1922 Yorkshire Cup
| 1922–23 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | York |
| Runners-up | Batley |
The 1922–23 Yorkshire Cup was the fifteen occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. For the third year in succession, the name of yet another new club appeared on the trophy. This year, York won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 5-0 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 33,719 and receipts were £2,414.
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).
This season, two junior clubs were invited to enter bringing the total number taking part up to a "full house" of sixteen, which in turn removed the necessity to have any byes.
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
1 * Sharlston Rovers are a junior (or amateur) club from Wakefield
2 * Sharlston Rovers forgo ground advantage for a better ground/higher receipts
3 * The first Yorkshire Cup match to be played at the new stadium
4 * Elland Wanderers were a Junior/amateur club from Elland (Halifax)
5 * cannot locate any reference to this fixture, but both Wakefield Trinity and Dewsbury won their first round tie and Wakefield Trinity proceede to the semi-final. The venue and score are both unknown
6 * The attendance was at the time, a record, and this for, arguably, possibly two of the least glamorous teams in the competition. The record was not to be bettered until 1949, and then only the once.
7 * The receipts of £2,414 were also a record and this would stand for almost 25 years until broken in 1946 with a new record of £3,718
8 * Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire
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