1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season

1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams28
1908–09 Season
Champions Oldham (2nd title)
League Leaders Oldham
Runners-up Wigan
Top point-scorer(s)England Jim Leytham ( Wigan) (232)
Top try-scorer(s)England Jim Leytham ( Wigan) (48)
Resigned from the LeagueAberdare
Barry
Mid-Rhondda

The 1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 15th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Aberdare, Barry and Mid-Rhondda had dropped out, leaving 28 teams. [1]

Oldham won their second Championship this season. After finishing top of the regular season table, they went on to beat Wigan 13-7 in the play-off final.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who defeated Hull F.C. 26-12 in replay after a 7-7 draw.

At the close of the season, the Northern Union's leading players were selected to go on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Leigh 22–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Batley 21–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1 Oldham 34 29 2 3 604 184 60 88.23
2 Salford 31 24 1 6 387 210 49 79.03
3 Wigan 30 23 1 6 545 169 47 78.33
4 Wakefield 32 24 0 8 435 242 48 75.33
5 Keighley 28 19 0 9 382 242 38 67.85
6 Leeds 34 21 1 12 451 317 43 63.26
7 Warrington 34 20 2 12 408 252 42 61.76
8 Huddersfield 34 21 0 13 477 301 42 61.76
9 Halifax 34 21 0 13 395 269 42 61.76
10 St. Helens 31 18 2 11 468 367 38 61.29
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 35 19 1 15 410 376 39 55.71
12 Leigh 32 15 5 12 218 206 35 54.68
13 Hull 36 19 0 17 456 373 38 52.77
14 Batley 33 16 2 15 313 201 34 51.51
15 Hunslet 32 16 0 16 321 347 32 50
16 Runcorn 30 14 1 15 232 317 29 48.33
17 Ebbw Vale 24 9 2 13 156 211 20 41.66
18 Widnes 28 10 3 15 152 244 23 41.07
19 Rochdale Hornets 32 13 0 19 272 371 26 40.62
20 Dewsbury 30 11 1 18 253 338 23 38.33
21 Swinton 30 10 2 18 203 306 22 36.66
22 Broughton Rangers 34 10 2 22 295 498 22 32.35
23 Bradford Northern 34 9 1 24 176 388 19 27.94
24 York 30 6 1 23 269 473 13 21.66
25 Bramley 29 6 0 23 181 532 12 20.68
26 Barrow 28 5 1 22 146 377 11 19.64
27 Merthyr Tydfil 21 2 1 18 94 354 5 11.9
28 Treherbert 12 0 0 12 55 289 0 0

Championship play-off

Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Oldham 12
4 Wakefield Trinity 6
Oldham 13
Wigan 7
2 Salford 6
3 Wigan 17

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1910 Challenge Cup

Leeds played Hull in the Challenge Cup Final the match ended in a 7-7 draw. The replay resulted in Leeds defeating Hull 26-12. This was Leeds' first Cup Final win in their first Cup Final appearance. Hull lost their third Cup Final in a row.[2][3]

First match

Leeds: 7

Leeds Tries: Walter Goldthorpe

Leeds Goals: Frank Young 2

Hull FC: 7

Hull FC Tries: G. T. Cottrell

Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace

Half-time: 2-7

Attendance: 19,413 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)

Teams:

Hull FC: Harry Taylor, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton

Leeds: Frank Young, J. Fawcett, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Sanders, W. Biggs, Billy Jarman, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Fred Webster, Billy Ward

Replay

Leeds: 26

Leeds Tries: Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, Fred Webster, Harry Topham

Leeds Goals: Frank Young 7

Hull FC: 12

Hull FC Tries: G. Connell, H. Walton

Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers 3

Half-time: 16-0

Attendance: 11,608 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)

Teams:

Leeds: Frank Young, Harold Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Fawcett, Fred Webster, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Billy Ward, Billy Jarman, S. Whittaker

Hull FC: E. Rogers, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, Ernest Atkinson, (G. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton

Sources

References

  1. ^ "1909-10 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. ^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.