1924–25 Yorkshire Cup

The 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup was the seventeenth occasion on which the competition was held. This year's final was between two local rivals, Wakefield Trinity, who won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 9-8. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,546 and receipts were £1,912.

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, Wyke 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 5 matches and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Bramley	5-9	Dewsbury	Barley Mow
2	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Huddersfield	18-18	Batley	Fartown
3	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Hull Kingston Rovers	45-0	Halifax	Craven Park (1)
4	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Hunslet	2-11	York	Parkside
5	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Keighley	13-0	Bradford Northern	Lawkholme Lane
6	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Leeds	24-10	Castleford	Headingley
7	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Wakefield Trinity	20-8	Hull	Belle Vue
8	Sat 11 Oct 1924	Wyke	3-19	Featherstone Rovers	venue unknown

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
R	Tue 14 Oct 1924	Batley	12-3	Huddersfield	Mount Pleasant

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 25 Oct 1924	Featherstone Rovers	2-13	Batley	Post Office Road
2	Sat 25 Oct 1924	Hull Kingston Rovers	16-0	York	Craven Park (1)
3	Sat 25 Oct 1924	Keighley	5-8	Wakefield Trinity	Lawkholme Lane
4	Sat 25 Oct 1924	Leeds	24-4	Dewsbury	Headingley

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 08 Nov 1924	Hull Kingston Rovers	8-10	Batley	Craven Park (1)
2	Sat 08 Nov 1924	Leeds	4-5	Wakefield Trinity	Headingley

Final

Teams and scorers

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