# 1929–30 Yorkshire Cup

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 No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 19 Oct 1929 | Bramley | 2-0 | York | Barley Mow |
| 2 | Sat 19 Oct 1929 | Dewsbury | 16-10 | Featherstone Rovers | Crown Flatt |
| 3 | Sat 19 Oct 1929 | Halifax | 18-5 | Castleford | Thrum Hall |
| 4 | Sat 19 Oct 1929 | Hull | 21-4 | Wakefield Trinity | Boulevard |
| 5 | Sat 19 Oct 1929 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 8-3 | Huddersfield | Craven Park (1) |
| 6 | Sat 19 Oct 1929 | Keighley | 9-7 | Bradford Northern | Lawkholme Lane |
| 7 | Sat 19 Oct 1929 | Leeds | 5-11 | Hunslet | Headingley |
| 8 | | Batley | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Mon 28 Oct 1929 | Halifax | 0-3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Thrum Hall |
| 2 | Tue 29 Oct 1929 | Keighley | 4-0 | Dewsbury | Lawkholme Lane |
| 3 | Wed 30 Oct 1929 | Bramley | 17-8 | Batley | Barley Mow |
| 4 | Thu 31 Oct 1929 | Hull | 4-8 | Hunslet | Boulevard |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Tue 12 Nov 1929 | Keighley | 0-3 | Hunslet | Lawkholme Lane | | | | |
| 2 | Thu 14 Nov 1929 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 15-5 | Bramley | Craven Park (1) | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 30 November 1929 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 13-7 | Hunslet | Headingley | 11,000 | | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Hull Kingston Rovers | No. | Hunslet |
| | teams | |
| Laurie Osborne | 1 | Jack Walkington |
| G. W. Bateman | 2 | George Broughton |
| J. Cook | 3 | J. Coulson |
| J. Jordan | 4 | Harry Beverley |
| H. Rainton (Tacker Rainton?) | 5 | … Rhodes |
| Harry Dale | 6 | George Todd |
| Jack Spamer | 7 | Billy Thornton |
| xBenjamin "Ben" Britton | 8 | David Morgan Jenkins |
| G. Sharp (L. Sharpe?) | 9 | … Moss |
| H. Roberts | 10 | James Traill |
| Harold Binks | 11 | Hector Crowther |
| C. W. Westerdale (William "Bill" Westerdale?) | 12 | Frank "Dolly" Dawson |
| Harry Williams | 13 | W. G. Chapman |
| William 'Billy' Jacques | Coach | ?? |
| 13 | score | 7 |
| 13 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| H. Rainton (1) | T | David Morgan Jenkins (1) |
| Harry Dale (1) | T | |
| J. T. "Jack" Spamer (1) | T | |
| Laurie Osborne (2) | Goals | James Traill (2) |
| | G | |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | F. Fairhurst (Wigan) |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Halifax | Halifax | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 5 | Halifax | Halifax | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 3 | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bramley | Bramley | 5 | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 2 | | | | | | | Bramley | Bramley | 5 | | | | |
| York | York | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| York | York | 0 | Bramley | Bramley | 17 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Batley | Batley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | | Batley | Batley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 13 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 |
| Keighley | Keighley | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 7 |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 7 | Keighley | Keighley | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 16 | Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 10 | | | | Keighley | Keighley | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 3 | | | | |
| Hull | Hull | 21 | | | | | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 3 | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 4 | Hull | Hull | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hunslet | Hunslet | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 5 | Hunslet | Hunslet | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |