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The Yorkshire Cup competition was founded in 1878, and was open to all clubs in the Yorkshire area playing under the rules of the Rugby Football Union. It was initially known as the Yorkshire Challenge Cup.

In 1877, despite reservations within the Rugby Football Union, the committee of the Yorkshire County Football Club sanctioned a knock-out tournament - the first of its kind in the UK.

The notion of competing for a trophy, appealed the public of Yorkshire as much as it appalled the guardians of amateurism. The proceeds from the final were distributed among local charities.

In the first season 16 teams battled it out for the T'owd Tin Pot, with York eventually losing out to Halifax in the final.

The trophy itself is known as "t'owd tin pot", pronounced with the Yorkshire accent, and since the schism of 1895 which led to the formation of the Northern Rugby Union, the cup has been competed for by clubs who remained with the Rugby Football Union.

The trophy was won by Morley Rugby Club in the two seasons prior to the Second World War, and was kept "in a drawer under the secretary's bed" for the duration of the war.

• 1878: Halifax bt York
• 1879: Wakefield Trinity bt Kirkstall at Hanson Lane, Halifax
• 1880: Wakefield Trinity bt Heckmondwike at Cardigan Fields, Leeds
• 1881: Dewsbury bt Wakefield Trinity
• 1882: Thornes bt Wakefield Trinity at Cardigan Fields, Leeds
• 1883: Wakefield Trinity bt Halifax at Cardigan Fields, Leeds
• 1884: Bradford bt Hull at Cardigan Fields, Leeds
• 1885: Batley bt Manningham
• 1886: Halifax bt Bradford
• 1887: Wakefield Trinity bt Leeds St Johns
• 1888: Halifax bt Wakefield Trinity
• 1889: Otley bt Liversedge
• 1890: Huddersfield bt Wakefield Trinity
• 1891: Pontefract bt Wakefield Trinity
• 1892: Hunslet 21 Leeds 0 at Huddersfield (att. 25,000)
• 1893: Halifax 10 Batley 3
• 1894: Halifax 38 Castleford 6
• 1895: Brighouse Rangers 16 Morley 4
• 1896: Castleford 3 West Riding 0
• 1897: Hull Kingston Rovers 11 Shipley 5
• 1898: Ossett 13 Hebden Bridge 3
• 1899: Sowerby Bridge 0 Alverthorpe 0
• 1899: Sowerby Bridge 4 Alverthorpe 0 ( replay )
• 1900: Mytholmroyd 11 Castleford 0
• 1901: Castleford 20 Morley 6
• 1902: Castleford 9 Old Dewsburians 5
• 1903: Skipton 6 Castleford 6
• 1903: Skipton 0 Castleford 6 ( replay )

Skipton protested about Castleford playing JT Taylor, registered with West Hartlepool. The county committee agreed, and ordered a replay, Castleford refused to play again, the cup was awarded to Skipton.

• 1904: Skipton 3 Mytholmroyd 0
• 1905: Harrogate 5 Wakefield Balne Lane 5
• 1905: Harrogate 7 Wakefield Balne Lane 5 ( replay )
• 1906: Castleford 11 Wakefield Balne Lane 0
• 1907: Harrogate 11 Headingley 6
• 1908: Castleford 29 Skipton 0
• 1909: Headingley 3 Skipton 0
• 1910: Otley 6 Hull and East Riding 0
• 1911: Otley 12 Hull and East Riding 0
• 1912: Skipton 7 Otley 0
• 1913: Headingley 20 Harrogate Old Boys 5
• 1914: Headingley 18 Harrogate Old Boys 5
• 1915 -1919 No Competition due to War.
• 1920 -1928: ??
• 1929: Otley winners
• 1930: ??
• 1931: Otley bt Halifax at Lidget Green Bradford
• 1932: Morley winners
• 1933: ??
• 1934: Otley 19-Sandal 4 at Bradford
• 1935: ??
• 1936: Otley winners
• 1937: Otley winners
• 1938: Morley winners
• 1939: Morley winners
• 1940-1946: no competition
• 1947-1948: ??
• 1949: Harrogate bt Skipton
• 1950-1960: ??
• 1961: Old Thornensians winners
• 1962: Old Thornensians winners
• 1963-1964: ??
• 1965: Harrogate bt Wakefield
• 1966-1980: ??
• 1981: Harrogate bt Morley
• 1982-1986: ?? Morley won the cup 3 times in the 1970's
• 1987: Headingley
• 1988: Headingley
• 1989: Headingley
• 1990: Wakefield
• 1991: Harrogate bt Otley
• 1992: Harrogate bt Bradford and Bingley
• 1993: Otley
• 1994: Wakefield
• 1995: Rotherham
• 1996: Morley bt Rotherham
• 1997: Sandal 16 Doncaster 13 at Otley
• 1998: Leeds bt Doncaster at Morley
• 1999: Doncaster 13 Sandal 10
• 2000: Doncaster
• 2001: Sandal 26 Middlesbrough 24 (at Harrogate)
• 2002: Harrogate bt Wharfedale
• 2003: Harrogate bt Doncaster
• 2004: Halifax
• 2005: Halifax
• 2006: Leeds Tykes winners
• 2007: Doncaster Knights 31 Wharfedale 6 at York

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