1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football.

1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Teams28
Champions Huddersfield (4th title)
League Leaders Huddersfield
Runners-up Leeds
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (226)
Top try-scorer(s)New Zealand Lou Brown ( Wigan)
Australia Ernie Mills ( Huddersfield) (44)
Joined LeagueCarlisle City
Resigned from the LeagueCarlisle City

Season summary

Huddersfield won their fourth Championship when they beat Leeds 2-0 in the play-off final.

On 4 May 1929 the first Challenge Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium was played. 41,500 saw Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2.[1]

Carlisle City fielded a team, but resigned after 10 matches and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 9, scoring 59 and conceding 166. [2]

Swinton moved from their Chorley Road ground this season due to a dispute over rent. They built a new stadium at Station Road, Swinton using the stands from the old ground.[3]

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Widnes 5–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 5–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Huddersfield3826484762915673.68
2Hull Kingston Rovers40273104362395771.25
3Leeds38262106952705471.05
4Salford3423293952224870.58
5Wigan38261116363085369.73
6Swinton36232114292494866.66
7Warrington36222125682954663.88
8St Helens Recs38221155453744559.21
9Oldham36184144393434055.55
10St. Helens38194154603814255.26
11Hunslet38194155393564255.26
12Hull40204164583954455.00
13Leigh34173142852793754.41
14Wigan Highfield32161152623333351.56
15Dewsbury36172173803873650.00
16Wakefield Trinity40174194004613847.50
17Halifax40183193793993948.75
18Barrow32132173963872843.75
19Batley38142222784423039.47
20Broughton Rangers30111182354012338.33
21Castleford34114192683692638.23
22York34120222594092435.29
23Bramley34112212414372435.29
24Widnes34112212224392435.29
25Featherstone Rovers38104242774512431.57
26Rochdale Hornets34100242354342029.41
27Keighley3482242094221826.47
28Bradford Northern3853302428711317.10

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Huddersfield 13
4 Salford 5
Huddersfield 2
Leeds 0
2 Hull Kingston Rovers 4
3 Leeds 7

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1928–29 Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in the first final to be played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 41,000.[4]

This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.[5][6]

References
  1. Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  2. "1928-29 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. "Swinton Lions History". Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  4. Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  5. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  6. "Historic Wigan RL Moments: 1929 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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