1930–31 Lancashire Cup
The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.
Competition and results
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.Round 1
Involved 5 matches and 13 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 12–7 | Wigan Highfield | The Cliff | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Oldham | 7–2 | Salford | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 21–9 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Warrington | 2–10 | Swinton | Wilderspool | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 24–7 | St. Helens | Central Park | ||||||
| 6 | Leigh | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | St Helens Recs | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Widnes | bye |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tue 21 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 3–25 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 10–0 | Widnes | The Cliff | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 14–9 | Swinton | Central Park | ||||||
| 4 | Thu 23 October 1930 | St Helens Recs | 24–7 | Leigh | City Road |
Round 3 – semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 05 Nov 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 0–9 | Wigan | The Cliff | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Thu 06 Nov 1930 | St Helens Recs | 6–4 | Oldham | City Road |
Final
The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford,. The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| Saturday 29 November 1930 | St Helens Recs | 18–3 | Wigan | Station Road | 16,710 | £1,030 | 2 |
Teams and scorers
| St Helens Recs | No. | Wigan |
| teams | ||
| Tommy Dingsdale | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| J. Wilson | 2 | Johnny Ring |
| W. Bowen | 3 | Gwynne Davies |
| Alf Frodsham | 4 | Tommy Parker |
| Albert Bailey | 5 | Roy Kinnear |
| W. Greenhall | 6 | Frank Jones |
| P. Martin | 7 | Syd Abram |
| Oliver Dolan | 8 | Tom Beetham |
| George Highcock | 9 | Jack Bennett |
| Frank Bowen | 10 | Hal Jones |
| T. Smith | 11 | Wilf Hodder |
| Jennion | 12 | Len Mason |
| Billy Mulvanney | 13 | John Sherrington |
| 18 | score | 3 |
| 10 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Dingsdale | T | Johnny Ring |
| Bailey | T | |
| Jennion | T | |
| Mulvanney | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Dingsdale | G | |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Bob Robinson | |
Scoring – Try = three points – Goal = two points – Drop goal = two points