The 1922–23 Yorkshire Cup was the fifteen occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. For the third year in succession, the name of yet another new club appeared on the trophy. This year, York won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 5–0 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 33,719 and receipts were £2,414.
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, two junior clubs were invited to enter bringing the total number taking part up to a "full house" of sixteen, which in turn removed the necessity to have any byes.
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScore Away teamVenueRef1Sat 14 Oct 1922Bradford Northern13–3KeighleyBirch Lane2Sat 14 Oct 1922Bramley2–7DewsburyBarley Mow3We 18 Oct 1922Sharlston Rovers11–32BatleyMount Pleasant4Sat 21 Oct 1922Featherstone Rovers9–17LeedsPost Office Road5Sat 21 Oct 1922Huddersfield5–0HalifaxFartown6Sat 21 Oct 1922Hull Kingston Rovers14–2HullCraven Park (1)7Sat 21 Oct 1922Hunslet11–13Wakefield TrinityParkside8Sat 21 Oct 1922York24–2Elland WanderersClarence Street
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 4 Nov 1922York4–3HuddersfieldClarence Street2Sat 4 Nov 1922Batley15–3Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant3Sat 4 Nov 1922Leeds22–3Bradford NorthernHeadingley4Sat 4 Nov 1922Wakefield Trinity?Dewsbury?
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 18 Nov 1922Leeds0–28BatleyHeadingley2Sat 18 Nov 1922Wakefield Trinity2–4YorkBelle Vue
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 2 December 1922York5–0BatleyHeadingley33,719£2414
Teams and scorers YorkNo.Batley teams Edward Owen1Joe RobinsonL. Farrar2Albert CarterA. Corsi3Harry ReesJack Corsi4Bryn WilliamsS. Boston5Hugh MurrayS. Short6Ike FowlerJ. McEwan7Willie ScottH. Brown8George RamsbottomF. Mirfield9James SykesJ. Bettridge10Allen MortimerW. Whiting11George DouglasG. S. Reynolds12Norman GardinerJ. A. Ashton13Fred CarterT. GouldenCoach??5score03HT0 Scorers Tries L. Farrar (1)T Goals J. McEwan (DG)GRefereeMr B. Ennion (Wigan) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1922–23 Northern Rugby Football League 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