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27/12/2022 Christmas Quiz; Answer to Q2 Q2.  The Summer League Championship is played for the new Woodhouse Cup.  But the Yorkshire inter-cities Saturday League plays for the Woodhouse Cup.  What is the explanation? A2.  The Woodhouse Cup was originally presented such that if a team won it three years in a row, they were deemed to have won it outright.  Leeds did just that, winning it outright in 1920 (or thereabouts).  A new Woodhouse Cup was presented and that was won outright by Sheffield in 1929 (or thereabouts).  At that point Leeds represented the old Woodhouse Cup and the rules were changed so that it could no longer be won outright.  Thus the old Woodhouse Cup is still being competed for in the Saturday Yorkshire League.  The new Woodhouse Cup was at one time used as the trophy for the Annual Match against Sheffield Works Association, Chess Section.  In recent times it has become the trophy for the Summer League. < Back to questions.