| 1930–31 Yorkshire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Leeds |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | Huddersfield |
| Prevseason Link: | 1929 Yorkshire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1929–30 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1931 Yorkshire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1931–32 |
| No Of Teams: | 15 |
The 1930–31 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Huddersfield in the final by the score of 10–2. This was Leeds' second of six victories in a period of ten years, during which time they won every Yorkshire Cup final in which they appeared.
The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup competition 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)
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 one bye in the first round.[1] [2]
Involved 7 matches (with one bye) and 15 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Bradford Northern | 5-5 | Featherstone Rovers | Birch Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Bramley | 4-9 | Castleford | Barley Mow | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Dewsbury | 6-8 | Huddersfield | Crown Flatt | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Hull | 18-5 | Hunslet | Boulevard | [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Leeds | 22-2 | Keighley | Headingley | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Wakefield Trinity | 14-0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Belle Vue | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | York | 2-2 | Halifax | Clarence Street | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Batley | bye |
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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| R | Mon 13 Oct 1930 | Halifax | 9-6 | York | Thrum Hall | ||||||||||||||||||
| R | Wed 15 Oct 1930 | Featherstone Rovers | 49-12 | Bradford Northern | Post Office Road |
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Tue 21 Oct 1930 | Batley | 2-12 | Wakefield Trinity | Mount Pleasant | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Huddersfield | 8-6 | Featherstone Rovers | Fartown | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Leeds | 2-2 | Halifax | Headingley | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Thu 23 Oct 1930 | Hull | 12-8 | Castleford | Boulevard |
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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| R | Mon 27 Oct 1930 | Halifax | 2-12 | Leeds | Thrum Hall |
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Mon 3 Nov 1930 | Huddersfield | 9-5 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Thu 6 Nov 1930 | Hull | 4-9 | Leeds | Boulevard |
The final was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 17,812 and receipts were £1,405.
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=45 abbr="Att" | Att | width=60 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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| Saturday 22 November 1930 | Leeds | 10-2 | Huddersfield | Thrum Hall | 17,812 | 1,405 | 1 | [4] [5] |
| width=280 abbr=winner | Leeds | width=60 abbr="Number" | No. | width=280 abbr=runner-up | Huddersfield |
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| Referee | unknown | ||||
1 * Thrum Hall was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium.