Champions Swinton Top point-scorer(s) Jim Sullivan 278 Start date 1930 Number of teams 28 | League Leaders Swinton Top try-scorer(s) Eric Harris 58 Champion Swinton Lions | |
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The 1930–31 Rugby Football League season was the 36th season of rugby league football.
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Season summary
Swinton won their third Championship when they defeated Leeds 14-7 in the play-off final. They had also finished the regular season as league leaders.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Halifax who beat York 22-8.
The format of the competition was changed so that all clubs played the same number of matches, and percentages were done away with.
Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. St Helens Recs beat Wigan 18–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Huddersfield 10–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
Challenge Cup
Halifax beat York 22-8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 40,368.
This was Halifax’s third Challenge Cup final win in four Cup Final appearances.
To date this was the only Challenge Cup Final appearance by York.