1920–21 Yorkshire Cup

1920–21 Yorkshire Cup
1920–21 Yorkshire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Hull Kingston Rovers
Runners-up	Hull
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

The 1920–21 Yorkshire Cup was the thirteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year saw a new name on the trophy, when previously twice beaten finalists (1906 and 1911), Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy at the third attempt by beating close neighbours and fierce rivals Hull F.C. by the score of 2–0 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 20,000 and receipts were £1,926. This was the first of only three meetings between the teams which would take place in the finals in the long history of the tournament

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 thirteen. This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.^[1]^[2]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 16 Oct 1920	Batley	10–3	York	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 16 Oct 1920	Halifax	15–3	Bramley	Thrum Hall
3	Sat 16 Oct 1920	Huddersfield	5–5	Dewsbury	Fartown
4	Sat 16 Oct 1920	Hull Kingston Rovers	12–3	Bradford Northern	Craven Street (off Holderness Road)
5	Sat 16 Oct 1920	Leeds	14–2	Wakefield Trinity	Headingley
6		Hull		bye		^[3]
7		Hunslet		bye
8		Keighley		bye

Round 1 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
R	Tue 19 Oct 1920	Dewsbury	7–0	Huddersfield	Crown Flatt

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 30 Oct 1920	Dewsbury	3–2	Halifax	Crown Flatt^[a]
2	Sat 30 Oct 1920	Hunslet	10–9	Batley	Parkside
3	Sat 30 Oct 1920	Keighley	5–18	Hull	Lawkholme Lane	^[3]
4	Sat 30 Oct 1920	Leeds	2–8	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 13 Nov 1920	Hull	31–5	Hunslet	Boulevard	^[3]
2	Sat 13 Nov 1920	Hull Kingston Rovers	8–5	Dewsbury	Craven Street (off Holderness Road)

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Ref
	Saturday 27 November 1920	Hull Kingston Rovers	2–0	Hull	Headingley^[b]	20000	£1,926	^[3]^[4]^[5]

Teams and scorers

Hull Kingston Rovers	No.	Hull
teams unknown	teams	teams unknown
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
William 'Billy' Jacques	Coach	Sid Melville (trainer)
2	score	0
0	HT	0
	Scorers
	Goals
	G
Bill Bradshaw	Drop Goals
Referee		unknown

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semifinals		Final

Leeds	14

Wakefield Trinity	2
		Leeds	2

		Hull Kingston Rovers	8
Hull Kingston Rovers	12

Bradford Northern	3
				Hull Kingston Rovers	8

				Dewsbury	5
Huddersfield	5 (0)

Dewsbury	5 (7)
		Dewsbury	3

		Halifax	2
Halifax	15

Bramley	3
						Hull Kingston Rovers	2

						Hull	0
Keighley

bye
		Keighley	5

		Hull	18
Hull

bye
				Hull	31

				Hunslet	5
Hunslet

bye
		Hunslet	10

		Batley	9
Batley	10

York	3

Notes

^ the attendance of 26584 was a never to be bettered ground record
^ Headingley is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

References

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HULL&PROUD – Stats – Fixtures & Results".
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

External links

[4] the attendance of 26584 was a never to be bettered ground record

[5] Headingley is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[JP1975-76Misc-2] Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.

[HullMisc-3] "HULL&PROUD – Stats – Fixtures & Results".

[Roth1991-92Misc-6] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[Roth1990-91Misc-7] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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