1897–98 St Helens RLFC season

1897-98 Northern Rugby Football Union season

8th

Challenge Cup

First round

1897-98 record

Wins: 10; Draws: 2; Losses: 15

Points scored

For: 161; Against: 192

< 1896-97

List of seasons

1898-99 >

The 1897-98 St Helens RLFC season was the club's third in the Northern Rugby Football Union, the 24th in their history. The club finished 8th out of 14 in an improved performance from the previous year in the Lancashire League.^[1] In the Challenge Cup, St Helens were knocked out in the first round by last years final opponents Batley.^[2]

Lancashire Senior Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Oldham	26	22	1	2	295	94	+201	47
2	Swinton	26	20	3	3	321	83	+238	43
3	Widnes	26	19	1	6	251	114	+137	39
4	Salford	26	16	3	7	275	182	+93	33^a[›]
5	Broughton Rangers	26	13	4	9	183	108	+75	30
6	Wigan	26	11	1	14	124	173	-49	23
7	Leigh	26	11	2	13	176	170	+6	22^b[›]
8	St Helens	26	10	2	14	161	192	-31	22
9	Warrington	26	10	2	14	131	178	-47	22
10	Runcorn	26	9	2	15	142	184	-42	20
11	Stockport	26	8	2	16	154	253	-99	18
12	Tyldesley	26	8	1	17	111	281	-170	17
13	Rochdale Hornets	26	7	0	19	146	247	-101	14
14	Morecambe	26	4	2	20	74	285	-211	10

Champions

Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault".
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.

Notes

^ a: Salford had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player
^ b: Leigh had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player

References

↑ "1897-98 League Tables". Saints heritage Society. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
↑ "Challenge Cup Role of Honour". BBC. 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

St Helens

Est. 1873 in St Helens, England

The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame

Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890-2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Langtree Park (2012-Present)

Hall of Fame	Alex Murphy Vince Karalius Tom van Vollenhoven

League	Super League

World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007

Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014

Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008

Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)

Seasons (120)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan

Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

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