# 1909–10 Yorkshire Cup

The 1909–10 Yorkshire Cup was the fifth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's final was between two clubs who had not previously played in the final and Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Batley by the score of 21–0. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts were £778. This was Huddersfield's first appearance in what would be seven appearances in eight consecutive finals between 1909 and 1919 (which included four successive victories and six in total.)

## Background

This season there were again no junior/amateur clubs taking part and so the total of entries remained the same at thirteen. 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 16 Oct 1909 | Bramley | 7–7 | Halifax | Barley Mow |
| 2 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | Huddersfield | 33–5 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Fartown |
| 3 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | Hunslet | 18–0 | Bradford Northern | Parkside |
| 4 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | Leeds | 2–3 | Wakefield Trinity | Headingley |
| 5 | Sat 16 Oct 1909 | York | 7–6 | Hull | Clarence Street |
| 6 | | Batley | | bye | . |
| 7 | | Dewsbury | | bye | . |
| 8 | | Keighley | | bye | . |

### Round 1 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
| R | Mon 18 Oct 1909 | Halifax | 29–2 | Bramley | Thrum Hall | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Batley | 8–4 | Dewsbury | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Halifax | 14–10 | York | Thrum Hall |
| 3 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Huddersfield | 12–4 | Hunslet | Fartown |
| 4 | Sat 30 Oct 1909 | Keighley | 8–8 | Wakefield Trinity | Lawkholme Lane |

### Round 2 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
| R | Wed 03 Nov 1909 | Wakefield Trinity | 7–3 | Keighley | Belle Vue | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 13 Nov 1909 | Batley | 7–7 | Wakefield Trinity | Mount Pleasant | | |
| 2 | Sat 13 Nov 1909 | Huddersfield | 20-2 | Halifax | Fartown | 28600 | |

### Semifinal - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Ref |
| R | Wed 17 Nov 1909 | Wakefield Trinity | 3–11 | Batley | Belle Vue | |

### Final

* 27 November 1909
| Huddersfield | 21 – 0 | Batley |
| Tries: Sykes, Wrigley, Rosenfeld, Kitchen, Ainley Goals: Holroyd (2), Wrigley | | |
* Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 22,000 Referee: J. H. Smith (Widnes)

#### Teams

| Huddersfield | No. | Batley |
| | teams | |
| Jack Bartholomew | 1 | Albert Senior |
| Edward Sykes | 2 | Eddie Ward |
| Edgar Wrigley | 3 | Wattie Davies |
| Albert Rosenfeld | 4 | William T. Davies |
| Billy Kitchin | 5 | Harry Thomas |
| Percy Holroyd | 6 | Joe Oakland |
| Jim Davies | 7 | John Jones |
| Wilfred Ainley | 8 | Jim Gath |
| Douglas Clark | 9 | Ted Fozzard |
| Fred Charlesworth | 10 | James Debney |
| Clon Sherwood | 11 | Willie Settle |
| William Trevarthen | 12 | Fred Hill |
| Elijah Watts | 13 | Arthur Kitson |
| | Coach | |

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 33 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 18 | Hunslet | Hunslet | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 0 | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 20 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 7 (2) | | | | | | | Halifax | Halifax | 2 | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 7 (29) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 7 (29) | Halifax | Halifax | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | York | York | 10 | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 7 | York | York | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 6 | | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Batley | Batley | 0 |
| Batley | Batley | | | | | | | | | | | | Batley | Batley | 0 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Batley | Batley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 4 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Batley | Batley | 7 (11) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 7 (3) | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 7 (3) | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Keighley | Keighley | 8 (3) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 (7) | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 2 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 8 (7) | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |