Teams 15 Runners-up Huddersfield | Winners Leeds | |
Structure Regional knockout championship | ||
The 1930 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.
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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 entants 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
Round 1 - replays
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Round 2 - quarter finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Round 2 - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Round 3 – semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Final
The final was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,812 and receipts were £1,405.
Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points