1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season

1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Teams28
ChampionsHuddersfield (5th title)
League LeadersSt. Helens
Runners-upLeeds
Top point-scorer(s)England Joe Thompson (243)
Top try-scorer(s)England Alf Ellaby (39)

The 1929–30 Rugby Football League season was the 35th season of rugby league football.

It is known for being the only season in league history to have all its games happen on cloudy days.

Season summary

Huddersfield won their fifth Championship, and their second in successive years, when they defeated Leeds 10–0 in the play–off final replay following a 2–2 draw.

St. Helens had finished the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Widnes after beating St. Helens 10–3 in the final.[1]

Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PAv PCT Qualification
1 St Helens 40 27 1 12 549 295 1.861 68.75 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2 Huddersfield 38 25 2 11 510 317 1.609 68.42
3 Salford 36 23 3 10 397 214 1.855 68.06
4 Leeds 40 25 2 13 672 302 2.225 65.00
5 Dewsbury 38 23 3 12 415 282 1.472 64.47
6 Hull Kingston Rovers 38 22 4 12 396 290 1.366 63.16
7 Wigan 38 23 1 14 590 303 1.947 61.84
8 Warrington 36 21 1 14 483 389 1.242 59.72
9 Hunslet F.C. 38 21 3 14 535 358 1.494 59.21
10 Oldham 38 20 4 14 393 306 1.284 57.89
11 Halifax 40 21 1 18 384 348 1.103 53.75
12 Hull 38 19 2 17 417 399 1.045 52.63
13 St Helens Recs 36 17 3 16 355 414 0.857 51.39
14 Swinton 36 17 2 17 332 220 1.509 50.00
15 Widnes 32 15 2 15 309 266 1.162 50.00
16 Wigan Highfield 32 16 0 16 257 266 0.966 50.00
17 Wakefield Trinity 40 19 1 20 399 428 0.932 48.75
18 Leigh 32 15 0 17 309 296 1.044 46.88
19 York 36 16 1 19 277 328 0.845 45.83
20 Keighley 36 14 2 20 244 427 0.571 41.67
21 Broughton Rangers 34 14 0 20 271 437 0.620 41.18
22 Rochdale Hornets 34 13 2 19 258 442 0.584 41.18
23 Featherstone Rovers 36 12 3 21 255 398 0.641 37.50
24 Bramley 36 10 5 21 199 399 0.499 34.72
25 Barrow 32 10 2 20 352 388 0.907 34.38
26 Castleford 36 10 2 24 230 535 0.430 30.56
27 Batley 36 7 2 27 221 543 0.407 22.22
28 Bradford Northern 38 7 2 29 299 718 0.416 21.05
Source: [2]

Championship play-off

Semi-finalsChampionship final
1St Helens6
4Leeds10
Leeds20
Huddersfield210
2Huddersfield15
3Salford10

Final

10 May 1930
Leeds 2 – 2 Huddersfield
Goals: Thompson
 Goals: Stocks
Belle Vue, Wakefield
Attendance: 32,095
Referee: A. E. Harding (Broughton)

Replay

12 May 1930
Huddersfield 10 – 0 Leeds
Tries: Parker, Spencer
Goals: Stocks (2)
Thrum Hall, Halifax
Attendance: 18,563
Referee: A. E. Harding (Broughton)

County leagues

St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League.

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1929–30 Challenge Cup

Widnes beat St Helens 10–3 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley played before a crowd of 36,544.

This was Widnes' first Cup Final appearance and thus their first Cup Final win.[3]

County cups

Main article: 1929–30 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1929–30 Yorkshire Cup

Warrington beat Salford 15–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hunslet 13–7 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

References

  1. ^ "1929-30 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-7472-7817-7.
  3. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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