1930–31 Challenge Cup
{{short description|Rugby league competition}}
{{Infobox Rugby football league challenge cup
|title = 1930–31 Challenge Cup
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|duration = 5 rounds
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|season = 1930–31
|season_champs = Halifax
|season_champ_name = Winners
|second_place = York
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|prevseason_link = 1929–30 Challenge Cup
|prevseason_year = 1929–30
|nextseason_link = 1931–32 Challenge Cup
|nextseason_year = 1931–32
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The 1930–31 Challenge Cup was the 31st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1930-31/results.html|title=Challenge Cup 1930/31|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
First round
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Feb | Bradford Northern | 0 | York | 11 |
| 07 Feb | Broughton Rangers | 19 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 |
| 07 Feb | Castleford | 0 | Hull FC | 0 |
| 07 Feb | Dewsbury | 2 | Halifax | 3 |
| 07 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | Swinton | 7 |
| 07 Feb | Golden Lions | 3 | Bramley | 7 |
| 07 Feb | Huddersfield | 60 | Brookland | 2 |
| 07 Feb | Hunslet | 11 | Wakefield Trinity | 0 |
| 07 Feb | Leigh | 7 | Leeds | 24 |
| 07 Feb | Lindley | 2 | Rochdale Hornets | 13 |
| 07 Feb | Oldham | 20 | Widnes | 5 |
| 07 Feb | St Helens Recs | 19 | Barrow | 11 |
| 07 Feb | St Helens | 46 | Keighley | 4 |
| 07 Feb | Salford | 16 | Batley | 3 |
| 07 Feb | Warrington | 16 | Wigan | 12 |
| 07 Feb | Wigan Highfield | 41 | Featherstone Jrs | 3 |
| 12 Feb | Hull FC | 4 | Castleford | 5 |
Second round
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb | Bramley | 0 | Oldham | 11 |
| 21 Feb | Castleford | 2 | St Helens | 8 |
| 21 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 7 | Broughton Rangers | 15 |
| 21 Feb | Salford | 9 | Leeds | 0 |
| 21 Feb | Swinton | 0 | Halifax | 2 |
| 21 Feb | Warrington | 9 | St Helens Recs | 0 |
| 21 Feb | Wigan Highfield | 13 | Hunslet | 12 |
| 21 Feb | York | 13 | Huddersfield | 2 |
Quarterfinals
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Mar | Broughton Rangers | 7 | St Helens | 8 |
| 07 Mar | Halifax | 2 | Oldham | 2 |
| 07 Mar | Wigan Highfield | 3 | Warrington | 17 |
| 07 Mar | York | 12 | Salford | 2 |
| 09 Mar | Oldham | 2 | Halifax | 2 |
| 16 Mar | Halifax | 5 | Oldham | 2 |
Semifinals
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar | York | 15 | Warrington | 5 |
| 28 Mar | Halifax | 11 | St Helens | 2 |
=Final=
Halifax beat York 22-8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 40,368.{{cite book |editor-last=Saxton |editor-first=Irvin |title=History of Rugby League: No.36 1930–1931| publisher=League Publications |page=7}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=2009-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |archive-date=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead }}
{{Rugbyleaguebox
|date = 2 May 1931
|time =
|team1 = Halifax
|score = 22 - 8
|team2 = York
|points1 = Tries: Bland, Ivor Davies, Higgins (2)
Goals: Adams (4)
DG Dick Davies
|points2 = Tries: Harold Thomas (2)
Goals Pascoe
|attendance = 40,368
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|---|---|---|
| FB | 1 | Dick Davies |
| RW | 2 | Fred Adams |
| RC | 3 | Alf Higgs |
| LC | 4 | Herbert Haigh |
| LW | 5 | Lawrence Higgins |
| SO | 6 | Ivor Davies |
| SH | 7 | Herbert Hanson |
| PR | 8 | Harry Bland |
| HK | 9 | Albert Rawnsley |
| PR | 10 | William Renton |
| SR | 11 | Dai Rees |
| SR | 12 | Ernest Norcliffe |
| LF | 13 | Albert Atkinson |
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|---|---|---|
| FB | 1 | Edward Owen |
| RW | 2 | Harold Thomas |
| RC | 3 | Mel Rosser |
| LC | 4 | Jack Davies |
| LW | 5 | Billy Davies |
| SO | 6 | Billy Thomas |
| SH | 7 | Arthur Lloyd |
| PR | 8 | W. Davis |
| HK | 9 | E. Myers |
| PR | 10 | Dan Pascoe |
| SR | 11 | H. Davies |
| SR | 12 | G. Layhe |
| LF | 13 | W. Johnson |
| colspan="4"| |
|}
References
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External links
- {{cite web | url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/165401/ | title=Rugby: York v Halifax in Rugby League Cup Final at Wembley (1931) | publisher=British Pathé}}
{{Halifax RLFC - 1930–31 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Challenge Cup}}
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