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