1926–27 Yorkshire Cup

The 1926–27 Yorkshire Cup was the nineteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Huddersfield won the trophy for the seventh time in total by beating Wakefield Trinity in the final by the score of 10–3. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,300 and receipts were £863.

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, but last year's junior entrant Castleford had now turned professional, and took part as a full league member; and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen. This in turn resulted in one byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 15 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Sat 9 Oct 1926	Batley	5-3	Dewsbury	Mount Pleasant
2	Sat 9 Oct 1926	Huddersfield	21-8	Keighley	Fartown
3	Sat 9 Oct 1926	Hull	14-0	Featherstone Rovers	Boulevard
4	Sat 9 Oct 1926	Hull Kingston Rovers	2-2	Halifax	Craven Park (1)
5	Sat 9 Oct 1926	Hunslet	7-13	Leeds	Parkside
6	Sat 9 Oct 1926	Wakefield Trinity	27-3	Bradford Northern	Belle Vue
7	Sat 9 Oct 1926	York	24-2	Castleford	Clarence Street
8		Bramley		bye

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
R	Mon 11 Oct 1926	Halifax	13-0	Hull Kingston Rovers	Thrum Hall

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Mon 18 Oct 1926	Leeds	3-26	York	Headingley
2	Tue 19 Oct 1926	Batley	2-7	Wakefield Trinity	Mount Pleasant
3	Wed 20 Oct 1926	Bramley	4-16	Hull	Barley Mow
4	Wed 20 Oct 1926	Halifax	8-10	Huddersfield	Thrum Hall

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref
1	Wed 27 Oct 1926	Huddersfield	8-0	York	Fartown
2	Wed 3 Nov 1926	Wakefield Trinity	15-5	Hull	Belle Vue

Final

The final was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 27 November 1926, but was postponed due to fog.