1910–11 Yorkshire Cup
# 1910–11 Yorkshire Cup

The 1910–11 Yorkshire Cup 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 (as this season), and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The 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.) 1910 was the sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. This year saw a new name on the trophy. Wakefield Trinity won by beating the previous season's winners, Huddersfield by the score of 8-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts were £696. This was Huddersfield's second appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total.)

## Background

This season Coventry's name was added to the entrants as newcomers to rugby league. This increased the number of entries by one up to a total of fourteen. This in turn resulted in two byes in the first round.

## Competition and Results

### Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 15 Oct 1910 | Batley | 4-7 | Dewsbury | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | Sat 15 Oct 1910 | Bramley | 4-11 | Huddersfield | Barley Mow |
| 3 | Sat 15 Oct 1910 | Hull | 9-6 | Leeds | Boulevard |
| 4 | Sat 15 Oct 1910 | Hunslet | 8-13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Parkside |
| 5 | Sat 15 Oct 1910 | Keighley | 2-12 | Halifax | Lawkholme Lane |
| 6 | Sat 15 Oct 1910 | York | 9-5 | Bradford Northern | Clarence Street |
| 7 | | Wakefield Trinity | | bye | |
| 8 | | Coventry | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 05 Nov 1910 | Huddersfield | 25-0 | Dewsbury | Fartown | |
| 2 | Sat 05 Nov 1910 | Hull | 24-2 | York | Boulevard | |
| 3 | Sat 05 Nov 1910 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 10-2 | Halifax | Craven Street (off Holderness Road) | |
| 4 | Sat 05 Nov 1910 | Wakefield Trinity | 42-16 | Coventry | Belle Vue | 1 |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 19 Nov 1910 | Huddersfield | 12-2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Fartown | | | | |
| 2 | Sat 19 Nov 1910 | Wakefield Trinity | 11-0 | Hull | Belle Vue | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 3 December 1910 | Wakefield Trinity | 8-2 | Huddersfield | Headingley | 19000 | 696 | 2 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Wakefield Trinity | № | Huddersfield |
| - | - | - |
| | teams | |
| James "Jimmy" D Metcalfe | 1 | Jack Bartholomew |
| Ernest Bennett | 2 | Albert "Rozzi" Rosenfeld |
| William "Billy" Lynch | 3 | Edgar Wrigley |
| Thomas "Tommy" Poynton | 4 | Harold Wagstaff (c) |
| William "Billie" Simpson | 5 | Billy Kitchen |
| Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould | 6 | James "Jim" Davies |
| Ezra Sidwell | 7 | Thomas Grey |
| Herbert "Harry" Kershaw | 8 | Ben Gronow |
| A K "Nealy" Crosland | 9 | Dougie Clark |
| John "Jack" Walton | 10 | H Sherwood |
| James Auton | 11 | Conrad "Con" Augustus Byrne |
| George Taylor | 12 | W Ainsley |
| Joseph "Joe" Taylor | 13 | W Mellor |
| ?? | Coach | (??) |
| 8 | score | 2 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| William "Billie" Simpson (1) | T | |
| George Taylor (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| James "Jimmy" D Metcalfe (1) | G | Edgar Wrigley (1) |
| Referee | | B. Ennion (Wigan) |

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

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 42 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Coventry | Coventry | 16 | | | | | | | |
| Coventry | Coventry | | Coventry | Coventry | 16 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull | Hull | 0 | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 9 | | | | | | | Hull | Hull | 0 | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 6 | Hull | Hull | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | | | York | York | 2 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 9 | York | York | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 5 | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 2 |
| Bramley | Bramley | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 2 |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 11 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 25 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 4 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 7 | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 8 | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 2 | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * The first (and only) game played by new club Coventry in the Yorkshire Cup. The next season they transferred to the Lancashire Cup competition

2 * 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.

