1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1927–28 Rugby Football League season was the 33rd season of rugby league football. Swinton won All four cups.[1]

1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Teams28
Champions Swinton (2nd title)
League Leaders Swinton
Runners-up Featherstone Rovers
Top point-scorer(s)England Joe Thompson ( Leeds) (233)
Top try-scorer(s)England Alf Ellaby ( St Helens) (37)
Resigned from the LeaguePontypridd

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.[2]

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
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Swinton3627364391895779.10
2Leeds42320106193076476.19
3Featherstone Rovers36251103872345170.83
4Hunslet40280125463085670.00
5St Helens Recs36240124992514866.66
6Oldham36231124222614765.27
7Wigan Highfield32191122722403960.93
8Wigan40240166013454860.00
9Leigh34200142982364058.82
10Wakefield Trinity40222164763554657.50
11St. Helens36191164853363954.17
12Huddersfield40211184753414353.75
13Hull Kingston Rovers38175163423333951.31
14Halifax40192193413284050.00
15Dewsbury38173183343293748.68
16Bradford Northern32132172043332843.75
17Warrington36142203524833041.66
18Barrow34131202493372739.70
19Batley38142222644663039.47
20Hull38126203123473039.47
21York36131222333502737.50
22Keighley36131222304152737.50
23Widnes32110211964182234.37
24Rochdale Hornets34111221924482333.82
25Castleford3293202173892132.81
26Salford3291222204341929.68
27Broughton Rangers3280242954501625.00
28Bramley3270251754021421.87

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Swinton 12
4 Hunslet 2
Swinton 11
Featherstone Rovers 0
2 Leeds 12
3 Featherstone Rovers 15

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.[3]

References
  1. "The History Of Rugby League". Rugby League Information. napit.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. "1927-28 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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