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 (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 three byes in the first round.
Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Sat 19 Oct 1929Bramley2–0YorkBarley Mow2Sat 19 Oct 1929Dewsbury16–10Featherstone RoversCrown Flatt3Sat 19 Oct 1929Halifax18–5CastlefordThrum Hall4Sat 19 Oct 1929Hull21–4Wakefield TrinityBoulevard5Sat 19 Oct 1929Hull Kingston Rovers8–3HuddersfieldCraven Park (1)6Sat 19 Oct 1929Keighley9–7Bradford NorthernLawkholme Lane7Sat 19 Oct 1929Leeds5–11HunsletHeadingley8Batleybye
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Mon 28 Oct 1929Halifax0–3Hull Kingston RoversThrum Hall2Tue 29 Oct 1929Keighley4–0DewsburyLawkholme Lane3Wed 30 Oct 1929Bramley17–8BatleyBarley Mow4Thu 31 Oct 1929Hull4–8HunsletBoulevard
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef1Tue 12 Nov 1929Keighley0–3HunsletLawkholme Lane2Thu 14 Nov 1929Hull Kingston Rovers15–5BramleyCraven Park (1)
Final
Teams Hull Kingston RoversNo.Hunslet Teams Laurie Osborne1Jack WalkingtonG. W. Bateman2John RhodesJ. Cook3Johnny CoulsonJ. Jordan4Harry BeverleyH. Rainton (Tacker Rainton?)5George BroughtonHarry Dale6George ToddJack Spamer7Billy ThorntonxBenjamin "Ben" Britton8David Morgan JenkinsG. Sharp (L. Sharpe?)9Henry MossH. Roberts10James TraillHarold Binks11Dolly DawsonC. W. Westerdale (William "Bill" Westerdale?)12Hector CrowtherHarry Williams13George ChapmanWilliam 'Billy' JacquesCoach??
The road to success
See also 1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org