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1928–29 Yorkshire Cup

1928–29 Yorkshire Cup

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The 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup was the 21st occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers in the final by the score of 5-0. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £838. This was Leeds' first of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared.

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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 three byes in the first round.[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

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Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

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Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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Final

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Teams and scorers

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Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Dewsbury 14
Batley 3
Dewsbury 26
Bradford Northern 8
Bradford Northern
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Dewsbury 5
Leeds 16
Wakefield Trinity 7 (20)
Hunslet 7 (11)
Wakefield Trinity 7
Leeds 24
Leeds 20
Hull Kingston Rovers 5
Leeds 5
Featherstone Rovers 0
Halifax 5
Huddersfield 8
Huddersfield 4
Featherstone Rovers 7
Featherstone Rovers 4
Bramley 2
Featherstone Rovers 10
Castleford 6
York 14
Hull 9
York 0
Castleford 8
Castleford 19
Keighley 4

Notes

1 * The attendance is given as 13,000 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] but 14,000 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92[3] and 1990-91[4]

2 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield

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References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  3. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.

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