1926–27 Yorkshire Cup


The 1926–27 Yorkshire Cup was the nineteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Huddersfield won the trophy for the seventh time in total by beating Wakefield Trinity in the final by the score of 10–3. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,300 and receipts were £863.

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, but last year's junior entrant Castleford had now turned professional, and took part as a full league member; and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen. This in turn resulted in one byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 15 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 9 Oct 1926Batley5-3DewsburyMount Pleasant
2Sat 9 Oct 1926Huddersfield21-8KeighleyFartown
3Sat 9 Oct 1926Hull14-0Featherstone RoversBoulevard
4Sat 9 Oct 1926Hull Kingston Rovers2-2HalifaxCraven Park
5Sat 9 Oct 1926Hunslet7-13LeedsParkside
6Sat 9 Oct 1926Wakefield Trinity27-3Bradford NorthernBelle Vue
7Sat 9 Oct 1926York24-2CastlefordClarence Street1
8Bramleybye

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
RMon 11 Oct 1926Halifax13-0Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 18 Oct 1926Leeds3-26YorkHeadingley
2Tue 19 Oct 1926Batley2-7Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant
3Wed 20 Oct 1926Bramley4-16HullBarley Mow
4Wed 20 Oct 1926Halifax8-10HuddersfieldThrum Hall

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 27 Oct 1926Huddersfield8-0YorkFartown
2Wed 3 Nov 1926Wakefield Trinity15-5HullBelle Vue

Final

Final - Replay

Teams and Scorers

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

The road to success