This page has the Yorkshire League tables from 1921-1930 on it, along with details of changes/movements for those seasons.

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YORKSHIRE LEAGUE 1921-1930

 

The early years of the Yorkshire League have an almost chaotic sense about them.  None of the Final Tables, up to and including the 1929-1930 seasons, have ‘goals for’ and ‘goals against’ columns which match, the differences being as great as 13 for 1928-1929 and 14 for 1925-1926.  While research is carried out to try and correct the figures, the outcomes as held by the Northern Counties (East) League are presented below.  Another feature of the Yorkshire League in its early history is the constant change in membership and size.  By the end of the 1929-1930 season only Harrogate and Selby Town had managed to play in every campaign since the competition began, with Brodsworth Main ever-present from the league’s second season.

 

At the end of the 1920-1921 season Dewsbury & Savile withdrew, while Harrogate, Wakefield City, Wath Athletic and Wombwell placed their reserve teams in the Yorkshire League, while the clubs’ first elevens joined the Midland League.  Goole Shipyards changed their name to Hook Shipyards.  Five new clubs were admitted – Brodsworth Main, Castleford Town Reserves, Doncaster Rovers Reserves, Halifax Town Reserves and Houghton Main.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1921-1922

 

1	Houghton Main	32	24	4	4	86	25	52
2	Bradford Park Avenue Reserves	32	23	4	5	119	36	50
3	Brodsworth Main	32	20	7	5	81	34	47
4	Wombwell Reserves	32	21	4	7	86	45	46
5	Halifax Town Reserves	32	18	5	9	87	40	41
6	Doncaster Rovers Reserves	32	17	4	11	84	40	38
7	Selby Town	32	15	7	10	94	51	37
8	Rowntrees	32	14	9	9	60	44	37
9	Acomb	32	18	1	13	61	86	37
10	Wath Athletic Reserves	32	14	5	13	80	59	33
11	Fryston Colliery Welfare	32	13	2	17	76	65	28
12	Harrogate Reserves	32	10	5	17	62	74	25
13	Yorkshire Amateur	32	9	4	19	69	72	22
14	Castleford Town Reserves	32	7	6	19	49	86	20
15	Hook Shipyards	32	7	4	21	40	51	18
16	Wakefield City Reserves	32	3	4	25	33	140	10
17	York Y.M.C.A.	32	1	1	30	23	239	3
		544	234	76	234	1190	1187	544

 

Castleford Town Reserves, Hook Shipyards, Rowntrees, Wath Athletic Reserves and York Y.M.C.A. all left at the end of the season.  Harrogate and Wakefield City replaced their reserve sides with their first teams.  Four new clubs entered the league – Bentley Colliery, Castleford & Allerton United, Frickley Colliery and Rothwell Athletic.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1922-1923

 

1	Bradford Park Avenue Reserves	30	24	2	4	119	43	50
2	Halifax Town Reserves	30	22	3	5	90	37	47
3	Frickley Colliery	30	18	3	9	58	35	39
4	Castleford & Allerton United	30	17	4	9	58	40	38
5	Doncaster Rovers Reserves	30	14	8	8	52	38	36
6	Wakefield City	30	11	11	8	53	39	33
7	Selby Town	30	14	5	11	56	52	33
8	Wombwell Reserves	30	11	9	10	55	44	31
9	Brodsworth Main	30	11	9	10	51	56	31
10	Bentley Colliery	30	12	5	13	57	52	29
11	Fryston Colliery Welfare	30	9	6	15	45	48	24
12	Yorkshire Amateur	30	8	7	15	49	78	23
13	Harrogate	30	8	6	16	30	50	22
14	Rothwell Athletic	30	6	5	19	27	81	17
15	Houghton Main	30	5	5	20	36	76	15
16	Acomb	30	4	4	22	42	108	12
		480	194	92	194	878	877	480

 

Acomb, Doncaster Rovers Reserves (Midland League) and Houghton Main all left at the end of the season.  Altofts West Riding Colliery, Leeds Harehills, Methley Perseverance, Monckton Athletic and York City Reserves joined the competition.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1923-1924

 

1	Methley Perseverance	34	24	6	4	84	24	54
2	Frickley Colliery	34	22	8	4	96	41	52
3	Bradford Park Avenue Reserves	34	22	5	7	96	38	49
4	Monckton Athletic	34	17	8	9	71	41	42
5	Altofts West Riding Colliery	34	17	5	12	67	47	39
6	Halifax Town Reserves	34	16	6	12	66	56	38
7	Brodsworth Main	34	15	7	12	62	65	37
8	Leeds Harehills	34	14	7	13	51	54	35
9	Wakefield City	34	15	5	14	51	54	35
10	Castleford & Allerton United	34	13	7	14	51	52	33
11	Harrogate	34	14	3	17	69	73	31
12	York City Reserves	34	10	9	15	36	58	29
13	Bentley Colliery	34	10	8	16	46	56	28
14	Wombwell Reserves	34	10	6	18	46	77	26
15	Fryston Colliery Welfare	34	10	5	19	46	60	25
16	Selby Town	34	10	4	20	65	81	24
17	Yorkshire Amateur	34	8	4	22	50	99	20
18	Rothwell Athletic	34	6	3	25	28	106	15
		612	253	106	253	1081	1082	612

 

Bradford Park Avenue Reserves, Halifax Town Reserves, Leeds Harehills, Rothwell Athletic, Wombwell Reserves and Yorkshire Amateur all left the competition.  Frickley Colliery joined the Midland League, placing their reserve team in the Yorkshire League.  Bridlington Town, Bullcroft Main, Goole Town and Leeds City were all admitted.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1924-1925

 

1	Brodsworth Main	30	21	4	5	73	28	46
2	Selby Town	30	17	6	7	77	57	40
3	Castleford & Allerton United	30	16	6	8	66	37	38
4	Fryston Colliery Welfare	30	17	3	10	58	41	37
5	GooleTown	30	15	6	9	49	46	36
6	Leeds City	30	13	7	10	59	44	33
7	Harrogate	30	12	7	11	46	49	31
8	Methley Perseverance	30	10	8	12	59	64	28
9	Bridlington Town	30	11	6	13	55	67	28
10	Altofts West Riding Colliery	30	9	8	13	30	44	26
11	Frickley Colliery Reserves	30	11	3	16	45	48	25
12	Bullcroft Main	30	11	3	16	49	66	25
13	Bentley Colliery	30	9	7	14	40	61	25
14	Wakefield City	30	7	9	14	38	48	23
15	York City Reserves	30	7	6	17	48	65	20
16	Monckton Athletic	30	8	3	19	40	59	19
		480	194	92	194	832	824	480

 

Bentley Colliery, Bullcroft Main and Frickley Colliery Reserves all departed at the end of the season.  O.C.O. Selby and Scarborough Penguins joined the competition.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1925-1926

 

1	Methley Perseverance	28	20	4	4	99	36	44
2	SelbyTown	28	20	4	4	73	46	44
3	Altofts West Riding Colliery	28	17	3	8	76	54	37
4	Leeds City	28	15	4	9	84	55	34
5	Harrogate	28	14	5	9	62	52	33
6	Brodsworth Main	28	13	5	10	81	66	31
7	Monckton Athletic	28	11	7	10	84	82	29
8	Scarborough Penguins	28	12	3	13	56	68	27
9	Castleford & Allerton United	28	11	2	15	62	61	24
10	Bridlington Town	28	9	6	13	55	69	24
11	Goole Town	28	9	6	13	49	72	24
12	O.C.O. Selby	28	8	5	15	66	75	21
13	York City Reserves	28	7	4	17	53	76	18
14	Wakefield City	28	6	4	18	35	71	16
15	Fryston Colliery Welfare	28	4	6	18	39	77	14
		420	176	68	176	974	960	420

 

Fryston Colliery Welfare left at the end of the season.  The size of the competition was increased to 16 clubs by the admission of Castleford Town from the Midland League and Scarborough from the Northern League.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1926-1927

 

1	Harrogate	30	21	6	3	102	51	48
2	Castleford Town	30	20	5	5	87	37	45
3	Selby Town	30	19	5	6	94	48	43
4	Goole Town	30	17	3	10	92	71	37
5	Scarborough Penguins	30	17	1	12	72	63	35
6	O.C.O. Selby	30	15	4	11	67	46	34
7	Castleford & Allerton United	30	14	6	10	66	56	34
8	York City Reserves	30	10	8	12	73	54	28
9	Brodsworth Main	30	12	4	14	63	77	28
10	Scarborough	30	10	7	13	74	69	27
11	Leeds City	30	11	4	15	69	59	26
12	Monckton Athletic	30	11	2	17	58	94	24
13	Methley Perseverance	30	10	3	17	69	111	23
14	Altofts West Riding Colliery	30	10	3	17	42	74	23
15	Bridlington Town	30	9	3	18	52	70	21
16	Wakefield City	30	0	4	26	24	123	4
		480	206	68	206	1104	1103	480

 

Leeds City, Monckton Athletic and Scarborough all left at the end of the season.  There were no new admissions.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1927-1928

 

1	Goole Town	24	17	3	4	88	47	37
2	Selby Town	24	16	4	4	88	35	36
3	Altofts West Riding Colliery	24	16	4	4	73	31	36
4	Castleford Town	24	17	2	5	89	47	36
5	Harrogate	24	15	3	6	85	46	33
6	Bridlington Town*	23	14	2	7	74	55	30
7	Brodsworth Main	24	9	4	11	57	59	22
8	O.C.O. Selby	24	9	2	13	49	60	20
9	York City Reserves*	22	8	2	12	38	63	18
10	Castleford & Allerton United	24	6	4	14	62	83	16
11	Scarborough Penguins*	23	5	2	16	56	82	12
12	Methley Perseverance*	20	2	2	16	24	67	6
13	Wakefield City	24	1	0	23	31	134	2
		304	135	34	135	814	809	304

 

*Methley Perseverance did not complete their fixtures.

Castleford & Allerton United and Wakefield City left the competition.  Five clubs were admitted – Bradford City Reserves, Bradford Park Avenue Reserves, Halifax Town Reserves, Hull City ‘A’ and Pontefract Borough.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1928-1929

 

Scarborough Penguins amalgamated with former Yorkshire League club Scarborough on October 26^th and the remainder of the club’s fixtures for the season were played as ‘Scarborough Reserves’.

 

1	Bradford Park Avenue Reserves	30	28	2	0	191	23	58
2	Selby Town	30	18	5	7	73	74	41
3	Bradford City Reserves	30	18	2	10	108	52	38
4	Halifax Town Reserves	30	15	7	8	87	47	37
5	Goole Town	30	15	3	12	81	82	33
6	Methley Perseverance	30	14	3	13	76	88	31
7	York City Reserves	30	13	5	12	61	85	31
8	Bridlington Town	30	13	2	15	93	71	28
9	Altofts West Riding Colliery	30	11	5	14	95	98	27
10	O.C.O. Selby	30	9	7	14	77	96	25
11	Scarborough Reserves	30	11	3	16	60	81	25
12	Hull City ‘A’	30	11	2	17	73	85	24
13	Castleford Town	30	8	7	15	77	100	23
14	Harrogate	30	9	5	16	56	90	23
15	Brodsworth Main	30	9	2	19	63	114	20
16	Pontefract Borough	30	7	2	21	76	148	16
		480	209	62	209	1347	1334	480

 

Bradford Park Avenue Reserves and Castleford Town left the competition, which was joined by Leeds United ‘A’.

 

Yorkshire League Final Table 1929-1930

 

Methley Perseverance  became Huddersfield Town ‘A’ during the season and completed their fixtures under the new name.  After playing 18 games, from which only 4 points were earned, Pontefract Borough resigned and their record was deleted.

This meant only 14 clubs finished the season, with the Halifax Town Reserves-Hull City ‘A’ fixture not played to leave the final standings like this:

 

1	Bradford City Reserves	26	19	4	3	100	44	42
2	Leeds United ‘A’	26	17	6	3	86	29	40
3	Harrogate	26	15	4	7	73	49	34
4	Scarborough Reserves	26	15	4	7	52	35	34
5	Goole Town	26	12	5	9	60	45	29
6	Selby Town	26	13	1	12	76	69	27
7	Bridlington Town	26	11	4	11	54	56	26
8	Halifax Town Reserves	25	9	5	11	53	53	23
9	York City reserves	26	9	4	13	69	72	22
10	Huddersfield Town ‘A’	26	5	9	12	39	57	19
11	Brodsworth Main	26	7	5	14	35	57	19
12	Hull City ‘A’	25	8	2	15	58	93	18
13	O.C.O. Selby	26	5	5	16	41	70	15
14	Altofts West Riding Colliery	26	6	2	18	42	103	14
		362	151	60	151	838	832	362

 

Altofts West Riding Colliery, Bradford City Reserves, Hull City ‘A’ and Scarborough Reserves all left the Yorkshire League.  East Riding Amateurs  joined the competition and Yorkshire Amateur returned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 20th - More pages and seasons on Yorkshire League history will be added during the next few weeks.