1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season

1934–35 Rugby Football League season

League

Northern Rugby Football League

Number of teams

RFL Championship

Champions

Swinton

Season Leaders

Swinton

Top point-scorer(s)

Jim Sullivan 348

Top try-scorer(s)

Jack Morley 49

< 1933–34	Seasons	1935–36 >

The 1934–35 Rugby Football League season was the 40th season of rugby league football. A single league Championship was contested by twenty eight teams. The Challenge Cup was contested for the 35th time and the first ever European Championship took place between England, France and Wales.

Season summary

Swinton won their third Championship beating Warrington 14-3 in the play-off final after ending the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who defeated Huddersfield 11-8 in the final.

London Highfield returned north and changed their name to Liverpool Stanley. ^[1]

Bradford Northern move into their new Odsal Stadium. The first match there on 1 September 1934 ended in a loss to Huddersfield.^[2]

Salford won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Wigan 21–12 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 5–5 (replays: 2–2, 13–0) to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Swinton	38	30	1	7	61
2	Warrington	38	28	3	7	59
3	Wigan	38	26	4	8	56
4	Salford	38	27	1	10	55
5	Leeds	38	26	2	10	54
6	Hull	38	25	0	13	50
7	Huddersfield	38	22	3	13	47
8	York	38	21	3	14	45
9	Castleford	38	20	3	15	43
10	St Helens Recs	38	21	1	16	43
11	Hunslet	38	21	0	17	42
12	Keighley	38	20	2	16	42
13	Broughton Rangers	38	20	1	17	41
14	Halifax	38	18	4	16	40
15	Liverpool Stanley	38	18	2	18	38
16	Wakefield Trinity	38	18	1	19	37
17	Widnes	38	18	0	20	36
18	Oldham	38	15	4	19	34
19	Rochdale Hornets	38	16	1	21	33
20	Barrow	38	15	1	22	31
21	St Helens	38	14	3	21	31
22	Dewsbury	38	14	2	22	30
23	Hull Kingston Rovers	38	13	1	24	27
24	Leigh	38	13	0	25	26
25	Bradford Northern	38	11	1	26	23
26	Batley	38	9	1	28	19
27	Featherstone Rovers	38	6	0	32	12
28	Bramley	38	4	1	33	9

Championship Play-Offs

Semi-finals			Championship Final


1	Swinton	10

4	Salford	2
			Swinton	14

			Warrington	3
2	Warrington	9

3	Wigan	0

Challenge Cup

Castleford beat Huddersfield 11-8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 39,000. This was Castleford’s first Challenge Cup Final win in their first Final appearance.

This was Huddersfield’s first defeat in six Final’s appearances.^[3]

European Championship

Main article: 1935 European Rugby League Championship

The tri-nation tournament was played between January and April 1935 as single round robin games between England, France and Wales. This was the first ever Rugby League European Championship, won by England on Points Average.^[4]
Match Details

Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1 Jan 1935	Bordeaux	France	18 - 11	Wales
28 Mar 1935	Paris	France	15 - 15	England
10 April 1935	Liverpool	England	24 - 11	Wales

References

↑ "1934-35 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
↑ "Bradford Bulls History". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 424. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

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