1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season

Structure

Separate county championships

1899–1900 Season

Top point-scorer(s)

Sam Williams 108

Top try-scorer(s)

Sam Williams 36

Lancashire Senior Competition

Champions

Runcorn

Yorkshire Senior Competition

Champions

Bradford

< 1898–99	Seasons	1900–01 >

The 1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fifth season of rugby league football.

Season summary

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Runcorn (from Cheshire) and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Bradford.^[1]

Hull Kingston Rovers played their first season in the Northern Rugby Union this season. Their first match away at Bradford on 2 September ended in a 3-0 defeat.^[2]

Lancashire Senior Competition

Millom replaced Morecambe. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire, and Millom were from Cumberland.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Runcorn	26	22	2	2	232	33	46
2	Oldham	26	21	1	4	343	75	43
3	Swinton	26	19	1	6	210	108	39
4	St Helens	26	16	3	7	207	119	35
5	Widnes	26	12	4	10	174	146	28
6	Warrington	26	12	1	13	174	128	25
7	Broughton Rangers	26	13	1	12	132	138	25*
8	Salford	26	12	0	14	196	176	24
9	Stockport	26	10	2	14	126	136	22
10	Leigh	26	8	5	13	119	211	21
11	Rochdale Hornets	26	9	1	16	90	181	17*
12	Millom	26	7	1	18	112	234	15
13	Wigan	26	7	1	18	70	230	15
14	Tyldesley	26	2	1	23	66	336	5

Two league points deducted for breach of professional rules.

Yorkshire Senior Competition

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Bradford	30	24	2	4	324	98	50
2	Batley	30	21	6	3	219	72	48
3	Halifax	30	20	3	7	193	120	43
4	Wakefield Trinity	30	18	5	7	203	120	41
5	Huddersfield	30	17	4	9	181	110	38
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	15	4	11	181	129	32*
7	Hull	30	15	0	15	249	154	30
8	Hunslet	30	14	2	14	182	168	30
9	Manningham	30	13	3	14	207	203	29
10	Bramley	30	13	0	17	121	190	26
11	Castleford	30	11	3	16	155	199	25
12	Brighouse Rangers	30	9	3	18	80	231	21
13	Holbeck	30	8	4	18	138	236	18*
14	Leeds Parish Church	30	7	3	20	135	207	17
15	Leeds	30	7	3	20	103	225	17
16	Liversedge	30	5	1	24	94	303	11

Challenge Cup

Swinton beat Salford 16-8 in the Challenge Cup final at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester played before a crowd of 17,864.^[3]

Sources

References

↑ "1899-1900 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ "Hull KR history". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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(1895–1996)

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