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1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season

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title1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season
leagueChampionship
no_of_teams28
season_champsSwinton (2nd title)
season_champ_nameChampions
league_leadersSwinton
league_leaders_nameLeague Leaders
second_placeFeatherstone Rovers
top_scorerENG Joe Thompson ( Leeds) (233)
top try scorerENG Alf Ellaby ( St Helens) (37)
leavePontypridd
leave_reasonResigned from the League
season3
season_champs3
season_champ_name3
prevseason_link1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season
prevseason_year1926–27
nextseason_link1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
nextseason_year1928–29

The 1927–28 Rugby Football League season was the 33rd season of rugby league football. Swinton won All four cups.

Season summary

Swinton won their second, and successive, Championship when they defeated Featherstone Rovers 11-0 in the play-off final. Swinton had also ended the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Swinton who beat Warrington 5-3 in the final.

Pontypridd resigned from the League after playing 8 games, and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 7, scoring 46 and conceding 149. 1927-28.

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 5–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Hull F.C. 8–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct
1Swinton36273643918957
2Leeds423201061930764
3Featherstone Rovers362511038723451
4Hunslet402801254630856
5St Helens Recs362401249925148
6Oldham362311242226147
7Wigan Highfield321911227224039
8Wigan402401660134548
9Leigh342001429823640
10Wakefield Trinity402221647635546
11St. Helens361911648533639
12Huddersfield402111847534143
13Hull Kingston Rovers381751634233339
14Halifax401921934132840
15Dewsbury381731833432937
16Bradford Northern321321720433328
17Warrington361422035248330
18Barrow341312024933727
19Batley381422226446630
20Hull381262031234730
21York361312223335027
22Keighley361312223041527
23Widnes321102119641822
24Rochdale Hornets341112219244823
25Castleford32932021738921
26Salford32912222043419
27Broughton Rangers32802429545016
28Bramley32702517540214

Championship play-off

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Swinton | RD1-score1=12 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Hunslet | RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Leeds | RD1-score3=12 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Featherstone Rovers | RD1-score4=15

| RD2-team1=Swinton | RD2-score1=11 | RD2-team2=Featherstone Rovers | RD2-score2=0

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1927–28 Challenge Cup

Swinton beat Warrington 5-3 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,909.

This was Swinton’s third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.

References

Sources

References

  1. "The History Of Rugby League". napit.co.uk.
  2. "1927-28 Season summary".
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
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