1913–14 Yorkshire Cup

The 1913–14 Yorkshire Cup was the ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. 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.
This year saw a previous two-time winner, Huddersfield taking the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 19–3 in the final. The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,000 and receipts were £430. This was Huddersfield's fourth appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919, and who knows, but for the intervention of the First World War and suspension of the competition, it may have been more. It was also the first of the four consecutive wins.

Background

The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between 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 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 December.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 5 matches and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 18 Oct 1913	Bradford Northern	4–2	Keighley	Birch Lane
2	Sat 18 Oct 1913	Halifax	9–0	Batley	Thrum Hall
3	Sat 18 Oct 1913	Huddersfield	67–0	Bramley	Fartown
4	Sat 18 Oct 1913	Hunslet	8–19	Dewsbury	Parkside
5	Sat 18 Oct 1913	Wakefield Trinity	8–0	Hull	Belle Vue
6		Hull Kingston Rovers		bye
7		Leeds		bye
8		York		bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 1 Nov 1913	Dewsbury	18–5	Hull Kingston Rovers	Crown Flatt
2	Sat 1 Nov 1913	Halifax	0–39	Huddersfield	Thrum Hall
3	Sat 1 Nov 1913	Leeds	7–15	Wakefield Trinity	Headingley
4	Sat 1 Nov 1913	York	4–9	Bradford Northern	Clarence Street

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 15 Nov 1913	Bradford Northern	13–2	Wakefield Trinity	Birch Lane
2	Sat 15 Nov 1913	Huddersfield	37–0	Dewsbury	Fartown

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring – Try = three points – Goal = two points – Drop goal = two points