1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season

1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueChampionship
Teams28
ChampionsHuddersfield (4th title)
League LeadersHuddersfield
Runners-upLeeds
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Jim Sullivan (226)
Top try-scorer(s)New Zealand Lou Brown
Australia Ernie Mills (44)
Joined LeagueCarlisle City
Resigned from the LeagueCarlisle City

The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Huddersfield won their fourth Championship when they beat Leeds 2-0 in the play-off final.

On 4 May 1929 the first Challenge Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium was played. 41,500 saw Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2.[1]

Carlisle City fielded a team, but resigned after 10 matches and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 9, scoring 59 and conceding 166. [2]

Swinton moved from their Chorley Road ground this season due to a dispute over rent. They built a new stadium at Station Road, Swinton using the stands from the old ground.[3]

Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PAv PCT Qualification
1 Huddersfield 38 26 4 8 476 291 1.636 73.68 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2 Hull Kingston Rovers 40 27 3 10 436 239 1.824 71.25
3 Leeds 38 26 2 10 695 270 2.574 71.05
4 Salford 34 23 2 9 395 222 1.779 70.59
5 Wigan 38 26 1 11 636 308 2.065 69.74
6 Swinton 36 23 2 11 429 249 1.723 66.67
7 Warrington 36 22 2 12 568 295 1.925 63.89
8 St Helens Recs 38 22 1 15 545 374 1.457 59.21
9 Oldham 36 18 4 14 439 343 1.280 55.56
10 Hunslet 38 19 4 15 539 356 1.514 55.26
11 St Helens 38 19 4 15 460 381 1.207 55.26
12 Hull 40 20 4 16 458 395 1.159 55.00
13 Leigh 34 17 3 14 285 279 1.022 54.41
14 Wigan Highfield 32 16 1 15 262 333 0.787 51.56
15 Dewsbury 36 17 2 17 380 387 0.982 50.00
16 Halifax 40 18 3 19 379 399 0.950 48.75
17 Wakefield Trinity 40 17 4 19 400 461 0.868 47.50
18 Barrow 32 13 2 17 396 387 1.023 43.75
19 Batley 38 14 2 22 278 442 0.629 39.47
20 Broughton Rangers 30 11 1 18 235 401 0.586 38.33
21 Castleford 34 11 4 19 268 369 0.726 38.24
22 York 34 12 0 22 259 409 0.633 35.29
23 Bramley 34 11 2 21 241 437 0.551 35.29
24 Widnes 34 11 2 21 222 439 0.506 35.29
25 Featherstone Rovers 38 10 4 24 277 451 0.614 31.58
26 Rochdale Hornets 34 10 0 24 235 434 0.541 29.41
27 Keighley 34 8 2 24 209 422 0.495 26.47
28 Bradford Northern 38 5 3 30 242 871 0.278 17.11
– Carlisle City[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
Source: [4]
Notes:
  1. ^ Carlisle City resigned from the league in November and folded. Their record (Pld 10, W 1, L 9, PF 59, PA 166, PCT 10.00) was expunged.

Championship play-off

Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Huddersfield 13
4 Salford 5
Huddersfield 2
Leeds 0
2 Hull Kingston Rovers 4
3 Leeds 7

County leagues

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League.

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1928–29 Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in the first final to be played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 41,000.[5]

This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.[6][7]

County cups

Main article: 1928–29 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup

Wigan beat Widnes 5–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 5–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

References

  1. ^ Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  2. ^ "1928-29 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. ^ "Swinton Lions History". Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-7472-7817-7.
  5. ^ Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  6. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  7. ^ "Historic Wigan RL Moments: 1929 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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