James Goldthorpe's Notebook

Leeds results and scorers - 1929-30

Played 47, Won 28, Drawn 3, Lost 16

Try scorers in bold , Goal scorers in standard font.

Date

Opponents

Grnd

Res

Leeds

Opp

Scorers for Leeds

31 Aug Swinton H L 2 6 Thompson(P)
4 Sep St Helens H W 7 5 Moores, Thompson(2P)
7 Wigan A L 18 33 Williams, Askin(2), Thomas, Thompson(3)(P)
9 Batley H W 29 15 Williams, O'Rourke(4), Askin, Jenkins, Thompson(3), Pascoe(P)
14 Halifax H W 30 8 O'Rourke(3), Pascoe, Askin, Thompson, Thompson(6)(P)
18 St Helens A L 7 22 Jenkins, Thompson(2)(P)
21 Hunslet A W 12 2 O'Rourke(2), Thompson(3)(P)
28 Keighley H W 35 7 Douglas, Pascoe, O'Rourke(4), Moores, Thompson(7)(2P)
5 Oct Bradford Northern A W 41 13 O'Rourke(5), Lloyd(3), Rosser(2), Askin, Pascoe(3), Goldie
12 Bramley H W 8 2 O'Rourke, Lloyd, Thompson(P)
23 Australia H W 8 7 Evans, Lloyd, Thompson
26 Salford A L 0 4 -
2 Nov Dewsbury H W 11 9 Swift, Thompson(4P)
9 Swinton A L 0 2 -
16 Featherstone Rovers A W 14 2 Moores, O'Roure, Swift, Andrews, Thompson
27 Castleford H W 34 8 Moores(4), Jenkins, Evans(2), Swift, Pascoe(4), Moores
7 Dec Dewsbury A L 5 6 Thompson, Thompson
14 York A L 5 7 Moores, Thompson
21 Hunslet H D 3 3 Jenkins
25 Batley A L 6 7 Thompson(3P)
26 Wakefield Trinity H W 43 3 Williams, Askin, O'Rourke, Thomas, Moores(4), Andrews, Thompson(8)
28 Huddersfield A L 0 16 -
1930            
1 Jan Halifax A L 0 5 -
4 Hull H W 28 0 O'Rourke, Williams(2), Thompson, Andrews(2), Thompson(5)(P)
11 Castleford A W 22 2 Rosser(2), Evans, Moores, Thompson(5)(2P)
18 Hull Kingston Rovers H W 36 0 Andrews(2), Moores, Davis, Jenkins(2), Smith, Williams, Pascoe(6)(2P)
25 Wakefield Trinity A W 8 3 Moores, Andrews, Thompson
1 Feb Wigan H W 13 10 Williams(2), Moores, Thompson(2)
15 St Helens Rec. A W 34 11 Jenkins, Andrews(3), Rosser(3), Williams, Thompson(5)
1 Mar St Helens Rec. H W 13 6 O'Rourke, Andrews, Davis, Thompson(2)(P)
4 Keighley A W 31 12 Swift, Evans, Williams, Jenkins, Smith, Douglas, Rosser, Thompson(5)
8 Bramley A W 14 5 Andrews, Askin(2), Williams, Thompson
15 York H L 3 10 Atkinson
22 Featherstone Rovers H W 24 5 O'Rourke, Davis, Askin, Swift, Pascoe, Thompson, Thompson(3)
29 Bradford Northern A W 37 8 Douglas(2), Moores, Swift(2), O'Rourke, Atkinson, Askin, Thompson, Thompson(5)
2 Apr Salford H D 8 8 Andrews, O'Rourke, Thompson
5 Hull A L 12 18 Andrews, Moores, Thompson(3)(P)
12 Oldham A L 3 8 Smith
18 Huddersfield H W 36 0 Askin(2), Adams, Thompson(2), Smith, Moores, Rosser, Thompson(6)
19 Hull Kingston Rovers A W 10 0 Smith, Jones, Thompson(2)(P)
21 Oldham H W 30 5 Davis, Jenkins, Askin(3), Rosser, Thompson(6)
  League Semi- Final          
26 St Helens A W 10 6 Williams, Adams, Thompson(2)
  League Final          
10 May Huddersfield N(1) D 2 2 Thompson(P)
12 Huddersfield N(2) L 0 10 -
  Yorkshire Cup          
19 Oct Hunslet H L 5 11 Lloyd, Thompson(P)
  Rugby League Cup          
8 Feb Featherstone Rovers H W 27 5 Lloyd, Pascoe, Evans(2), Jenkins, Thompson(3)(P)
22 St Helens H L 5 18 Evans, Thompson

(1) - Final played at Wakefield.

(2) - Replayed at Halifax.

Stan Smith made his debut on January 11th and went on to score 187 tries in 261 games.

Northern Rugby Football League 1929 - 30

    P W D L Pts
1 St Helens 40 27 1 12 55
2 Huddersfield 38 25 2 11 52
3 Salford 36 23 3 10 49
4 Leeds 40 25 2 13 52
5 Dewsbury 38 23 3 12 49
6 Hull Kingston Rovers 38 22 4 12 48
7 Wigan 38 23 1 14 47
8 Warrington 36 21 1 14 43
9 Hunslet 38 22 3 14 45
10 Oldham 38 20 4 14 44
11 Halifax 40 21 1 18 43
12 Hull 38 19 2 17 40
13 St Helens Recreation 36 17 2 17 36
14 Swinton 36 17 2 17 36
15 Widnes 32 15 2 15 32
16 Wigan Highfield 32 16 0 16 32
17 Wakefield Trinity 40 19 1 20 39
18 Leigh 32 15 0 17 30
19 York 36 16 1 19 33
20 Keighley 36 14 2 20 30
21 Broughton Rangers 34 14 0 20 28
22 Rochdale Hornets 34 13 2 19 28
23 Featherstone Rovers 36 12 3 21 27
24 Bramley 36 10 5 21 25
25 Barrow 32 10 2 20 22
26 Castleford 36 10 2 24 22
27 Batley 36 7 2 27 16
28 Bradford Northern 38 7 2 29 16

The final positions were decided on a % basis.

Leeds Team