1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1934–35 Rugby Football League season was the 40th season of rugby league football. A single league Championship was contested by twenty eight teams. The Challenge Cup was contested for the 35th time and the first European Championship took place between England, France and Wales.

1934–35 Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Duration38 Rounds
Teams28
Champions Swinton (4th title)
Season Leaders Swinton
Runners-up Warrington
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (348)
Top try-scorer(s)Wales Jack Morley ( Wigan) (49)

Season summary

Swinton won their fourth Championship beating Warrington 14–3 in the play-off final after ending the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who defeated Huddersfield 11–8 in the final.

London Highfield returned north and changed their name to Liverpool Stanley. [1]

Bradford Northern move into their new Odsal Stadium. The first match there on 1 September 1934 ended in a loss to Huddersfield.[2]

Salford won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Wigan 21–12 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 5–5 (replays: 2–2, 13–0) to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Swinton38301746817561
2Warrington38283744525359
3Wigan38264879029056
4Salford382711047827255
5Leeds382621053132154
6Hull382501356243050
7Huddersfield382231355237947
8York382131452737445
9Castleford382031551235543
10St Helens Recs382111643140443
11Hunslet382101754946142
12Keighley382021639847942
13Broughton Rangers382011745135741
14Halifax381841638031440
15Liverpool Stanley381821839928738
16Wakefield Trinity381811949433137
17Widnes381802039533936
18Oldham381541935844734
19Rochdale Hornets381612139552133
20Barrow381512239646031
21St. Helens381432127837731
22Dewsbury381422230750130
23Hull Kingston Rovers381312441451427
24Leigh381302531158926
25Bradford Northern381112632158023
26Batley38912830660319
27Featherstone Rovers38603229380412
28Bramley3841333378619

Championship play-offs
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Swinton 10
4 Salford 2
Swinton 14
Warrington 3
2 Warrington 9
3 Wigan 0

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1934–35 Challenge Cup

Castleford beat Huddersfield 11–8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 39,000. This was Castleford’s first Challenge Cup Final win in their first Final appearance.

This was Huddersfield’s first defeat in six Final’s appearances.[3]

European Championship
Main article: 1935 European Rugby League Championship

The tri-nation tournament was played between January and April 1935 as single round robin games between England, France and Wales. This was the first Rugby League European Championship, won by England on Points Average.[4]
Match Details

DateVenueHome teamScoreAway team
1 Jan 1935BordeauxFrance18 - 11Wales
28 Mar 1935ParisFrance15 - 15England
10 April 1935LiverpoolEngland24 - 11Wales

References
  1. "1934-35 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "Bradford Bulls History". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 424. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

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