1921–22 Yorkshire Cup


The 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup was the fourteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year saw another new name on the trophy when Leeds won the cup by beating Dewsbury by the score of 11-3 in the final. The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 20,000 and receipts were £1,650. This was the first of Leeds' Yorkshire Cup successes, and they would go on to triumph on a record seventeen occasions.

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 "leavers" but Featherstone Rovers joined for the first time as a league team, after being newly admitted to the league during the close-season. This resulted in one additional entrant, bringing the total up to fourteen. This in turn resulted in only two byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 6 matches and 14 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 15 Oct 1921Batley5-4HunsletMount Pleasant
2Sat 15 Oct 1921Bradford Northern2-14BramleyBirch Lane
3Sat 15 Oct 1921Dewsbury3-0HullCrown Flatt
4Sat 15 Oct 1921Hull Kingston Rovers16-7KeighleyCraven Street
5Sat 15 Oct 1921Leeds11-2HuddersfieldHeadingley
6Sat 15 Oct 1921York3-4Wakefield TrinityClarence Street
7Halifaxbye
8Featherstone Roversbye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 29 Oct 1921Batley5-5BramleyMount Pleasant
2Sat 29 Oct 1921Dewsbury15-2Wakefield TrinityCrown Flatt
3Sat 29 Oct 1921Featherstone Rovers0-12Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road1
4Sat 29 Oct 1921Leeds20-2HalifaxHeadingley

Round 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RWed 2 Nov 1921Bramley6-0BatleyBarley Mow

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 12 Nov 1921Bramley4-11LeedsBarley Mow
2Sat 12 Nov 1921Dewsbury8-3Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success