The 1910–11 Yorkshire Cup 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 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 (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.)
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 NoFixture dateHome teamScore Away teamVenueRef1Sat 15 Oct 1910Batley4–7DewsburyMount Pleasant2Sat 15 Oct 1910Bramley4–11HuddersfieldBarley Mow3Sat 15 Oct 1910Hull9–6LeedsBoulevard4Sat 15 Oct 1910Hunslet8–13Hull Kingston RoversParkside5Sat 15 Oct 1910Keighley2–12HalifaxLawkholme Lane6Sat 15 Oct 1910York9–5Bradford NorthernClarence Street7Wakefield Trinitybye8Coventrybye
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 05 Nov 1910Huddersfield25–0DewsburyFartown2Sat 05 Nov 1910Hull24–2YorkBoulevard3Sat 05 Nov 1910Hull Kingston Rovers10–2HalifaxCraven Street (off Holderness Road)4Sat 05 Nov 1910Wakefield Trinity42–16Coventry
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 19 Nov 1910Huddersfield12–2Hull Kingston RoversFartown2Sat 19 Nov 1910Wakefield Trinity11–0HullBelle Vue
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team ScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 3 December 1910Wakefield Trinity8–2HuddersfieldHeadingley19000696
Teams and scorers Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 16 – 1910–11". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a Wakefield Trinity№Huddersfield teams Jimmy Metcalfe1Jack BartholomewErnest Bennett2Albert RosenfeldBilly Lynch3Edgar WrigleyTommy Poynton4Harold Wagstaff (c)Billie Simpson5Billy KitchenTommy Newbould6Thomas GreyEzra Sidwell7Jim DaviesHerbert Kershaw8Wilfred AinleyNealy Crosland9Con ByrneJack Walton10Ben GronowJames Auton11Dougie ClarkGeorge Taylor12Willie Mellor Joe Taylor13Clon Sherwood??Coach (??)8score25HT0 Scorers TriesBillie Simpson (1)TGeorge Taylor (1)T GoalsJimmy Metcalfe (1)GEdgar Wrigley (1)RefereeB. Ennion (Wigan) Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rugby league county cups
Notes
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org