 Teams ranked lower than tier 6 play in the Yorkshire Shield or Yorkshire Trophy.In 1877, despite reservations within the Rugby Football Union, the committee of the Yorkshire County Football Club (composed from the clubs of Bradford FC, Huddersfield FC, Leeds FC, Hull FC and York FC) sanctioned a knock-out tournament - the first of its kind in the UK.The notion of competing for a trophy appealed to the public of Yorkshire as much as it appalled the guardians of amateurism.