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1924–25 Northern Rugby Football League season

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title1924–25 Northern Rugby Football League season
leagueChampionship
no_of_teams27
season_champsHull Kingston Rovers (2nd title)
season_champ_nameChampions
league_leadersSwinton
league_leaders_nameLeague Leaders
second_placeSwinton
top_scorerWAL Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (282)
top try scorerWAL Johnny Ring ( Wigan) (54)
season3
season_champs3
season_champ_name3
prevseason_link1923–24 Northern Rugby Football League season
prevseason_year1923–24
nextseason_link1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season
nextseason_year1925–26

The 1924–25 Rugby Football League season was the 30th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Hull Kingston Rovers won their second Championship by defeating Swinton in the play-off final.

Swinton had ended the regular season as league leaders.

Oldham defeated Hull Kingston Rovers to win the Challenge Cup.

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St. Helens Recs 10–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Batley 9–8 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct
1Swinton36300649922460
2Hull Kingston Rovers34253649217153
3Wigan36271878425855
4St. Helens Recs38263956426755
5Oldham342111253324843
6Leeds362131234127845
7Huddersfield362111445835143
8Dewsbury362021431026942
9Warrington361921542738640
10St. Helens341731432538137
11Batley361911644135039
12Rochdale Hornets361821634833138
13Hunslet361901741136938
14Wakefield Trinity361711833731635
15Keighley361711830542035
16Barrow341611728833633
17Featherstone Rovers341501932236430
15Hull361431936842231
19Salford341331816039929
20Leigh341312032843327
21Halifax381422231743130
22Broughton Rangers341212124442925
23York361212327235125
24Wigan Highfield321012122443221
25Widnes341012325746221
26Bradford Northern38842628558420
27Bramley3622321745726

Championship play-off

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Swinton | RD1-score1=20 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=St Helens Recreation | RD1-score2=2 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Hull Kingston Rovers | RD1-score3=13 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Wigan | RD1-score4=4 | RD2-team1=Swinton | RD2-score1=5 | RD2-team2=Hull Kingston Rovers | RD2-score2=9

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1924-25 Challenge Cup

Oldham beat Hull Kingston Rovers 16-3 in the final played at Leeds before a crowd of 28,335.

This was Oldham’s fifth appearance in the Final and their second win. Their previous Cup Final win was back in 1899.

During this season's Cup competition, Wigan's Jim Sullivan set a Challenge Cup record for the most goals kicked in a match, when he was successful 22 times against the amateur team, Flimby and Fothergill.

References

Sources

References

  1. "1924-25 Season summary".
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
  3. "RFL All Time Records".
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