The 1923–24 Yorkshire Cup was the sixteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year, for the fourth consecutive year, produced another new name was inscribed on the trophy. Hull F.C. (previously three times beaten finalists) won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 10–4 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,300 and receipts were £1,728.
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 again two junior/amateur clubs taking part, Elland Wanderers again, and Castleford. The number of entries remained at last year's "full house" total of sixteen again obviating the necessity of having byes.
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 13 Oct 1923Castleford3–17BatleySandy Desert 2Sat 13 Oct 1923Dewsbury13–5LeedsCrown Flatt3Sat 13 Oct 1923Elland Wanderers2–53Huddersfieldvenue unknown4Sat 13 Oct 1923Featherstone Rovers6–15Hull Kingston RoversPost Office Road5Sat 13 Oct 1923Halifax27–0Bradford NorthernThrum Hall6Sat 13 Oct 1923Hull16–3BramleyBoulevard7Sat 13 Oct 1923Keighley5–3YorkLawkholme Lane8Sat 13 Oct 1923Wakefield Trinity4–13HunsletBelle Vue
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 27 Oct 1923Huddersfield19–2HalifaxFartown2Sat 27 Oct 1923Hull16–7HunsletBoulevard3Sat 27 Oct 1923Hull Kingston Rovers7–16BatleyCraven Park (1)4Sat 27 Oct 1923Keighley6–8DewsburyLawkholme Lane
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 10 Nov 1923Dewsbury3–12HullCrown Flatt2Sat 10 Nov 1923Huddersfield10–9BatleyFartown
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecRefSaturday 24 November 1923Hull10–4HuddersfieldHeadingley23,300£1,728
Teams and scorers
Hull№Huddersfield Teams Ned Rogers1Joe OliverBilly Stone2Stanley ThorpeTom Collins3Joseph McTigheBilly Batten4Harold WagstaffJim Kennedy5Johnny RogersStan Whitty6James MayEddie Caswell7Harold EdmondsonJack Beasty8Arthur SherwoodBill Brennan9Ben GronowHarold Bowman10Thomas FenwickBob Taylor11Douglas ClarkEdgar Morgan12George NaylorHarold Garrett13Tommy Schofield??Coach??10score43HT4 Scorers Tries TT Goals GBen Gronow (1)GJoe Oliver (1)G Drop Goals DGDGRefereeunknown Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1923–24 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