1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season

1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season
Structure Separate county championships
1897–98 Season
Top point-scorer(s) Albert Goldthorpe 135
Top try-scorer(s) Hoskins 30
Lancashire Senior Competition
Champions Oldham
Yorkshire Senior Competition
Champions Hunslet

The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the third season of rugby league football.

Summary

The leading try scorer this season was Hoskins of Salford, who crossed the line 30 times.[1] The leading goal scorer was Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet who was successful 66 times.[1] The leading points scorer was also Goldthorpe who scored 135 points in the season.[1]

Oldham won the Lancashire Senior Competition and Hunslet won in Yorkshire, but only after winning a play-off with Bradford.

Rule changes

  • The line-out was abolished and replaced with the punt-out.[2][3]
  • The value of all goals was reduced to two points.[2][4]

Lancashire Senior Competition

Oldham won the Lancashire competition outright. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire. Warrington, and Widnes were in Lancashire until the 1974 boundary changes and now lie within the northern boundary of Cheshire.

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Oldham 26221229594+20147
2Swinton 26203332183+23843
3Widnes 261916251114+13739
4Salford 261637275182+9333a[›]
5Broughton Rangers 261349183108+7530
6Wigan 2611114124173-4923
7Leigh 2611213176170+622b[›]
8St. Helens 2610214161192-3122
9Warrington 2610214131178-4722
10Runcorn 269215142184-4220
11Stockport 268216154253-9918
12Tyldesley 268117111281-17017
13Rochdale Hornets 267019146247-10114
14Morecambe 26422074285-21110
Champions

Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault".
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.

Notes

^ a: Salford had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player
^ b: Leigh had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player

Yorkshire Senior Competition

Hunslet and Bradford ended the league season with 48 competition points. In a championship play-off Hunslet beat Bradford 5-2.

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Hunslet 302244327117+21048
2Bradford 302325319139+18048
3Batley 3017310234111+12337
4Halifax 3016311193164+2935
5Manningham 3015411276181+9534
6Castleford 3016113256208+4833
7Wakefield Trinity 3016113248214+3433
8Leeds Parish Church 3015114187213-2631
9Leeds 3013413186171+1530
10Huddersfield 3012315208170+3827
11Hull 3011415192187+526
12Bramley 3011415156199-4326
13Brighouse Rangers 309516143172-2923
14Holbeck 3011019171310-13922
15Heckmondwike 309219148315-16720
16Liversedge 30312676449-3737
Play-off

Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault".
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.

Yorkshire Senior Competition Play Off

TeamTriesGoalsPoints
Hunslet115
Bradford012

Challenge Cup

The final saw the Challenge Cup Trophy retained as a result of Batley's 7-0 victory over Bradford F.C. in the 1898 Challenge Cup Final during the 1897–98 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 23 April 1898, in front of a crowd of 27,941, the referee was Mr. J. H. Smith of Widnes, and the Challenge Cup Trophy was presented by Mrs Watson (wife of the President of the Northern Union).

References

In-line

  1. 1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  2. 1 2 Warrington Wolves. "The Northern Union". Warrington Wolves. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  3. ↑ Bottom ten: Rugby league rules, Rugby League World, Aug 2009: 62
  4. ↑ Top ten: Rugby league rules, Rugby League World, Aug 2009: 61

General

  • de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), Rugby League World, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009) (340), ISSN 1466-0105 Missing or empty |title= (help)
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