James Goldthorpe's Notebook
Leeds results and scorers - 1930-31
Played 48, Won 35, Drawn 2, Lost 11
Try scorers in bold , Goal scorers in standard font.
Date |
Opponents |
Grnd |
Res |
Leeds |
Opp |
Scorers for Leeds |
30 Aug | Huddersfield | A | L | 8 | 25 | Jones, Adams, Thompson |
3 Sep | Widnes | H | L | 9 | 10 | Jones, O'Rourke, Adams* |
6 | Hull | H | W | 18 | 6 | O'Rourke, Evans, Gill, Askin, Thompson(3)(P) |
11 | Widnes | A | L | 0 | 14 | - |
13 | Keighley | A | W | 13 | 4 | Cox(2), Askin, Thompson(2P) |
20 | Castleford | A | L | 5 | 6 | Jones, Thompson |
27 | Featherstone Rovers | H | W | 15 | 0 | Harris(2), Moores, Thompson(3)(P) |
4 Oct | Hull Kingston Rovers | A | W | 18 | 2 | Harris(2), Jones, O'Rourke, Thompson(2)(P), Moores |
18 | St Helens | A | W | 20 | 8 | Harris(3), Gill, Thompson(4)(3P) |
25 | Keighley | H | W | 34 | 4 | Harris(5), Brough, Jones, Cracknell, Thompson(5) |
1 Nov | Hunslet | H | D | 5 | 5 | Moores, Thompson(P) |
8 | York | A | W | 3 | 2 | Harris |
15 | Hull Kingston Rovers | H | W | 13 | 5 | Harris(3), Thompson(2P) |
29 | York | H | W | 32 | 2 | Harris, Moores(2), O'Rourke, Smith(2), Gill, Brough, Thompson(4) |
6 Dec | Bradford Northern | H | W | 42 | 10 | Thompson, Harris(4), Cracknell, Smith(2), Gill, O'Rourke, Thompson(6) |
13 | Bradford Northern | A | W | 30 | 8 | Harris(3), Rosser, O'Rourke, Smith, Cracknell, Williams, Thompson(3) |
20 | Bramley | H | W | 52 | 5 | Smith(3), Rosser, Harris(3), Cracknell, Thompson, Satterthwaite, Williams, Moores, Thompson(8) |
25 | Batley | H | W | 49 | 8 | Moores(3), O'Rourke(2), Smith, Harris(3), Thompson, Douglas, Thompson(8) |
26 | Wakefield Trinity | A | L | 6 | 10 | Smith(2) |
27 | St Helens | H | W | 23 | 0 | Demaine, Williams(2), Adams, Harris, Thompson(4) |
1931 | ||||||
1 Jan | Halifax | A | W | 11 | 8 | Harris, Smith(2), Thompson |
3 | Salford | A | L | 7 | 19 | Thompson, Thompson(2)(P) |
17 | Hunslet | A | W | 9 | 0 | Cox, Thompson(2)(P), Jones(D) |
21 | Featherstone Rovers | A | W | 17 | 0 | Harris, Douglas, Adams, Thompson(4)(P) |
24 | Halifax | H | L | 10 | 12 | Thomas, Adams, Thompson(2) |
31 | Wigan | H | W | 12 | 5 | Harris(3), O'Rourke |
14 Feb | Hull | A | W | 18 | 7 | Harris(2), Cox, Goulthorpe, Thompson(3) |
16 | Broughton Rangers | H | W | 23 | 7 | Jenkins(2), Harris(2), Douglas(2), Smith, Thompson |
28 | Wigan | A | L | 0 | 12 | - |
7 Mar | Castleford | H | W | 24 | 8 | Harris(2), Busch, Smith, Williams, Moores, Thompson(3) |
14 | Bramley | A | W | 26 | 11 | Brough, R Smith, Harris(3), Busch, Adams(2), Moores |
21 | Batley | A | W | 21 | 13 | Busch, Harris(2), Jenkins, Moores, O'Rourke(2), Adams(D) |
28 | Broughton Rangers | A | W | 19 | 12 | Smith(2), Busch(3), Thompson(2) |
3 Apr | Huddersfield | H | W | 23 | 0 | Harris(2), Brough, Gill, Smith, Thompson(4)(P) |
4 | Dewsbury | A | W | 15 | 0 | Harris(2), Smith, Thompson(3)(2P) |
6 | Salford | H | W | 18 | 3 | Harris(2), Smith, Moores, Thompson(3) |
13 | Wakefield Trinity | H | W | 33 | 2 | Gill, Smith(3), Moores, Busch, O'Rourke, Thompson(6)(3P) |
18 | Dewsbury | H | W | 14 | 5 | Douglas, Smith(2), R Smith, Thompson |
League Semi-Final | ||||||
25 | Wigan | H | W | 13 | 0 | Smith(2), Douglas, Thompson(2) |
League Final | ||||||
9 May | Swinton | N(1) | L | 7 | 14 | Grainge, Thompson(2P) |
Yorkshire Cup | ||||||
11 Oct | Keighley | H | W | 22 | 2 | Adams, Harris, Jones, O'Rourke, Thompson(5P) |
22 | Halifax | H | D | 2 | 2 | Thompson(P) |
27 | Halifax | A | W | 12 | 2 | Gill, Cracknell, Thompson(2P) |
6 Nov | Hull | A | W | 9 | 4 | Harris, O'Rourke, Cox |
22 | Huddersfield | N(2) | W | 10 | 2 | O'Rourke, Harris, Thompson(2)(P) |
Rugby League Cup | ||||||
7 Feb | Leigh | A | W | 24 | 7 | Harris(2), O'Rourke(2), Smith(2), Thompson(3) |
21 | Salford | A | L | 0 | 9 | - |
Lazenby Cup | ||||||
23 Aug | Hunslet | H | L | 9 | 11 | O'Rourke, Thompson(3P) |
(1) - Played at Wigan.
(2) - Final Played at Halifax. The Leeds team was :- Brough, Harris, O'Rourke, Moores, Jones, Williams, Adams, Thompson, Demaine, Thomas, Cracknell, Douglas, Gill.
* - Try awarded for obstruction.
Eric Harris made his debut on September 27th. He scored 391 tries in 383 games.
Northern Rugby Football League 1930 - 31
P | W | D | L | Pts | ||
1 | Swinton | 38 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 64 |
2 | Leeds | 38 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 59 |
3 | Wigan | 38 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 58 |
4 | Oldham | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 58 |
5 | Huddersfield | 38 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 56 |
6 | Halifax | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 53 |
7 | St Helens | 38 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 51 |
8 | Hunslet | 38 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 50 |
9 | Salford | 38 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 49 |
10 | Warrington | 38 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 48 |
11 | York | 38 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 47 |
12 | St Helens Recreation | 38 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 44 |
13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 38 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 42 |
14 | Wakefield trinity | 38 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 40 |
15 | Wigan Highfield | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 37 |
16 | Hull | 38 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 36 |
17 | Broughton Rangers | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 35 |
18 | Dewsbury | 38 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 30 |
19 | Barrow | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 30 |
20 | Castleford | 38 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 30 |
21 | Leigh | 38 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 25 |
22 | Widnes | 38 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 24 |
23 | Batley | 38 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 23 |
24 | Rochdale Hornets | 38 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 22 |
25 | Keighley | 38 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 16 |
26 | Featherstone Rovers | 38 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 15 |
27 | Bramley | 38 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 |
28 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 9 |