1933–34 Northern Rugby Football League season

League

Northern Rugby Football League

Number of teams

Champions

Wigan

League Leaders

Salford

Top point-scorer(s)

Jim Sullivan 406

Top try-scorer(s)

Brown 45

< 1932–33	Seasons	1934–35 >

The 1933–34 Rugby Football League season was the 39th season of rugby league football. The first rugby league club in London, London Highfield competed in its inaugural season.^[1]

Season summary

Wigan won their fourth Championship when they beat Salford 15-3 in the play-off final.

Salford had ended the regular season as league leaders.^[2]

The Challenge Cup winners were Hunslet who beat Widnes 11-5.

Work begins at a former quarry that was being used as a waste dump at Odsal Top in Bradford after Bradford Northern sign a ten year lease with the local council. This was to become the site of their current home ground, Odsal Stadium.^[3]

Salford won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St Helens Recs 12–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and York beat Hull Kingston Rovers 10–4 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Salford	38	31	1	6	715	281	63
2	Wigan	38	26	0	12	739	334	52
3	Leeds	38	26	0	12	597	376	52
4	Halifax	38	26	0	12	457	340	52
5	York	38	24	1	13	481	370	49
6	Hunslet	38	23	1	14	608	441	47
7	Widnes	38	21	4	13	393	324	46
8	Warrington	38	22	1	15	508	370	45
9	Swinton	38	22	1	15	418	322	45
10	Hull	38	21	3	14	553	438	45
11	Keighley	38	22	1	15	429	367	45
12	Huddersfield	38	20	1	17	500	330	41
13	St Helens	38	20	0	18	550	500	40
14	London Highfield	38	20	0	18	509	489	40
15	Oldham	38	17	3	18	400	520	37
16	Castleford	38	17	1	20	476	468	35
17	Rochdale Hornets	38	17	0	21	442	524	34
18	St Helens Recs	38	16	1	21	455	477	33
19	Hull Kingston Rovers	38	16	1	21	444	482	33
20	Batley	38	16	1	21	390	436	33
21	Leigh	38	15	2	21	479	537	32
22	Wakefield Trinity	38	15	2	21	332	404	32
23	Broughton Rangers	38	15	1	22	415	495	31
24	Barrow	38	15	0	23	375	464	30
25	Dewsbury	38	12	1	25	313	587	25
26	Bramley	38	11	1	26	367	790	23
27	Bradford Northern	38	8	0	30	337	714	16
28	Featherstone Rovers	38	4	0	34	232	734	8

Championship Play-Off

Semi-finals			Championship Final


1	Salford	28

4	Halifax	3
			Salford	3

			Wigan	15
2	Wigan	14

3	Leeds	10

Challenge Cup

Hunslet's winning team posing with the Challenge Cup.

Hunslet defeated Widnes 11-5 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 41,280.

This was Hunslet’s second Cup Final win, the first being in 1908, in their third Cup Final appearance.^[4]

References

↑ "The History Of Rugby League". Rugby League Information. napit.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
↑ "1933-34 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
↑ "Bradford Bulls History". Retrieved 2009-10-24.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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