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 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 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 December.

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 and 15 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

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	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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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
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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)