1928–29 Yorkshire Cup

The 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup was the 21st occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers in the final by the score of 5-0. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £838. This was Leeds' first of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared.

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 new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen. This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 15 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 13 Oct 1928	Castleford	19-4	Keighley	Wheldon Road
2	Sat 13 Oct 1928	Dewsbury	14-3	Batley	Crown Flatt
3	Sat 13 Oct 1928	Featherstone Rovers	4-2	Bramley	Post Office Road
4	Sat 13 Oct 1928	Halifax	5-8	Huddersfield	Thrum Hall
5	Sat 13 Oct 1928	Leeds	20-5	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley
6	Sat 13 Oct 1928	Wakefield Trinity	7-7	Hunslet	Belle Vue
7	Sat 13 Oct 1928	York	14-9	Hull	Clarence Street
8		Bradford Northern		bye

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

R	Wed 17 Oct 1928	Hunslet	11-20	Wakefield Trinity	Parkside

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Wed 24 Oct 1928	Dewsbury	26-8	Bradford Northern	Crown Flatt
2	Wed 24 Oct 1928	Huddersfield	4-7	Featherstone Rovers	Fartown
3	Wed 24 Oct 1928	Wakefield Trinity	7-24	Leeds	Belle Vue
4	Wed 24 Oct 1928	York	0-8	Castleford	Clarence Street

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Wed 7 Nov 1928	Dewsbury	5-16	Leeds	Crown Flatt
2	Wed 7 Nov 1928	Featherstone Rovers	10-6	Castleford	Post Office Road

The road to success

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results