1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 13th season of rugby league football.

1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams27
1907–08 Season
Champions Hunslet (1st title)
League Leaders Oldham
Runners-up Oldham
Top point-scorer(s)England Albert Goldthorpe ( Hunslet) (217)
Top try-scorer(s)England Jim Leytham ( Wigan) (44)
Joined League Bradford Northern
Merthyr Tydfil
Ebbw Vale
Resigned from the LeagueLiverpool City

Season summary

League Champions were Hunslet who beat Oldham 12-2 in a replay after a 7-7 draw. It was the first time a team that did not finish top of the league won the Championship.

Challenge Cup Winners were Hunslet who defeated Hull F.C. 14-0.

Liverpool City were replaced by the two Welsh clubs, Merthyr Tydfil and Ebbw Vale, taking the competition to 27 clubs.[1]

Bradford switched to association football and were replaced by Bradford Northern.

Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Hunslet won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Broughton Rangers 16–9 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hunslet beat Halifax 17–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Hunslet won All Four Cups available to them; Challenge Cup, Rugby Football League Championship, Yorkshire league, and Yorkshire County Cup.

New Zealand toured England this season. On 28 December 1907, they defeated Salford 9-2 in front of 9,000 spectators.[2]

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Oldham3228223961215890.62
2Hunslet3225163892485179.68
3Broughton Rangers3023164211914778.33
4Wigan3223185011814773.43
5Halifax34221114832754566.17
6Hull Kingston Rovers32210114603074265.62
7Warrington3018394311563965.00
8Wakefield Trinity32201114223224164.06
9Salford32193103441874164.06
10Batley32200123603064062.05
11Keighley32171143203563554.68
12Bradford Northern32170153133503453.12
13Runcorn30150152552193050.00
14Barrow32150172442723046.87
15Huddersfield32141174393302945.31
16Hull34150193493233044.11
17Rochdale Hornets30130172322902643.33
18Dewsbury32131182903582742.18
19Leigh30111182793622338.33
20Leeds32101212703972132.81
21Swinton3091201803161931.66
22York3090212844371830.00
23Merthyr Tydfil3081212294001728.33
24Widnes3064201793351626.66
25St. Helens3273222285001726.56
26Ebbw Vale3062221534261423.33
27Bramley3251261886741117.18
 

Play-offs

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
2 Hunslet 28
3 Broughton Rangers 3
Hunslet 7 -12
Oldham 7-2
1 Oldham 12
4 Wigan 5

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1908 Challenge Cup

The final saw Hunslet's 14-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1908 Challenge Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000, the referee was Mr. J. H. Smith of Widnes, and the Challenge Cup Trophy was presented by Mr H. Ashton (President of the Northern Union).[3][4]

Hunslet Tries: Fred Smith, Fred Farrar

Hunslet Goals: Billy Eagers, (Albert, or Walter) Goldthorpe 3

Half-time: 7-0

Attendance: 18,000 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)

Teams:

Hunslet: Herbert Place, Fred Farrar, Billy Eagers, Walter Goldthorpe, Billy Batten, Albert Goldthorpe, Fred Smith, Harry Wilson, Bill Brookes, Bill Jukes, John "Jack" Randall, John Higson, Tom Walsh

Hull FC: Harry Taylor, L. Parry, G. T. Cottrell, F. J. Cook, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, J. Owen, W. J. Carroll, G. Kilburn, H. Fulton, William Holder

Sources

References
  1. "1907-08 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. "Salford first game". Salford City Reds Official Web Site, History page. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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