The 1930–31

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season was the 36th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Swinton won their third Championship when they defeated

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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

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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

won the Yorkshire League. St Helens Recs beat

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18–3 to win the

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County Cup, and

beat

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10–2 to win the

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County Cup.

Championship

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.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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