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1927–28 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersDewsbury
Runners-upHull

The 1927–28 Yorkshire Cup tournament was the 20th occasion on which the 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.[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 8 Oct 1927 Castleford 22-0 Bramley Wheldon Road 1
2 Sat 8 Oct 1927 Dewsbury 13-9 Huddersfield Crown Flatt
3 Sat 8 Oct 1927 Halifax 2-7 Batley Thrum Hall
4 Sat 8 Oct 1927 Hull Kingston Rovers 5-5 Keighley Craven Park (1)
5 Sat 8 Oct 1927 Leeds 12-2 Featherstone Rovers Headingley
6 Sat 8 Oct 1927 Wakefield Trinity 4-12 Hull Belle Vue [3]
7 Sat 8 Oct 1927 York 15-2 Bradford Northern Clarence Street
8 Hunslet bye

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Tue 11 Oct 1927 Keighley 2-24 Hull Kingston Rovers Lawkholme Lane

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 19 Oct 1927 Dewsbury 15-5 Batley Crown Flatt
2 Wed 19 Oct 1927 Hull Kingston Rovers 13-2 Hunslet Craven Park (1)
3 Wed 19 Oct 1927 York 19-7 Leeds Clarence Street
4 Thu 20 Oct 1927 Hull 7-7 Castleford Boulevard [3]

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
R Wed 26 Oct 1927 Castleford 0-3 Hull Sandy Desert 2 [3]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 2 Nov 1927 York 0-10 Hull Clarence Street [3]
2 Thu 3 Nov 1927 Dewsbury 2-0 Hull Kingston Rovers Crown Flatt

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 26 November 1927 Dewsbury 8-2 Hull Headingley 21,700 1,466 3 4 [3][4][5]

Teams and scorers

Dewsbury № Hull
team unknown teams team unknown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
?? Coach Edgar Wrigley
8 score 2
8 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
T
T
Goals
G
Drop Goals
DG
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
            
Dewsbury 13
Huddersfield 9
Dewsbury 15
Batley 5
Halifax 2
Batley 7
Dewsbury 2
Hull Kingston Rovers 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 5 (2)
Keighley 8 (24)
Hull Kingston Rovers 13
Hunslet 2
Hunslet
bye
Dewsbury 8
Hull 2
York 15
Bradford Northern 2
York 19
Leeds 7
Leeds 12
Featherstone Rovers 2
York 0
Hull 10
Wakefield Trinity 4
Hull 12
Hull 7 (3)
Castleford 7 (0)
Castleford 22
Bramley 0

Notes

1 * The first Yorkshire Cup game to be played at Castleford's new stadium

2 * The official Hull F.C. archives give the venue as Sandy Desert but according to the official Castleford Tiugers website they moved from this ground in 1926 (or 1927 - depending on the article). Other references (including Wikipedia's Castleford] also add confusion to the date of the move

3 * The venue is given as Crown Flatt by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but as Headingley by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[4] and 1990-91[5]

4 * Headingley, Leeds, 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.

See also

References

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