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1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1949–50 Rugby Football League season |
| league | Northern Rugby Football League |
| season_champs | Wigan |
| season_champ_name | Champions |
| league_leaders | Wigan |
| league_leaders_name | League Leaders |
| top_scorer | Harold Palin 290 |
| top try scorer | Brian Nordgren 57 |
| season3 | |
| season_champs3 | |
| season_champ_name3 | |
| prevseason_link | 1948–49 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| prevseason_year | 1948–49 |
| nextseason_link | 1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| nextseason_year | 1950–51 |
The 1949–50 Rugby Football League season was the 55th season of rugby league football. First placed Wigan successfully defended a challenge from second placed Huddersfield in the play-off final to claim the Rugby Football League Championship. The Challenge Cup winners were Warrington who beat Widnes 19-0 in the final. Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Leigh 20–7 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Bradford beat Huddersfield 11–4 to win the Yorkshire Cup. Crowds peaked in 1949-50 with a record 69.8 million paying to watch rugby league matches.
Championship
This season the Rugby Football League Championship was determined by a final.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan | 36 | 31 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Huddersfield | 36 | 28 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Swinton | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Halifax | 36 | 25 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Salford | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Leigh | 36 | 24 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | St. Helens | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Leeds | 36 | 24 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Dewsbury | 36 | 23 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Workington Town | 36 | 22 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Warrington | 36 | 22 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Castleford | 36 | 20 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Keighley | 36 | 20 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Hunslet | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | Widnes | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 |
| 17 | Belle Vue Rangers | 36 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 18 | Oldham | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 |
| 19 | Hull | 36 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 20 | Barrow | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 21 | Bradford | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 23 | Whitehaven | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| 24 | Batley | 36 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 25 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 26 | Bramley | 36 | 6 | 1 | 29 |
| 27 | Rochdale Hornets | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 28 | York | 36 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 29 | Liverpool Stanley | 36 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
Play-offs
The top four finishing teams entered a play-off series which culminated in a final between Wigan and Huddersfield, but not before Wigan had to re-play and defeat Halifax, with whom they drew in their first play-off match.
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Wigan | RD1-score1-1=5| RD1-score1-2=18| | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Halifax | RD1-score2-1=5| RD1-score2-2=2| | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Huddersfield | RD1-score3-1=9 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Swinton | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD2-team1=Wigan | RD2-score1-1=20 | RD2-team2=Huddersfield | RD2-score2-1=2
Wigan were without eight of their regular starters for the final, as the players had been selected for the 1950 Great Britain Lions tour, and had already departed for Australia. Despite a weakened team, Wigan were able to win, claiming their seventh Rugby Football League Championship.
| Wigan | Number | Huddersfield |
|---|---|---|
| Teams | ||
| Ted Ward | 1 | Johnny Hunter |
| Nat Silcock Jr. | 2 | Dick Cracknell |
| Jack Broome | 3 | Jeff Bawden |
| George Roughley | 4 | Pat Devery |
| Brian Nordgren | 5 | Lionel Cooper |
| Cecil Mountford | 6 | Russ Pepperell |
| Johnny Alty | 7 | Billy Banks |
| Ted Slevin | 8 | John Daly |
| Harold McIntyre | 9 | James Mundy |
| Frank Barton | 10 | Arthur Wilmot |
| Bill Hudson | 11 | Ken Morrison |
| Jack Large | 12 | Bob Nicholson |
| Billy Blan | 13 | Ike Owens |
| Jim Sullivan | Coach | Alex Fiddes |
Challenge Cup
Main article: 1949–50 Challenge Cup
Warrington beat Widnes 19-0 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 94,249. This was Warrington’s third Cup final win in nine Final appearances. In the match Albert Naughton, at centre for Warrington opposed his older brother Johnny, who was in the Widnes second row.{{Cite news | access-date = 6 March 2011}} This was the second successive Final that the losing side had failed to score. The Warrington Gerry Helme won the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.
County cups
Main article: 1949 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1949 Yorkshire Cup
| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01= Hull Kingston Rovers | RD1-score01=10 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=Bramley | RD1-score02=16
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=Keighley | RD1-score03=60 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=Yorkshire Amateurs | RD1-score04=10
| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=York | RD1-score05=22 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=Bradford | RD1-score06=53
| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=Castleford | RD1-score07=25 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=Hull | RD1-score08=21
| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=Hunslet | RD1-score09=7 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Dewsbury | RD1-score10=29
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=Batley | RD1-score11=17 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Halifax | RD1-score12=9
| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=Huddersfield | RD1-score13=29 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=Leeds | RD1-score14=13
| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=Wakefield Trinity | RD1-score15=31 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=Featherstone Rovers | RD1-score16=14
| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Bramley | RD2-score01=5 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=Keighley | RD2-score02=4
| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=Bradford | RD2-score03=13 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=Castleford | RD2-score04=6
| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=Dewsbury | RD2-score05=12 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=Batley | RD2-score06=5
| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=Huddersfield | RD2-score07=20 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=Wakefield Trinity | RD2-score08=12
| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=Bramley | RD3-score01=6 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=Bradford | RD3-score02=8
| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=Dewsbury | RD3-score03=2 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Huddersfield | RD3-score04=7
| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=Bradford | RD4-score01=11 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=Huddersfield | RD4-score02=4
References
References
- "1949-50 Season summary".
- Jon Henderson. (2007). "Best of British: Hendo's sporting heroes". Yellow Jersey Press.
- (11 May 1950). "Wigan Will Need Eight Reserves For Final". Hull Daily Mail.
- "RFL All Time Records".
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