1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season

1934–35 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Number of teams 28
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
1Swinton38301761
2Warrington38283759
3Wigan38264856
4Salford382711055
5Leeds382621054
6Hull382501350
7Huddersfield382231347
8York382131445
9Castleford382031543
10St Helens Recs382111643
11Hunslet382101742
12Keighley382021642
13Broughton Rangers382011741
14Halifax381841640
15Liverpool Stanley381821838
16Wakefield Trinity381811937
17Widnes381802036
18Oldham381541934
19Rochdale Hornets381612133
20Barrow381512231
21St Helens381432131
22Dewsbury381422230
23Hull Kingston Rovers381312427
24Leigh381302526
25Bradford Northern381112623
26Batley38912819
27Featherstone Rovers38603212
28Bramley3841339

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

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

  1. "1934-35 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "Bradford Bulls History". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. 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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