B. SimmondsJohn Higson13Harry Feather(?)??Coach??19score38HT0 Scorers Tries George Todd (2)TN. Wilby (1)Robert Habron (2)TAlbert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld (1)T Goals Major Holland (2)GRefereeB. Ennion (Wigan) Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rugby league county cups
Notes
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org