1928–29 Yorkshire Cup
# 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup

The 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup was the 21st occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers in the final by the score of 5-0. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £838. This was Leeds' first of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared.

## 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 three byes in the first round.

### Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 13 Oct 1928 | Castleford | 19-4 | Keighley | Wheldon Road |
| 2 | Sat 13 Oct 1928 | Dewsbury | 14-3 | Batley | Crown Flatt |
| 3 | Sat 13 Oct 1928 | Featherstone Rovers | 4-2 | Bramley | Post Office Road |
| 4 | Sat 13 Oct 1928 | Halifax | 5-8 | Huddersfield | Thrum Hall |
| 5 | Sat 13 Oct 1928 | Leeds | 20-5 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley |
| 6 | Sat 13 Oct 1928 | Wakefield Trinity | 7-7 | Hunslet | Belle Vue |
| 7 | Sat 13 Oct 1928 | York | 14-9 | Hull | Clarence Street |
| 8 | | Bradford Northern | | 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 | Wed 17 Oct 1928 | Hunslet | 11-20 | Wakefield Trinity | Parkside | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wed 24 Oct 1928 | Dewsbury | 26-8 | Bradford Northern | Crown Flatt |
| 2 | Wed 24 Oct 1928 | Huddersfield | 4-7 | Featherstone Rovers | Fartown |
| 3 | Wed 24 Oct 1928 | Wakefield Trinity | 7-24 | Leeds | Belle Vue |
| 4 | Wed 24 Oct 1928 | York | 0-8 | Castleford | Clarence Street |

### 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 7 Nov 1928 | Dewsbury | 5-16 | Leeds | Crown Flatt | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 7 Nov 1928 | Featherstone Rovers | 10-6 | Castleford | Post Office Road | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 24 November 1928 | Leeds | 5-0 | Featherstone Rovers | Belle Vue | 14,000 | £838 | 1 2 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Leeds | № | Featherstone Rovers |
| - | - | - |
| team unknown | teams | |
| | 1 | Sid Denton |
| | 2 | G. Albert Taylor |
| | 3 | Jack Hirst |
| Frank O'Rourke (position uncertain) | 4 | Tom Askin |
| | 5 | George Whitaker |
| | 6 | Jim Denton |
| | 7 | Charles Annable |
| Arthur Thomas (position uncertain) | 8 | Ernest Barraclough |
| | 9 | J. W. Smith |
| | 10 | Herbert Rogerson |
| | 11 | Sam Shirley |
| | 12 | Arthur Haigh |
| | 13 | Joe Morgan |
| ?? | Coach | xBilly Williams |
| 5 | score | 0 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Frank O'Rourke | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | unknown |

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

### The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 3 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 26 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 8 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 16 | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 7 (20) | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 16 | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 (11) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 (11) | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leeds | Leeds | 24 | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 20 | Leeds | Leeds | 24 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 0 |
| Halifax | Halifax | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 0 |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 4 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 2 | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 6 | | | | |
| York | York | 14 | | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 6 | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 9 | York | York | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Castleford | Castleford | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 19 | Castleford | Castleford | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
