1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season

Rugby league football season

Rugby league season

1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season

League| Championship
Teams| 28
Champions| Huddersfield (5th title)
League Leaders| St. Helens
Runners-up| Leeds
Top point-scorer(s)|  Joe Thompson (243)
Top try-scorer(s)|  Alf Ellaby (39)

← 1928–29

1930–31 →

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

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PAv | PCT | Qualification

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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

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| Semi-finals| | | Championship final
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| 1| St Helens| 6
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| 4| Leeds| 10| |
| | | Leeds| 2| 0
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| | | Huddersfield| 2| 10
| 2| Huddersfield| 15| |
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| 3| Salford| 10| |
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### Final

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10 May 1930

Leeds | 2 – 2  | Huddersfield

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Goals: Thompson
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Belle Vue, Wakefield
Attendance: 32,095
Referee: A. E. Harding (Broughton)

### Replay

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12 May 1930

Huddersfield | 10 – 0  | Leeds

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Tries: Parker, Spencer
Goals: Stocks (2)
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Thrum Hall, Halifax
Attendance: 18,563
Referee: A. E. Harding (Broughton)

## County leagues

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

## Challenge Cup

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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

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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

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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.

## Sources

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* 1929–30 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

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