1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 16th season of rugby league football.

1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams28
Champions Oldham (3rd title)
League Leaders Wigan
Runners-up Wigan
Top point-scorer(s)England Alf Carmichael ( Hull Kingston Rovers) (261)
Top try-scorer(s)England William Kitchin ( Huddersfield) (41)
Joined League Coventry
Resigned from the LeagueTreherbert

Season summary

Oldham won their third Championship, and second in a row, after defeating Wigan 20-7 in the Play Off Final. Wigan had ended the regular season in the top position, but only after it had been decided by a one-off play-off with Oldham that Wigan won 11-3.

The Challenge Cup winners were Broughton Rangers who defeated Wigan 4-0.

Coventry replaced Treherbert.[1]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Swinton 4–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Huddersfield 8–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Wigan3428156502055783.82
2Oldham3428154412105783.82
3Wakefield Trinity3324184932644974.24
4Widnes3019383101374168.33
5Hull Kingston Rovers3321395872944568.18
6Hunslet34210134313894261.76
7Huddersfield36220147022934461.11
8Hull36203134533474359.72
9Warrington31155112843033556.45
10Dewsbury30160142843333253.33
11Swinton34180163332623652.94
12Leeds33162153853403451.51
13Rochdale Hornets34171163553203551.47
14Halifax36181173713283751.38
15Keighley29141142464472950
16Salford32142163353373046.87
17Batley31141162722232946.77
18Broughton Rangers32141172083382945.31
19St. Helens34141193774492942.64
20Leigh32130192193552640.63
21Barrow32111202723952335.94
22Runcorn3093182303312135
23Bradford Northern32101211733902132.81
24York3090212734231830
25Ebbw Vale3090211782971830
26Merthyr Tydfil185013903351027.77
27Coventry3261252885241320.31
28Bramley3251261505211117.18

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Wigan 16
4 Widnes 0
Wigan 7
Oldham 20
2 Oldham 15
3 Wakefield Trinity 12

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1911 Challenge Cup

Broughton Rangers defeated Wigan 4-0 to win their second, and to date, last Challenge Cup.[2]

The scoreline set a record for the lowest winning score and lowest aggregate score in a Challenge Cup Final.[3]

Sources

References
  1. "1910-11 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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