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1948–49 Northern Rugby Football League season
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1948–49 Rugby Football League season |
| league | Northern Rugby Football League |
| season_champs | Huddersfield |
| season_champ_name | Champions |
| league_leaders | Warrington |
| league_leaders_name | League Leaders |
| top_scorer | Ted Ward 312 |
| top try scorer | Lionel Cooper 60 |
| season3 | |
| season_champs3 | |
| season_champ_name3 | |
| prevseason_link | 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| prevseason_year | 1947–48 |
| nextseason_link | 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| nextseason_year | 1949–50 |
The 1948–49 Rugby Football League season was the 54th season of rugby league football. This was Whitehaven's inaugural season in the League.
Season summary
Warrington finished the regular season as the league leaders. However, Huddersfield won their sixth Championship when they beat Warrington 13–12 in the championship final. The game, played at Maine Road, Manchester, attracted a crowd of 75,194 and receipts of £11,073 setting new records for both attendances and receipts for a rugby league game played anywhere other than Wembley.
The Challenge Cup winners were Bradford who beat Halifax 12–0 in the final.
Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Warrington 14–8 to win the Lancashire Cup and Bradford Northern beat Castleford 18–9 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warrington | 36 | 31 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Wigan | 36 | 28 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Huddersfield | 36 | 27 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Barrow | 36 | 25 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Widnes | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Batley | 36 | 23 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Salford | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Workington Town | 36 | 22 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Swinton | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Bradford Northern | 36 | 22 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | St. Helens | 36 | 20 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 19 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Hull | 36 | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Leeds | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 |
| 15 | Keighley | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 |
| 16 | Hunslet | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | Leigh | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 |
| 19 | Castleford | 36 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| 20 | Dewsbury | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 21 | Belle Vue Rangers | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 22 | Rochdale Hornets | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 23 | Oldham | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 24 | Bramley | 36 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 25 | Halifax | 36 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 26 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 27 | Whitehaven | 36 | 6 | 2 | 28 |
| 28 | York | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 29 | Liverpool Stanley | 36 | 3 | 2 | 31 |
Play-offs
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Warrington | RD1-score1=23 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Barrow | RD1-score2=8 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Wigan | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Huddersfield | RD1-score4=14 | RD2-team1=Warrington | RD2-score1=12 | RD2-team2=Huddersfield | RD2-score2=13
Final
| Huddersfield | Number | Warrington |
|---|---|---|
| Teams | ||
| Johnny Hunter | 1 | Les Jones |
| John Anderson | 2 | Brian Bevan |
| Archie Ferguson | 3 | Albert Pimblett |
| Pat Devery | 4 | Bill Jackson |
| Lionel Cooper | 5 | Roy Francis |
| Russell Pepperell | 6 | Jack Fleming |
| Billy Banks | 7 | Gerry Helme |
| John Maiden | 8 | Bill Derbyshire |
| Mel Meek | 9 | Harold Fishwick |
| John Daly | 10 | Bill Riley |
| Ike Owens | 11 | Harry Bath |
| Bob Nicholson | 12 | Jim Featherstone |
| Dave Valentine | 13 | Harold Palin |
| Coach | Chris Brockbank |
Challenge Cup
Main article: 1948–49 Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup tournament's final was to be played by Bradford and Halifax at Wembley Stadium. It was the first time tickets to the Challenge Cup final were sold out. Bradford won the game 12–0 in the final played in front of a world record{{cite news | access-date = 2009-10-12}} rugby league crowd of 95,050. Trevor Foster and Eric Batten scored the tries for Bradford and Ernest Ward kicked three goals as well as winning the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.
This was Bradford's fourth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.
County cups
Main article: 1948–49 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1948–49 Yorkshire Cup
Sources
References
References
- "The History Of Rugby League". napit.co.uk.
- (16 May 1949). "Huddersfield are Champions". [[Yorkshire Post]].
- "Player Profile - Johnny Hunter". SmartPack International Pty Ltd.
- "1948-49 Season summary".
- "Bradford bulls History".
- "RFL All Time Records".
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