1929–30 Yorkshire Cup


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

Background

The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup was a knock-out competition between 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 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 December.

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 three byes in the first round.

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 15 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 19 Oct 1929Bramley2-0YorkBarley Mow
2Sat 19 Oct 1929Dewsbury16-10Featherstone RoversCrown Flatt
3Sat 19 Oct 1929Halifax18-5CastlefordThrum Hall
4Sat 19 Oct 1929Hull21-4Wakefield TrinityBoulevard
5Sat 19 Oct 1929Hull Kingston Rovers8-3HuddersfieldCraven Park
6Sat 19 Oct 1929Keighley9-7Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane
7Sat 19 Oct 1929Leeds5-11HunsletHeadingley
8Batleybye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Mon 28 Oct 1929Halifax0-3Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall
2Tue 29 Oct 1929Keighley4-0DewsburyLawkholme Lane
3Wed 30 Oct 1929Bramley17-8BatleyBarley Mow
4Thu 31 Oct 1929Hull4-8HunsletBoulevard

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 12 Nov 1929Keighley0-3HunsletLawkholme Lane
2Thu 14 Nov 1929Hull Kingston Rovers15-5BramleyCraven Park

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success