8-545: The RFL Yorkshire Cup is a rugby league county cup competition for teams in Yorkshire. Starting in 1905 the competition ran, with the exception of 1915 to 1918, until the 1992–93 season, when it folded due to fixture congestion. The competition was open to all senior member clubs of the Rugby Football League in Yorkshire and was normally played in the opening months of the season. On two occasions, 1918–19 and 1940–41
16-513: A trophy, called the White Rose Trophy, was awarded to the man of the match in each final. The judging was conducted by members of the press. In 2019, the name of the competition was reused as a pre-season tournament between seven of the non-Super League teams; Batley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Featherstone, Halifax, Hunslet and York; and amateur side Hunslet Club Parkside . The competition was a one-off has not been played since. Bradford Bulls won
24-674: The competition was held towards the end of the season due to the two world wars. During the Second World War the Lancashire Cup was not played for between 1941 and 1945 and several Lancashire clubs were admitted into the Yorkshire Cup competition instead. The cup finals in 1942, 1943 and 1944 were played over two legs with the winner being determined by aggregate score over the two matches. 1941, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1978, 1987 & 1989 Sources: Between 1966 and 1993
32-414: The competition, it may have been more. It was also the third of the four consecutive wins. The Rugby Football League 's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) 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 (in
40-476: The same as in the previous competition held before the outbreak of the war at thirteen. This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round. This was Huddersfield 's sixth appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total), and who knows, but for the intervention of the First World War and suspension of
48-573: The score of 14–8 in the final. The match was played at Headingley , Leeds , now in West Yorkshire . The attendance was 21,500 and receipts were £1,309. The shortened 1918–19 (February–May) season began less than three months after the end of the hostilities and the armistice of Compiègne . The country was still suffering from the aftermath of the long and bitter struggle. The 1918–19 (January) Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season had been operating since September 1918. This
56-472: The tournament beating Batley Bulldogs 14–12 at Mount Pleasant, Batley. 1918%E2%80%9319 Yorkshire Cup The 1918–19 Yorkshire Cup was the eleventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This quickly arranged competition was won by the cup holder who would make it a hat trick of wins, taking up where they left off before the start of the World War. Huddersfield beat Dewsbury by
64-568: Was cancelled, and the programme started tailing off in January 1919. The only club to be "lost" to the Yorkshire League was Keighley who closed down for the duration of the War and did not recommence playing until the start of the 1919–20 season. This season saw an invitation to junior/amateur club Featherstone Rovers which, with the temporary loss of Keighley , resulted in the total entries remaining
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