1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season

1945–46 Rugby Football League season

League

Northern Rugby Football League

Number of teams

Champions

Wigan

League Leaders

Wigan

Top point-scorer(s)

Jeff Bawden 239

Top try-scorer(s)

Eric Batten 35

< 1944–45	Seasons	1946–47 >

The 1945–46 Rugby Football League season was the 51st season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Wigan won their fifth Championship when they defeated Huddersfield 13-4 in the play-off final. They had also finished the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Wakefield Trinity who defeated Wigan 13-12 in the final.

Bramley, Broughton Rangers, Hull Kingston Rovers, Liverpool Stanley, Rochdale Hornets, Salford, Swinton, Warrington and Widnes returned following World War II. Workington Town also entered a team for the first time.^[1]

Jim Sullivan of Wigan ended his career this season as the all time record scorer of goals with 2,867.^[2]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Widnes beat Wigan 7–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Bradford Northern beat Wakefield Trinity 5–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wigan	36	29	2	5	58
2	Huddersfield	36	27	1	8	55
3	Wakefield Trinity	36	26	0	10	52
4	Bradford Northern	36	24	3	9	51
5	Barrow	36	22	4	10	48
6	Dewsbury	36	23	0	13	46
7	Hunslet	36	21	4	11	46
8	Salford	36	23	0	13	46
9	Batley	36	21	4	11	46
10	Warrington	36	21	3	12	45
11	Castleford	36	22	0	14	44
12	Widnes	36	19	3	14	41
13	Featherstone Rovers	36	19	1	16	39
14	Halifax	36	19	0	17	38
15	Oldham	36	18	0	18	36
16	Broughton Rangers	36	16	3	17	35
17	Hull	36	16	2	18	34
18	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	15	3	18	33
19	Workington Town	36	15	0	21	30
20	St Helens	36	13	1	22	27
21	Swinton	36	9	5	22	23
22	Keighley	36	9	2	25	20
23	Leeds	36	9	1	26	19
24	Rochdale Hornets	36	9	1	26	19
25	Bramley	36	9	0	27	18
26	Liverpool Stanley	36	5	2	29	12
27	York	36	4	1	31	9

Play-Offs

Semi-finals			Championship Final


1	Wigan	18

4	Bradford Northern	4
			Wigan	13

			Huddersfield	4
2	Huddersfield	8

3	Wakefield Trinity	3

The Championship Play-off Final was played at Manchester City Football Club on Sat 18 May. Wigan's scorers were:

Tries: Ashcroft 2, Cunliffe. Goals: Nordgren 2.

Challenge Cup

The Final returned to Wembley following the end of World War II. Wakefield Trinity beat Wigan 13-12 in front of a crowd of 54,730. This was Wakefield Trinity’s second Challenge Cup Final win in three Final appearances.^[2] Their centre, Billy Stott was awarded the inaugural Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

European Championship

Main article: 1945–46 European Rugby League Championship

The tri-nation tournament was played between November 1945 and March 1946 as single round robin games between England, France and Wales. This was the fifth Rugby League European Championship, and was won by England on points average.^[3]
Match Details

Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team
24 Nov 1945	Swansea	Wales	11 - 3	England
23 Feb 1946	Swinton	England	16 - 6	France
24 Mar 1946	Bordeaux	France	19 - 7	Wales

Sources

References

↑ "1945–46 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
1 2 "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. 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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