1921–22 Yorkshire Cup

The 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup was the fourteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year saw another new name on the trophy when Leeds won the cup by beating Dewsbury by the score of 11-3 in the final. The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 20,000 and receipts were £1,650. This was the first of Leeds' Yorkshire Cup successes, and they would go on to triumph on a record seventeen occasions.

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

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no "leavers" but Featherstone Rovers joined for the first time as a league team, after being newly admitted to the league during the close-season. This resulted in one additional entrant, bringing the total up to fourteen. This in turn resulted in only two byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 6 matches and 14 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 15 Oct 1921	Batley	5-4	Hunslet	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 15 Oct 1921	Bradford Northern	2-14	Bramley	Birch Lane
3	Sat 15 Oct 1921	Dewsbury	3-0	Hull	Crown Flatt
4	Sat 15 Oct 1921	Hull Kingston Rovers	16-7	Keighley	Craven Street
5	Sat 15 Oct 1921	Leeds	11-2	Huddersfield	Headingley
6	Sat 15 Oct 1921	York	3-4	Wakefield Trinity	Clarence Street
7		Halifax		bye
8		Featherstone Rovers		bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 29 Oct 1921	Batley	5-5	Bramley	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 29 Oct 1921	Dewsbury	15-2	Wakefield Trinity	Crown Flatt
3	Sat 29 Oct 1921	Featherstone Rovers	0-12	Hull Kingston Rovers	Post Office Road
4	Sat 29 Oct 1921	Leeds	20-2	Halifax	Headingley

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
R	Wed 2 Nov 1921	Bramley	6-0	Batley	Barley Mow

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 12 Nov 1921	Bramley	4-11	Leeds	Barley Mow
2	Sat 12 Nov 1921	Dewsbury	8-3	Hull Kingston Rovers	Crown Flatt

Final

Teams and scorers

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