1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season

Rugby league football season 1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season Championship 28 Huddersfield (5th title) Champions St. Helens League Leaders Leeds ENG Joe Thompson (243) ENG Alf Ellaby (39) 1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season 1928–29 1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season 1930–31 The 1929–30 Rugby Football League season was the 35th season of rugby league football. 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.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=349 1929-30 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826205309/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=349 2009-08-26 live Championship main WDL Q 2 yes percentage notratio p complete Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96 1995 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7817-7 271 27 1 12 549 295 STH St Helens 25 2 11 510 317 HUD Huddersfield 23 3 10 397 214 SAL Salford 25 2 13 672 302 LEE Leeds 23 3 12 415 282 DEW Dewsbury 22 4 12 396 290 HKR Hull Kingston Rovers 23 1 14 590 303 WIG Wigan 21 1 14 483 389 WAR Warrington 21 3 14 535 358 HUN Hunslet F.C. 20 4 14 393 306 OLD Oldham 21 1 18 384 348 HFX Halifax 19 2 17 417 399 HUL Hull 17 3 16 355 414 SHR St Helens Recs 17 2 17 332 220 SWI Swinton 15 2 15 309 266 WID Widnes 16 0 16 257 266 WIH Wigan Highfield 19 1 20 399 428 WAK Wakefield Trinity 15 0 17 309 296 LEI Leigh 16 1 19 277 328 YOR York 14 2 20 244 427 KEI Keighley 14 0 20 271 437 BRO Broughton Rangers 13 2 19 258 442 ROC Rochdale Hornets 12 3 21 255 398 FEV Featherstone Rovers 10 5 21 199 399 BRM Bramley 10 2 20 352 388 BAR Barrow 10 2 24 230 535 CAS Castleford 7 2 27 221 543 BAT Batley 7 2 29 299 718 BRA Bradford Northern PO PO PO PO yellow1 Qualification for the Championship play-offs Championship play-off yes yes Semi-finals Championship final 1 St Helens 6 4 Leeds 10 2 Huddersfield 15 3 Salford 10 Leeds 2 0 Huddersfield 2 10 Final 10 May 1930 Leeds 2 – 2 Huddersfield Thompson Stocks Belle Vue, Wakefield 32,095 A. E. Harding (Broughton) Leeds 2-2 Huddersfield - 10.05.1930 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=112650 Rugby League Records 14 July 2025 Replay 12 May 1930 Huddersfield 10 – 0 Leeds Parker, Spencer Stocks (2) Thrum Hall, Halifax 18,563 A. E. Harding (Broughton) Huddersfield 10-0 Leeds - 12.05.1930 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=108482 Rugby League Records 14 July 2025 HuddersfieldNumberLeeds Teams William Stocks1George GoldieErnie Mills2Stanley SmithLen Bowkett3Tommy AskinGwyn Parker4Mel RosserFrank Royston5Frank O'RourkeStanley Spencer6Evan WilliamsErnie Thompson7Les AdamsJohn Rudd8Daniel PascoeCyril Halliday9William DemaineSam Gee10Joe ThompsonHenry Tiffany11Arthur ThomasTom Banks12Dai JenkinsHarold Young13Candy Evans County leagues St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Challenge Cup 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.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 2009-04-03 dead County cups 1929–30 Lancashire Cup 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 Sources 1929–30 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1929 in English rugby league Category:1930 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons