The 1927–28 Yorkshire Cup tournament was the 20th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Dewsbury won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. in the final by the score of 8–2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 21,700 and receipts were £1,466. This was Dewsbury's second triumph in a three-year period having last won the trophy in 1925–26.
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 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 one bye in the first round.
Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 8 Oct 1927Castleford22–0BramleyWheldon Road2Sat 8 Oct 1927Dewsbury13–9HuddersfieldCrown Flatt3Sat 8 Oct 1927Halifax2–7BatleyThrum Hall4Sat 8 Oct 1927Hull Kingston Rovers5–5KeighleyCraven Park (1)5Sat 8 Oct 1927Leeds12–2Featherstone RoversHeadingley6Sat 8 Oct 1927Wakefield Trinity4–12HullBelle Vue7Sat 8 Oct 1927York15–2Bradford NorthernClarence Street8Hunsletbye
Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRTue 11 Oct 1927Keighley2–24Hull Kingston RoversLawkholme Lane
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 19 Oct 1927Dewsbury15–5BatleyCrown Flatt2Wed 19 Oct 1927Hull Kingston Rovers13–2HunsletCraven Park (1)3Wed 19 Oct 1927York19–7LeedsClarence Street4Thu 20 Oct 1927Hull7–7CastlefordBoulevard
Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRWed 26 Oct 1927Castleford0–3HullSandy Desert
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Wed 2 Nov 1927York0–10HullClarence Street2Thu 3 Nov 1927Dewsbury2–0Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt
Final
Teams DewsburyNo.Hull Teams James Lyman1Ernest JenneyHarold Raywood2Emlyn GwynneGeorge Layhe3Herbert BeardshawClifford Smith4Billy Batten Jr.Joe Lyman5Jack DaviesHenry Coates6Stan WhittyCliff Midgley7Eddie CaswellBilly Rhodes8Malcolm ShortG.T. Mitchell9R. W. BoldersonJoseph Hobson10Harold BowmanPercy Brown11Bob TaylorHarry Bland12Jack SmallwoodHarold Fox13Tommy Bateson??CoachEdgar Wrigley
The road to success
See also 1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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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