Original League
There had previously been a short lived Yorkshire League founded in 1898–99, featuring 10 teams, however it only lasted for two seasons and was dissolved by the end of 1899. It is generally not viewed as the same competition as that which emerged in the 1920s.
During the two years of its existence, the original Yorkshire league was won first by Sheffield United reserves and then in 1898–99 Wombwell were champions. The competition took place before many of the more well known clubs of today were formed, for example it featured a team from Leeds, which predated both Leeds City and Leeds United. The same could be said for the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford sides.
The teams who participated were;
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