1929–30 Yorkshire Cup

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The 1929–30 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy for the second time in their history, beating Hunslet in the final by the score of 13–7. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,000 and receipts were £687

1929–30 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersHull Kingston Rovers
Runners-upHunslet

Background

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The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup 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

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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 three byes in the first round.[1][2]

Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 19 Oct 1929 Bramley 2-0 York Barley Mow
2 Sat 19 Oct 1929 Dewsbury 16-10 Featherstone Rovers Crown Flatt
3 Sat 19 Oct 1929 Halifax 18-5 Castleford Thrum Hall
4 Sat 19 Oct 1929 Hull 21-4 Wakefield Trinity Boulevard [3]
5 Sat 19 Oct 1929 Hull Kingston Rovers 8-3 Huddersfield Craven Park (1)
6 Sat 19 Oct 1929 Keighley 9-7 Bradford Northern Lawkholme Lane
7 Sat 19 Oct 1929 Leeds 5-11 Hunslet Headingley
8 Batley bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 28 Oct 1929 Halifax 0-3 Hull Kingston Rovers Thrum Hall
2 Tue 29 Oct 1929 Keighley 4-0 Dewsbury Lawkholme Lane
3 Wed 30 Oct 1929 Bramley 17-8 Batley Barley Mow
4 Thu 31 Oct 1929 Hull 4-8 Hunslet Boulevard [3]

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 12 Nov 1929 Keighley 0-3 Hunslet Lawkholme Lane
2 Thu 14 Nov 1929 Hull Kingston Rovers 15-5 Bramley Craven Park (1)

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 30 November 1929 Hull Kingston Rovers 13-7 Hunslet Headingley 11,000 1 [4][5]

Teams and scorers

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Hull Kingston Rovers No. Hunslet
teams
Laurie Osborne 1 Jack Walkington
G. W. Bateman 2 George Broughton
J. Cook 3 J. Coulson
J. Jordan 4 Harry Beverley
H. Rainton (Tacker Rainton?) 5 … Rhodes
Harry Dale 6 George Todd
Jack Spamer 7 Billy Thornton
xBenjamin "Ben" Britton 8 David Morgan Jenkins
G. Sharp (L. Sharpe?) 9 … Moss
H. Roberts 10 James Traill
Harold Binks 11 Hector Crowther
C. W. Westerdale (William "Bill" Westerdale?) 12 Frank "Dolly" Dawson
Harry Williams 13 W. G. Chapman
William 'Billy' Jacques Coach ??
13 score 7
13 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
H. Rainton (1) T David Morgan Jenkins (1)
Harry Dale (1) T
J. T. "Jack" Spamer (1) T
Laurie Osborne (2) Goals James Traill (2)
G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee F. Fairhurst (Wigan)

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

The road to success

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First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Halifax 18
Castleford 5
Halifax 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 3
Hull Kingston Rovers 8
Huddersfield 3
Hull Kingston Rovers 15
Bramley 5
Bramley 2
York 0
Bramley 17
Batley 8
Batley
bye
Hull Kingston Rovers 13
Hunslet 7
Keighley 9
Bradford Northern 7
Keighley 4
Dewsbury 0
Dewsbury 16
Featherstone Rovers 10
Keighley 0
Hunslet 3
Hull 21
Wakefield Trinity 4
Hull 4
Hunslet 8
Leeds 5
Hunslet 11

Notes

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1 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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