1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season

1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season
League Northern Rugby League
1907–08 Season
Champions Hunslet
League Leaders Oldham
Top point-scorer(s) Albert Goldthorpe 217
Top try-scorer(s) Jim Leytham 44
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The 1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 13th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

League Champions were Hunslet who beat Oldham 12-2 in a replay after a 7-7 draw. It was the first time a team that did not finish top of the league won the Championship.

Challenge Cup Winners were Hunslet who defeated Hull 14-0.

Liverpool City were replaced by the two Welsh clubs, Merthyr Tydfil and Ebbw Vale, taking the competition to 27 clubs.[1]

Bradford switched to Association Football and were replaced by Bradford Northern.

Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Hunslet won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Broughton Rangers 16–9 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hunslet beat Halifax 17–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Hunslet won All Four Cups available to them; Challenge Cup, Rugby Football League Championship, Yorkshire league, and Yorkshire cup.

Australia toured England this season. On 17 October 1908, they drew 9-9 at Salford.[2]

Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Oldham3228223961215890.62
2Hunslet3225163892485179.68
3Broughton Rangers3023164211914778.33
4Wigan3223185011814773.43
5Halifax3421114832754566.17
6Hull Kingston Rovers32210114603074265.62
7Warrington3018394311563965.00
8Wakefield Trinity32201114223224164.06
9Salford32193103441874164.06
10Batley32200123603064062.05
11Keighley32171143203563554.68
12Bradford Northern32170153133503453.12
13Runcorn30150152552193050.00
14Barrow32150172442723046.87
15Huddersfield32141174393302945.31
16Hull34150193493233044.11
17Rochdale Hornets30130172322902643.33
18Dewsbury32131182903582742.18
19Leigh30111182793622338.33
20Leeds32101212703972132.81
21Swinton3091201803161931.66
22York3090212844371830.00
23Merthyr Tydfil3081212294001728.33
24Widnes3064201793351626.66
25St Helens3273222285001726.56
26Ebbw Vale3062221534261423.33
27Bramley3251261886741117.18
 

Champions

 

Play-offs

Championship Play-Off

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
2 Hunslet 28
3 Broughton Rangers 3
Hunslet 7 -12
Oldham 7-2
1 Oldham 12
4 Wigan 5

Challenge Cup

Hunslet beat Hull 14-0 in the final to win their first Cup in their first final.[3][4]

Hunslet Tries: Fred Smith, Fred Farrar

Hunslet Goals: Billy Eagers, (Albert, or Walter) Goldthorpe 3

Half-time: 7-0

Attendance: 18,000 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)

Teams:

Hunslet: Herbert Place, Fred Farrar, Billy Eagers, Walter Goldthorpe, Billy Batten, Albert Goldthorpe, Fred Smith, Harry Wilson, Bill Brookes, Bill Jukes, John "Jack" Randall, John Higson, Tom Walsh

Hull FC: Harry Taylor, L. Parry, G. T. Cottrell, F. J. Cook, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, J. Owen, W. J. Carroll, G. Kilburn, H. Fulton, William Holder

Sources

References

  1. "1907-08 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. "Salford first game". Salford City Reds Official Web Site, History page. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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