The 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup was the seventeenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. This year's final was between two local rivals, Wakefield Trinity, who won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 9-8. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,546 and receipts were £1,912.
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
This season there were again two junior/amateur clubs taking part, Wyke and Castleford. The number of entries remained at last year's "full house" total of sixteen again obviating the necessity of having byes.
Round 1 Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 11 Oct 1924Bramley5–9DewsburyBarley Mow2Sat 11 Oct 1924Huddersfield18–18BatleyFartown3Sat 11 Oct 1924Hull Kingston Rovers45–0HalifaxCraven Park (1)4Sat 11 Oct 1924Hunslet2–11YorkParkside5Sat 11 Oct 1924Keighley13–0Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane6Sat 11 Oct 1924Leeds24–10CastlefordHeadingley7Sat 11 Oct 1924Wakefield Trinity20–8HullBelle Vue8Sat 11 Oct 1924Wyke3-19Featherstone Roversvenue unknown
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRTue 14 Oct 1924Batley12–3HuddersfieldMount Pleasant
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 25 Oct 1924Featherstone Rovers2–13BatleyPost Office Road2Sat 25 Oct 1924Hull Kingston Rovers16–0YorkCraven Park (1)3Sat 25 Oct 1924Keighley5–8Wakefield TrinityLawkholme Lane4Sat 25 Oct 1924Leeds24–4DewsburyHeadingley
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 08 Nov 1924Hull Kingston Rovers8–10BatleyCraven Park (1)2Sat 08 Nov 1924Leeds4–5Wakefield TrinityHeadingley
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 22 November 1924Wakefield Trinity9–8BatleyHeadingley25,546£1,912
Teams and scorers Wakefield Trinity№Batley teams Len Abraham(s)1Joseph "Joe" RobinsonC. A. "Charlie" Pollard2John Cyril StaceyBilly Batten3George DavidgePeter Reid4Harry ReesEdward "Ned" Thomas5J. KirkbyThomas "Tommy" Pickup6William "Willie" ScottJonathan "Jonty" Parkin (c)7Isaac "Ike" John FowlerBernard P Gould8Alonza BrookRobert "Bob" White9Jack LeemingErnest W. Blower10Jack W. SmithThomas Gibson11Fred CarterWilliam "Bill" Horton12George DouglasC H "Charlie" Glossop13Frank Gallagher??Coach??9score85HT8 Scorers Tries Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (1)T2T Goals C. A. "Charlie" Pollard (2)G1Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (1)G Drop Goals DGRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1924–25 Northern Rugby Football League 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