1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.

1925–26 Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Teams27
Champions Wigan (3rd title)
League Leaders Wigan
Runners-up Warrington
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (274)
Top try-scorer(s)Wales Johnny Ring ( Wigan) (63)

Season summary

Having ended the regular season as the league leaders, Wigan went on to claim their third Championship by beating Warrington 22-10 in the play-off final.

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the Challenge Cup Final.[1]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Wigan3829366413106180.26
2Warrington3627184722795576.38
3Swinton3626284422235475
4Hull38243115473295167.1
5St. Helens Recs36232114372784866.66
6Hull Kingston Rovers34203114163204363.23
7Oldham34193124312514160.29
8Wakefield Trinity36211144453174359.72
9Leeds36202145263114258.33
10St. Helens34182144102823855.88
11Batley38202163252964255.26
12York36190173593503852.77
13Halifax38192173643234052.63
14Barrow36173163133033751.38
15Featherstone Rovers32152153623623250
16Dewsbury36180183104023650
17Widnes34150193393973044.11
18Huddersfield36142203654743041.66
19Wigan Highfield32121192803232539.06
20Hunslet36140223894352838.88
21Salford34114192463932638.23
22Rochdale Hornets36131223204142737.5
23Bradford Northern38140243065802836.84
24Leigh3282222704351828.12
25Broughton Rangers3490253165101826.47
26Keighley3691262905771926.38
27Bramley34303115258868.82

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Wigan 34
4 Hull 0
Wigan 22
Warrington 10
2 Warrington 11
3 Swinton 8

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1925–26 Challenge Cup

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.

This was Swinton’s second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900. [2]

References
  1. "1925-26 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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