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1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season

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title1925–26 Rugby Football League season
leagueChampionship
no_of_teams27
season_champsWigan (3rd title)
season_champ_nameChampions
league_leadersWigan
league_leaders_nameLeague Leaders
second_placeWarrington
top_scorerWAL Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (274)
top try scorerWAL Johnny Ring ( Wigan) (63)
season3
season_champs3
season_champ_name3
prevseason_link1924–25 Northern Rugby Football League season
prevseason_year1924–25
nextseason_link1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season
nextseason_year1926–27

The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Having ended the regular season as the league leaders, Wigan went on to claim their third Championship by beating Warrington 22-10 in the play-off final.

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the Challenge Cup Final.

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct
1Wigan38293664131061
2Warrington36271847227955
3Swinton36262844222354
4Hull382431154732951
5St. Helens Recs362321143727848
6Hull Kingston Rovers342031141632043
7Oldham341931243125141
8Wakefield Trinity362111444531743
9Leeds362021452631142
10St. Helens341821441028238
11Batley382021632529642
12York361901735935038
13Halifax381921736432340
14Barrow361731631330337
15Featherstone Rovers321521536236232
16Dewsbury361801831040236
17Widnes341501933939730
18Huddersfield361422036547430
19Wigan Highfield321211928032325
20Hunslet361402238943528
21Salford341141924639326
22Rochdale Hornets361312232041427
23Bradford Northern381402430658028
24Leigh32822227043518
25Broughton Rangers34902531651018
26Keighley36912629057719
27Bramley3430311525886

Championship play-off

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Wigan | RD1-score1=34 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Hull | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Warrington | RD1-score3=11 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Swinton | RD1-score4=8 | RD2-team1=Wigan | RD2-score1=22 | RD2-team2=Warrington | RD2-score2=10

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1925–26 Challenge Cup

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.

This was Swinton’s second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.

References

Sources

References

  1. "1925-26 Season summary".
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
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