1930–31 Yorkshire Cup
# 1930–31 Yorkshire Cup

The 1930–31 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Huddersfield in the final by the score of 10–2. This was Leeds' second of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared.

## Background

The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.

The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

## Competition and results

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen. This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.

### Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Bradford Northern | 5-5 | Featherstone Rovers | Birch Lane |
| 2 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Bramley | 4-9 | Castleford | Barley Mow |
| 3 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Dewsbury | 6-8 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt |
| 4 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Hull | 18-5 | Hunslet | Boulevard |
| 5 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Leeds | 22-2 | Keighley | Headingley |
| 6 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Wakefield Trinity | 14-0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue |
| 7 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | York | 2-2 | Halifax | Clarence Street |
| 8 | | Batley | | bye | |

### Round 1 - replays

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | Mon 13 Oct 1930 | Halifax | 9-6 | York | Thrum Hall | | | | |
| R | Wed 15 Oct 1930 | Featherstone Rovers | 49-12 | Bradford Northern | Post Office Road | | | | |

### Round 2 - quarter finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tue 21 Oct 1930 | Batley | 2-12 | Wakefield Trinity | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Huddersfield | 8-6 | Featherstone Rovers | Fartown |
| 3 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Leeds | 2-2 | Halifax | Headingley |
| 4 | Thu 23 Oct 1930 | Hull | 12-8 | Castleford | Boulevard |

### Round 2 - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | Mon 27 Oct 1930 | Halifax | 2-12 | Leeds | Thrum Hall | | | | |

### Round 3 – semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mon 3 Nov 1930 | Huddersfield | 9-5 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | | | | |
| 2 | Thu 6 Nov 1930 | Hull | 4-9 | Leeds | Boulevard | | | | |

### Final

The final was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,812 and receipts were £1,405.

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 22 November 1930 | Leeds | 10-2 | Huddersfield | Thrum Hall | 17,812 | 1,405 | 1 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Leeds | No. | Huddersfield |
| - | - | - |
| team unknown | teams | team unknown |
| | 1 | |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | |
| Frank O'Rourke (position uncertain) | 4 | Leonard Bowkett |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | |
| Arthur Thomas (position uncertain) | 8 | |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | |
| ? | Coach | ? |
| 10 | score | 2 |
| 2 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| | T | |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | G | Leonard Bowkett (1) |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | unknown |

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hull | Hull | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 5 | Hull | Hull | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Castleford | Castleford | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 4 | Castleford | Castleford | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 9 | | | | Hull | Hull | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 9 | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 22 | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 9 | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley | Keighley | 2 | Leeds | Leeds | 2 (12) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Halifax | Halifax | 2 (2) | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 2 (6) | Halifax | Halifax | 2 (2) | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 2 (9) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 2 (9) | | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 2 |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 2 |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 5 (12) | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 5 (49) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 5 (49) | | | | Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | | | | | | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Batley | Batley | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 14 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
