1927–28 Yorkshire Cup
Rugby league season
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The 1927â28 Yorkshire Cup tournament was the 20th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Dewsbury won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. in the final by the score of 8â2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 21,700 and receipts were £1,466. This was Dewsbury's second triumph in a three-year period having last won the trophy in 1925â26.
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 no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen. This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.[1][2]
Round 1
Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 8 Oct 1927 | Castleford | 22â0 | Bramley | Wheldon Road[a] | |
| 2 | Sat 8 Oct 1927 | Dewsbury | 13â9 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt | |
| 3 | Sat 8 Oct 1927 | Halifax | 2â7 | Batley | Thrum Hall | |
| 4 | Sat 8 Oct 1927 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5â5 | Keighley | Craven Park (1) | |
| 5 | Sat 8 Oct 1927 | Leeds | 12â2 | Featherstone Rovers | Headingley | |
| 6 | Sat 8 Oct 1927 | Wakefield Trinity | 4â12 | Hull | Belle Vue | [3] |
| 7 | Sat 8 Oct 1927 | York | 15â2 | Bradford Northern | Clarence Street | |
| 8 | Hunslet | bye |
Round 1 - replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Tue 11 Oct 1927 | Keighley | 2â24 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Lawkholme Lane |
Round 2 â quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 19 Oct 1927 | Dewsbury | 15â5 | Batley | Crown Flatt | |
| 2 | Wed 19 Oct 1927 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 13â2 | Hunslet | Craven Park (1) | |
| 3 | Wed 19 Oct 1927 | York | 19â7 | Leeds | Clarence Street | |
| 4 | Thu 20 Oct 1927 | Hull | 7â7 | Castleford | Boulevard | [3] |
Round 2 - replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Wed 26 Oct 1927 | Castleford | 0â3 | Hull | Sandy Desert[b] | [3] |
Round 3 â semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 2 Nov 1927 | York | 0â10 | Hull | Clarence Street | [3] |
| 2 | Thu 3 Nov 1927 | Dewsbury | 2â0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Crown Flatt |
Final
26 November 1927 |
Teams
| Dewsbury[7] | No. | Hull[8] |
|---|---|---|
| Teams | ||
| James Lyman | 1 | Ernest Jenney |
| Harold Raywood | 2 | Emlyn Gwynne |
| George Layhe | 3 | Herbert Beardshaw |
| Clifford Smith | 4 | Billy Batten Jr. |
| Joe Lyman | 5 | Jack Davies |
| Henry Coates | 6 | Stan Whitty |
| Cliff Midgley | 7 | Eddie Caswell |
| Billy Rhodes | 8 | Malcolm Short |
| G.T. Mitchell | 9 | R. W. Bolderson |
| Joseph Hobson | 10 | Harold Bowman |
| Percy Brown | 11 | Bob Taylor |
| Harry Bland | 12 | Jack Smallwood |
| Harold Fox | 13 | Tommy Bateson |
| ?? | Coach | Edgar Wrigley |
The road to success
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huddersfield | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halifax | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batley | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keighley | 8 (24) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hunslet | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dewsbury | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Northern | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hull | 7 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 7 (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Castleford | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bramley | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- The first Yorkshire Cup game to be played at Castleford's new stadium
- The official Hull F.C. archives give the venue as Sandy Desert but according to the official Castleford Tigers website they moved from this ground in 1926 (or 1927 - depending on the article).
- The venue is given as Crown Flatt by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but as Headingley by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[5] and 1990-91[6]