1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season
Introduction The '''1930–31 Rugby Football League season''' was the 36th season of rugby league football.
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.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 TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Swinton383125504156642Leeds382918695258593Wigan382828657199584Oldham382747464178585Huddersfield382729545272566Halifax3825310405283537St. Helens3825112502344518Hunslet3824212523278509Salford38233124202564910Warrington38232134472914811York38231144413614712St. Helens Recs38212154362434413Hull Kingston Rovers38210173453994214Wakefield Trinity38200185104384015Wigan Highfield38173183984353716Hull38172193984283617Broughton Rangers38155183763663518Dewsbury38142224184063019Barrow38126203504813020Castleford38150233515393021Leigh38113242484792522Widnes38112252454502423Batley38111262455052324Rochdale Hornets38102263305572225Keighley3880302427051626Featherstone Rovers3871302654861527Bramley3853302516361328Bradford Northern3841332278099
Championship play-off
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.
References
Sources * 1930-31 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website