# 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 (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 the form of Acton & Willesden.
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) 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 (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars).

## 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 (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 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 |
| 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

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Ref |
| | Saturday 22 November 1924 | Wakefield Trinity | 9-8 | Batley | Headingley | 25,546 | £1,912 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Wakefield Trinity | № | Batley |
| | teams | |
| Len Abraham(s) | 1 | Joseph "Joe" Robinson |
| C. A. "Charlie" Pollard | 2 | John Cyril Stacey |
| Billy Batten | 3 | George Davidge |
| Peter Reid | 4 | Harry Rees |
| Edward "Ned" Thomas | 5 | J. Kirkby |
| Thomas "Tommy" Pickup | 6 | William "Willie" Scott |
| Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (c) | 7 | Isaac "Ike" John Fowler |
| Bernard P Gould | 8 | Alonza Brook |
| Robert "Bob" White | 9 | Jack Leeming |
| Ernest W. Blower | 10 | Jack W. Smith |
| Thomas Gibson | 11 | Fred Carter |
| William "Bill" Horton | 12 | George Douglas |
| C H "Charlie" Glossop | 13 | Frank Gallagher |
| ?? | Coach | ?? |
| 9 | score | 8 |
| 5 | HT | 8 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (1) | T | 2 |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| C. A. "Charlie" Pollard (2) | G | 1 |
| Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (1) | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | unknown |
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 |
| Leeds | Leeds | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 10 | Leeds | Leeds | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 5 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 9 | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 13 | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 0 | Keighley | Keighley | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 20 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 8 | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Batley | Batley | 8 |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | Batley | Batley | 8 |
| Halifax | Halifax | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | York | York | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 2 | York | York | 0 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 11 | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Batley | Batley | 10 | | | | |
| Wyke | Wyke | 3 | | | | | | | Batley | Batley | 10 | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 19 | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Batley | Batley | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 18 (3) | Batley | Batley | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 18 (12) | | | | | | | | | | |