1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1930–31 Rugby Football League season was the 36th season of rugby league football.

1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
Teams28
Champions Swinton
League Leaders Swinton
Top point-scorer(s) Jim Sullivan 278
Top try-scorer(s) Eric Harris 58

Season summary

Swinton won their third Championship when they defeated Leeds 14-7 in the play-off final. They had also finished the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Halifax who beat York 22-8.

The format of the competition was changed so that all clubs played the same number of matches, and percentages were done away with.[1]

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. St Helens Recs beat Wigan 18–3 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Huddersfield 10–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Swinton38312550415664
2Leeds38291869525859
3Wigan38282865719958
4Oldham38274746417858
5Huddersfield38272954527256
6Halifax382531040528353
7St. Helens382511250234451
8Hunslet382421252327850
9Salford382331242025649
10Warrington382321344729148
11York382311444136147
12St. Helens Recs382121543624344
13Hull Kingston Rovers382101734539942
14Wakefield Trinity382001851043840
15Wigan Highfield381731839843537
16Hull381721939842836
17Broughton Rangers381551837636635
18Dewsbury381422241840630
19Barrow381262035048130
20Castleford381502335153930
21Leigh381132424847925
22Widnes381122524545024
23Batley381112624550523
24Rochdale Hornets381022633055722
25Keighley38803024270516
26Featherstone Rovers38713026548615
27Bramley38533025163613
28Bradford Northern3841332278099

Championship Play-Off
Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Swinton 16
4 Oldham 3
Swinton 14
Leeds 7
2 Leeds 13
3 Wigan 0

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1930–31 Challenge Cup

Halifax beat York 22-8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 40,368.

This was Halifax’s third Challenge Cup final win in four Cup Final appearances.

To date this was the only Challenge Cup Final appearance by York.[2]

References
  1. "1930-31 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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