1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season

1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams31
1905–06 Season
ChampionsLeigh (1st title)
Runners-upHunslet
Top point-scorer Jim Leytham (Wigan) (160)
Top try-scorer Jim Leytham (Wigan) (44)

The 1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 11th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Leigh won the Championship for the first time this season and Bradford their first Challenge Cup.

The two divisions were combined into one competition, with Lancaster dropping out to reduce it to 31 teams. Clubs from the same county all played each other, and arranged inter-county matches as and when they could. Because not all clubs played the same number of matches positions were decided on percentages. [1]

Featherstone Rovers, who were an amateur team at this time knocked a professional side out of the Challenge Cup, when they beat Widnes 23-2 in the second round.[2]

There was no county league competition this season.

Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PAv Pts
1 Leigh (C) 30 23 2 5 245 130 1.885 48
2 Hunslet 32 25 0 7 370 148 2.500 50
3 Leeds 34 25 2 7 377 123 3.065 52
4 Oldham 40 28 2 10 446 125 3.568 58
5 Keighley 28 19 1 8 255 164 1.555 39
6 Wigan 34 22 1 11 441 167 2.641 45
7 Hull Kingston Rovers 36 22 3 11 246 218 1.128 47
8 Broughton Rangers 34 21 1 12 400 222 1.802 43
9 Halifax 38 20 8 10 261 232 1.125 48
10 Runcorn 30 17 3 10 264 136 1.941 37
11 Huddersfield 30 17 2 11 224 174 1.287 36
12 Bradford 34 19 2 13 371 199 1.864 40
13 Swinton 32 17 3 12 203 168 1.208 37
14 St. Helens 30 16 1 13 244 212 1.151 33
15 Warrington 38 19 3 16 270 184 1.467 41
16 Wakefield Trinity 32 13 4 15 188 262 0.718 30
17 Hull F.C. 36 16 1 19 304 220 1.382 33
18 Salford 34 14 3 17 272 270 1.007 31
19 Pontefract 28 11 1 16 211 196 1.077 23
20 Batley 34 11 5 18 173 215 0.805 27
21 Widnes 28 10 2 16 129 242 0.533 22
22 Dewsbury 36 13 2 21 162 252 0.643 28
23 Bramley 26 9 2 15 126 246 0.512 20
24 York 34 11 2 21 170 249 0.683 24
25 Barrow 32 9 4 19 138 324 0.426 22
26 Normanton 24 4 2 18 50 280 0.179 10
27 Millom 20 3 2 15 77 328 0.235 8
28 Castleford 20 3 2 15 45 325 0.138 8
29 Rochdale Hornets 32 3 6 23 105 327 0.321 12
30 Morecambe 26 2 4 20 99 282 0.351 8
31 Brighouse Rangers 26 3 2 21 87 333 0.261 8
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored
(C) Champions

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1906 Challenge Cup

Bradford beat Salford 5-0 in the final at Leeds before a crowd of 15,834 to win the Cup in their first appearance in the final.[3]

County cups

Main article: 1905–06 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1905–06 Yorkshire Cup

The inaugural Rugby league county cups took place this season, and Wigan beat Leigh 0–0 (replay 8–0) to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hunslet beat Halifax 13–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Sources

References

  1. ^ "1905-06 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. ^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  3. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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