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Woodhouse Cup

This was contested between seven teams, each team playing each other once.

									Games				Matches
	Woodhouse	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Hull	X							60	30	20	10	6	5	1	0	5½
2	Sheffield		X						60	28	17	15	6	4	1	1	4½
3	Leeds			X					60	30	17	13	6	3	2	1	4
4	Bradford				X				60	23	19	18	6	4	0	2	4
5	Huddersfield					X			60	16	23	21	6	2	0	4	2
6	Wakefield						X		60	13	16	31	6	1	0	5	1
7	York							X	60	7	14	39	6	0	0	6	0

I. M. Brown Shield

This was contested between eight teams, in two regional sections, “West” and “East”, with a play-off between section winners, to determine the overall winner.

There were five teams in the “West” section, each playing each other twice, home and away, except that Sheffield and Dewbury played a single match (won by Sheffield) for double points.

	I M Bown West	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Bradford II	X					X					8	6	2	0	7
2	Sheffield II		X					X				7	4	1	2	5½
3	Leeds II			X					X			8	4	2	2	5.0
4	Huddersfield II				X					X		8	2	0	6	2.0
5	Dewsbury					X					X	7	0	1	6	½

There were only three teams in the “East” section, each playing each other twice, home and away.

	I M Bown  East	1	2	3	1	2	3	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Goole	X			X			4	3	1	0	3½
2	Hull II		X			X		4	1	1	2	1½
3	York II			X			X	4	0	2	2	1

The first play-off match was drawn, but Goole won the he replay match, as follows:

Goole	4‑4	Bradford II
Goole	4½‑3½	Bradford II

Created 18/08/2013

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 18/08/2013