1935–36 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1935–36 Rugby Football League season was the 41st season of rugby league football. Thirty teams competed in a single league Championship. The Challenge Cup was contested for the 36th time and the second European Championship took place.

1935–36 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Duration38 Rounds
Teams30
Champions Hull (3rd title)
League Leaders Hull
Runners-up Widnes
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (246)
Top try-scorer(s)Australia Eric Harris ( Leeds) (63)
Joined League Acton and Willesden
Streatham and Mitcham

Season summary

Hull F.C. won their third Championship when they defeated Widnes 21–2 in the play-off final. Hull F.C. had also finished the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who beat Warrington 18–2 in the final.

Two new London clubs join the competition: Acton and Willesden and Streatham and Mitcham.[1]

Liverpool Stanley won the Lancashire League, and Hull F.C. won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Wigan 15–7 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat York 3–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L Pts
1Hull38301761
2Liverpool Stanley38272956
3Widnes38254954
4Wigan382511251
5Salford382501350
6Broughton Rangers382331249
7York382241248
8Leeds382321348
9Huddersfield382301546
10Barrow382131445
11Warrington382131445
12Castleford382201644
13Halifax382031543
14Swinton381931641
15Oldham382011741
16Hunslet382011741
17Batley381921740
18Keighley381821838
19Bradford Northern381622034
20Rochdale Hornets381702134
21Acton & Willesden381342130
22Wakefield Trinity381322328
23St. Helens381312427
24Streatham & Mitcham381222426
25Bramley381222426
26St Helens Recs381112623
27Leigh381022622
28Hull Kingston Rovers38932621
29Dewsbury38623014
30Featherstone Rovers38542914

Championship play-offs
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Hull 13
4 Wigan 2
Hull 21
Widnes 2
2 Liverpool Stanley 9
3 Widnes 10

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1935–36 Challenge Cup

Leeds beat Warrington 18–2 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 18 April 1936 before a crowd of 51,250.

Evan Williams' three goals gave Leeds the victory.[2]

This was Leeds’ fourth Challenge Cup Final win in as many Final appearances.[3]

European Championship
Main article: 1935–36 European Rugby League Championship

The tri-nation tournament was played between November 1935 and February 1936 as single round robin games between England, France and Wales. This was the second Rugby League European Championship, won by Wales.[4]
Match details

DateVenueHome teamScoreAway team
23 Nov 1935LlanelliWales41 - 7France
1 Feb 1936Hull KREngland14 - 17Wales
16 Feb 1936ParisFrance7 - 25England

References
  1. "1935-36 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "On this Day". therhinos.co.uk. Leeds Rhinos. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  3. "RFL All Time Records". 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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