1923–24 Yorkshire Cup

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. 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 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 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 and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Castleford	3-17	Batley	Sandy Desert
2	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Dewsbury	13-5	Leeds	Crown Flatt
3	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Elland Wanderers	2-53	Huddersfield	venue unknown
4	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Featherstone Rovers	6-15	Hull Kingston Rovers	Post Office Road
5	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Halifax	27-0	Bradford Northern	Thrum Hall
6	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Hull	16-3	Bramley	Boulevard
7	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Keighley	5-3	York	Lawkholme Lane
8	Sat 13 Oct 1923	Wakefield Trinity	4-13	Hunslet	Belle Vue

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 27 Oct 1923	Huddersfield	19-2	Halifax	Fartown
2	Sat 27 Oct 1923	Hull	16-7	Hunslet	Boulevard
3	Sat 27 Oct 1923	Hull Kingston Rovers	7-16	Batley	Craven Park (1)
4	Sat 27 Oct 1923	Keighley	6-8	Dewsbury	Lawkholme Lane

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 10 Nov 1923	Dewsbury	3-12	Hull	Crown Flatt
2	Sat 10 Nov 1923	Huddersfield	10-9	Batley	Fartown

Final

Teams and scorers

Hull	№	Huddersfield
	Teams
Ned Rogers	1	Joe Oliver
Billy Stone	2	Stanley Thorpe
Tom Collins	3	Joseph McTighe
Billy Batten	4	Harold Wagstaff
Jim Kennedy	5	Johnny Rogers
Stan Whitty	6	James May
Eddie Caswell	7	Harold Edmondson
Jack Beasty	8	Arthur Sherwood
Bill Brennan	9	Ben Gronow
Harold Bowman	10	Thomas Fenwick
Bob Taylor	11	Douglas Clark
Edgar Morgan	12	George Naylor
Harold Garrett	13	Tommy Schofield
??	Coach	??
10	score	4
3	HT	4
	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	T
	Goals
	G	Ben Gronow
	G	Joe Oliver
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
	DG
Referee		unknown

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