# 1907–08 Yorkshire Cup

The 1907 Yorkshire Cup was the third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. This year's final was a repeat of the first Yorkshire Cup final in which the same two clubs reached the same outcome. Hunslet won the trophy for the second time in three years by beating Halifax by the score of 17–0
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 15,000 and receipts were £397

## Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, Pontefract folded part way through the last season, and last years cup winner and cup holder, Bradford, became turncoats to play with the round ball. As replacement, a new club Bradford Northern joined the league, resulting in an overall decrease of two from 1906, and giving a total of thirteen entrants.
This in turn resulted in three byes in the first round.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Halifax | 10–5 | Batley | Thrum Hall |
| 2 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Hull | 21–10 | Keighley | Boulevard |
| 3 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Hunslet | 50–0 | Bramley | Parkside |
| 4 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | Leeds | 16–2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley |
| 5 | Sat 09 Nov 1907 | York | 14–15 | Bradford Northern | Clarence Street |
| 6 | 09 Nov 1907 | Dewsbury | 0 | bye | |
| 7 | 09 Nov 1907 | Huddersfield | 0 | bye | |
| 8 | 09 Nov 1907 | Wakefield Trinity | 0 | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 23 Nov 1907 | Dewsbury | 3–15 | Hull | Crown Flatt |
| 2 | Sat 23 Nov 1907 | Halifax | 31–0 | Bradford Northern | Thrum Hall |
| 3 | Sat 23 Nov 1907 | Huddersfield | 2–2 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown |
| 4 | Sat 23 Nov 1907 | Hunslet | 17–10 | Leeds | Parkside |

### Round 2 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
| R | Wed 27 Nov 1907 | Wakefield Trinity | 12–0 | Huddersfield | Belle Vue | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 07 Dec 1907 | Hull | 2–16 | Halifax | Boulevard | |
| 2 | Sat 07 Dec 1907 | Hunslet | 10–0 | Wakefield Trinity | Parkside | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Ref |
| | Saturday 21 December 1907 | Hunslet | 17–0 | Halifax | Headingley | 15,000 | 397 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Hunslet | № | Halifax |
| | teams | |
| Herbert Place | 1 | Billy Little |
| Fred Farrar | 2 | Harry Morley |
| Charlie Ward | 3 | Fred Atkins |
| Billy Eagers | 4 | Eddie Ward |
| Billy Batten | 5 | Joe Riley |
| Albert Goldthorpe | 6 | Jimmy Hilton |
| Fred Smith | 7 | Tommy Grey |
| Harry Wilson | 8 | Joseph Brearley |
| Billy Brookes | 9 | Fred Hammond |
| Bill Dukes | 10 | Asa Robinson |
| Jack Randall | 11 | Fred Littlewood |
| Tom Walsh | 12 | John Langhorn |
| Walter Wray | 13 | L Sunderland |
| | Coach | |
| 17 | score | 0 |
| 4 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Billy Batten | T | |
| Fred Smith | T | |
| Albert Goldthorpe | T | |
| | T | |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Charlie Ward | G | |
| Billy Eagers | G | |
| Albert Goldthorpe (2) | G | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | Billy Mc Cutcheon (Oldham) |
| Attendance: 15,000 | | |
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Bradford | Bradford | 68 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 2 | Bradford | Bradford | 21 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leeds | Leeds | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 7 | Leeds | Leeds | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 19 | | | | Bradford | Bradford | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Keighley | Keighley | 4 | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 34 | | | | | | | Keighley | Keighley | 4 | | | | |
| New Blackpool | New Blackpool | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Blackpool | New Blackpool | 2 | Keighley | Keighley | 34 | | | | | | | |
| | | | York | York | 2 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 8 | York | York | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 7 | | | | | | | | Bradford | Bradford | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 44 | | | | | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 |
| Pontefract | Pontefract | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pontefract | Pontefract | 0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 10 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 27 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 27 | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 0 | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 3 | | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 0 | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 6 | Halifax | Halifax | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |