In 1930, Canadian Football consisted of 6 separate leagues, which only competed within its own league during the regular season. Each league would have teams that would qualify for the post-season, and the right to compete for the 18th Grey Cup Championship. This
included the IRFU (Interprovincial Rugby Football Union), the ORFU West (Ontario Rugby Football Union - West), the ORFU East (Ontario Rugby Football Union - East), the CIRFU (Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union), the MRFU (Manitoba Rugby Football Union), and the SRFU (Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union). The competitive balance was evenly spread out over the various leagues in 1930. In the first round of the playoffs, it was Toronto Balmy Beach over the Hamilton Tigers Cubs 18-6, the Hamilton Tigers over Queen's University 8-3,
the Regina Roughriders over the Calgary Tigers 9-6, and the Vancouver Meralomas would advance via a bye. In the Semi-Finals, it was Toronto Balmy Beach over the Hamilton Tigers 8-6, while the Regina Roughriders would white-wash the Vancouver Meralomas 17-0 and 4-0, setting up the match-up for the 18th Grey Cup Championship. The 18th Grey Cup was played on December 6, 1930, before 3,914 fans at the Varsity Stadium at Toronto. Western Canada's greatest threat to capture the Canadian Football championship was crushed when
Balmy Beach capitalized on the breaks of the game to defeat the Regina Roughriders in a tough defensive battle 11-6. A sea of mud greeted the teams as they trotted out for the 18th Grey Cup. This condition proved to handicap both teams and fumbles were numerous
throughout. Regina suffered the most costly one, when Bloomfield muffed Claude Harris' kick on his 10-yard line late in the second quarter. The Beaches recovered and Reid plunged over for a touchdown on the third play from scrimmage. Dominating the line of scrimmage from both sides of the ball, and Box's fine kicking enabled the Beaches to carry play deep into the Roughriders' territory.Box then kicked for two singles and Harris hoisted a powerful punt behind the goal line for a point. They would add two more singles early in the second quarter. Both were the result of bad snaps causing Bloomfied, Regina's star punter, to fail in his efforts to get the ball away. Fighting hard from the half-time kick off, the Roughriders scored their first point when Currie and Grubb combined to gain first downs twice to carry the ball into Balmy Beach territory. Bloomfield then kicked to Mays for a rouge. Regina's only
score would come in the thrid quarter as they would block a Harris punt and recover the ball at the Balmy Beach 20-yard line.  An onside was then tried and it proved successful when Fred Brown nailed the ball behind the Toronto goal line for a well deserved try, which was not converted. Teddy Reeve, rated one of the greatest middle wings in the game,came on for the Beaches as Regina continued to batter the Beach line to pieces. Reeve's appearance encouraged the locals and when Teddy Broke through to block Bloomfield's kick, Regina's hopes of victory vanished. The Beaches would recover the block at the Roughriders 30-yard line and Harris promptly booted the ball to the dead-line for a single, and the final score of the game, making it a final score of 11-6.