The 1912–13 Yorkshire Cup was the eighth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's tournament saw a new name on the trophy, Batley winning the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 17-3
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 16,000 and receipts were £523
This was the only time between 1909–10 and 1919-20 inclusive that Huddersfield would not contest the final. During this period the club made seven appearances out of the eight occasions winning six times (which included four consecutive times between 1913–14 and 1919–20.)
Background
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 thirteen.
This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.
Competition and Results
Round 1 Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScore Away teamVenueRef1Sat 12 Oct 1912Batley15-12Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant2Sat 12 Oct 1912Hull7-5DewsburyBoulevard3Sat 12 Oct 1912Hull Kingston Rovers11-3HuddersfieldCraven Street (off Holderness Road)4Sat 12 Oct 1912Keighley5-5Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane5Sat 12 Oct 1912Leeds19-8BramleyHeadingley6Halifaxbye7Hunsletbye8Yorkbye
Round 1 - Replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRefRWed 16 Oct 1912Bradford Northern5-0KeighleyBirch Lane
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 26 Oct 1912Batley21-2YorkMount Pleasant2Sat 26 Oct 1912Bradford Northern2-3HunsletBirch Lane3Sat 26 Oct 1912Hull15-0HalifaxBoulevard4Wed 30 Oct 1912Leeds11-10Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScore Away teamVenueRef1Sat 9 Nov 1912Batley18-2LeedsMount Pleasant2Sat 9 Nov 1912Hull8-6HunsletBoulevard
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 23 November 1912Batley17-3HullHeadingley16000523
Teams and scorers Batley№Hull teams Jimmy Lyons1Ellis ClarksonEddie Ward2Alf FrancisWalter Drummond3Herb GilbertClem Garforth4George CottrellJack Tindall5Ned RogersBenny Laughlin6William HigginsJack Brooksby7William AndersonJack Battersby 8Tom Herridge'Billy' Fenton9H. WebsterJim Gath10Gus MerryFred Hill11Steve DarmodyArthur Kitson (c)12Billy HolderFred Leek13Dick TaylorArthur GarnerCoachSid Melville (trainer)17score34HT0 Scorers Tries Jack Tindall (2)TBrooksby (1)T Goals Lyons (2 )GBrooksby (1)GGarforth (1)GRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1912–13 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