1924 Yorkshire Cup
| 1924 Yorkshire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Wakefield Trinity |
| Runners-up | Batley |
The 1924 Yorkshire Cup was the seventeenth occasion on which the competition was held. This year's final was between two local rivals, Wakefield Trinity, who won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 9-8. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,546 and receipts were £1,912.
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 there were again two junior/amateur clubs taking part, Wyke and Castleford. The number of entries remained at last year's "full house" total of sixteen again obviating the necessity of having byes.
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs
Involved 1 match and 2 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 * Castleford were at that time a junior club. They joined the league for season 1926–27
2 * Wyke are a junior/amateur club from Wyke, near Bradford http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/wykearlfc/a/history-7698.html
3 * 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.
4 * The initial is given as "A Davidge" in the book "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973"
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