1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1926–27 Rugby Football League season was the 32nd season of rugby league football.

1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Teams29
Champions Swinton (1st title)
League Leaders St Helens Recreation
Runners-up St Helens Recreation
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (322)
Top try-scorer(s)England Alf Ellaby ( St Helens) (55)
Joined League Castleford
Pontypridd

Season summary

Swinton won their first Championship by beating St. Helens Recs 13–8 in the play-off final.

St. Helens Recs had finished the regular season as league leaders.

Oldham beat Swinton 26–7 to win the Challenge Cup.

The league increased to 29 clubs with the addition of Castleford and Pontypridd.[1]

St.Helens Recs won the Lancashire League, and Hull F.C. won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat St. Helens Recs 10–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Wakefield Trinity 10–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1St Helens Recs3829365442356180.26
2Swinton3829274712756078.98
3Wigan40290116913665872.5
4St. Helens34231105382834769.11
5Hull38251124343175167.1
6Hull Kingston Rovers36215104562444765.27
7Leigh36231124043314765.27
8Rochdale Hornets36230133782854663.88
9Leeds40231165823714758.75
10Hunslet42241175333804958.33
11Featherstone Rovers38211165043694356.57
12Dewsbury38203153442844356.57
13Oldham38194154893464255.26
14Halifax40194174112894252.5
15Wakefield Trinity36173163863303751.38
16Warrington38181194095243748.68
17Barrow38180203114123647.36
18York36161193685193345.83
19Batley36142203173253041.66
20Salford36142203063533041.66
21Broughton Rangers36141213693922940.27
22Keighley36141212424692940.27
23Huddersfield40160244145623240
24Widnes34110232834792232.35
25Wigan Highfield3491242393831927.94
26Bramley3681272006361723.61
27Pontypridd3271242234471523.43
28Bradford Northern3660302886521216.66
29Castleford3651302745501115.27

Championship play-off

Semifinals:

St Helens Recreation 33 beat St Helens 0.

Swinton 23 beat Wigan 3.

Final:

Swinton 13 beat St Helens Recreation 8.

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1926–27 Challenge Cup

In the Challenge Cup tournament's final Oldham faced Swinton. It was the first radio broadcast of the Challenge Cup final by the BBC.[2] Oldham won 26–7 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,448. This was Oldham's fourth consecutive appearance in the final and their second win in that period. It was their seventh overall appearance in a Challenge Cup Final and their third success overall. [3]

References
  1. "1926-27 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "The History Of Rugby League". Rugby League Information. napit.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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