1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season

Structure

Separate county championships

1898–99 Season

Top point-scorer(s)

Billy Jaques 169

Top try-scorer(s)

Sam Williams 39

Joined League

Millom

Left League

Morecambe

Lancashire Senior Competition

Champions

Broughton Rangers

Yorkshire Senior Competition

Champions

Batley

< 1897–98	Seasons	1899–00 >

The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of rugby league football.

Season summary

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Broughton Rangers and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Batley.^[1]

Lancashire Senior Competition

Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Broughton Rangers	26	21	0	5	277	74	42
2	Oldham	26	20	0	6	385	58	40
3	Salford	26	18	2	6	206	113	38
4	Widnes	26	17	2	7	196	113	36
5	Leigh	26	17	0	9	168	125	34
6	Swinton	26	16	2	8	228	79	32*
7	Runcorn	26	15	2	9	193	113	32
8	St Helens	26	12	3	11	168	18	27
9	Warrington	26	11	1	14	134	217	23
10	Rochdale Hornets	26	9	3	14	112	216	21
11	Stockport	26	5	1	20	102	317	11
12	Tyldesley	26	3	5	18	82	240	11
13	Wigan	26	4	2	20	66	238	10
14	Morecambe	26	2	1	23	47	281	5

Swinton had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.

Yorkshire Senior Competition

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Batley	30	23	2	5	279	75	204	48
2	Hull	30	23	1	6	429	101	328	47
3	Bradford	30	21	0	9	330	139	191	42
4	Leeds Parish Church	30	20	2	8	201	114	87	42
5	Hunslet	30	16	5	9	314	140	174	37
6	Huddersfield	30	15	3	12	169	147	22	33
7	Manningham	30	15	2	13	222	212	10	30*
8	Halifax	30	15	0	15	156	158	2	30
9	Wakefield Trinity	30	11	6	13	209	61	48	28
10	Brighouse Rangers	30	12	2	16	114	191	77	26
11	Leeds	30	11	3	16	127	186	59	27
12	Castleford	30	10	4	16	159	214	55	24
13	Holbeck	30	10	4	16	134	220	86	24
14	Bramley	30	7	3	20	62	266	204	17
15	Liversedge	30	5	3	22	131	439	308	13
16	Heckmondwike	30	4	4	22	70	343	273	12

Manningham had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.

Challenge Cup

Oldham beat Hunslet 19-9 in the Challenge Cup final played in Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester in front of a crowd of 15,763.^[2]

Sources

1898-99 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com

References

↑ "1898-99 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

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