The Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Cup (formerly the Lazenby Cup until 2017) is an annual pre-season friendly between English

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

teams

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

and

Hunslet Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the Leeds city centre, city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside (ward), Hunslet and Riverside ward of Lee ...

History

The Lazenby Cup was first played in 1912 after

Tracey Lazenby Tracy Lazenby (second ¼ ), also known by the nickname of " OHMSS", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers (two spells), Wakefield Trinity (t ...

donated the trophy to be played for by

and

with the proceeds going to junior rugby in the city. Hunslet and Leeds both played for the trophy until 1972, after Leeds played Bramley until 1985 when the trophy was retired until 2004 when the trophy was contested between Leeds and Hunslet again. In 2017 the cup was renamed the Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Cup after

Harry Jepson Harry Jepson (4 February 1920 – 29 August 2016) was an English rugby league administrator and president of Leeds Rhinos. Early life Born in Hunslet, Leeds, Jepson was educated at Cockburn High School and subsequently worked for Leeds City C ...

who was club president of

and had strong links to Hunslet and died in 2016.

Results

Winners

References

{{reflist Leeds Rhinos Hunslet R.L.F.C.