The 1927–28 Yorkshire Cup tournament was the 20th occasion on which the competition had been held.

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won the trophy by beating

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in the final by the score of 8–2. The match was played at Headingley,

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, now in

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. The attendance was 21,700 and receipts were £1,466. This was

's second triumph in a three-year period having last won the trophy in 1925–26.

Background

The

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's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of

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. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle,

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, 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 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 one bye in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes

1 * The first Yorkshire Cup game to be played at

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's new stadium 2 * The official

archives give the venue as

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but according to the official Castleford Tiugers website they moved from this ground in 1926 (or 1927 - depending on the article). Other references (including Wikipedia's

] also add confusion to the date of the move 3 * The venue is given as Crown Flatt#History, Crown Flatt by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but as Headingley by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91 4 * Headingley,

, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

References

External links

Saints Heritage Society1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.comHull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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