1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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

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

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
1Oldham3429236041846088.23
2Salford3124163872104979.03
3Wigan3023165451694778.33
4Wakefield Trinity3224084352424875
5Keighley2819093822423867.85
6Leeds34211124513174363.26
7Warrington34202124082524261.76
8Huddersfield34210134773014261.76
9Halifax34210133952694261.76
10St. Helens31182114683673861.29
11Hull Kingston Rovers35191154103763955.71
12Leigh32155122182063554.68
13Hull36190174563733852.77
14Batley33162153132013451.51
15Hunslet32160163213473250
16Runcorn30141152323172948.33
17Ebbw Vale2492131562112041.66
18Widnes28103151522442341.07
19Rochdale Hornets32130192723712640.62
20Dewsbury30111182533382338.33
21Swinton30102182033062236.66
22Broughton Rangers34102222954982232.35
23Bradford Northern3491241763881927.94
24York3061232694731321.66
25Bramley2960231815321220.68
26Barrow2851221463771119.64
27Merthyr Tydfil21211894354511.9
28Treherbert1200125528900

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

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.
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