1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season

none 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season Separate county competitions 1897–98 Season Albert Goldthorpe (hunslet 12 Hunslet) 135 Hoskins (salford city 12 Salford) 30 Lancashire League oldham 12 Oldham Champions Yorkshire League hunslet 12 Hunslet Champions 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1896–97 1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1898–99 The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the third season of rugby league football. Summary The leading try scorer this season was Hoskins of Salford, who crossed the line 30 times.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 164 The leading goal scorer was Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet who was successful 66 times. The leading points scorer was also Goldthorpe who scored 135 points in the season. Oldham won the Lancashire Senior Competition and Hunslet won in Yorkshire, but only after winning a play-off with Bradford. Rule changes The line-out was abolished and replaced with the punt-out.http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryB.ink Warrington Wolves The Northern Union Warrington Wolves 2009-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182311/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryB.ink 2008-08-28 dead Bottom ten: Rugby league rules, Rugby League World, Aug 2009: 62 The value of all goals was reduced to two points.Top ten: Rugby league rules, Rugby League World, Aug 2009: 61 Lancashire Senior Competition Oldham won the Lancashire competition outright. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire. Warrington, and Widnes were in Lancashire until the 1974 boundary changes and now lie within the northern boundary of Cheshire. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1oldham 16 Oldham26221229594+201472swinton 16 Swinton26203332183+238433widnes 16 Widnes261916251114+137394Salford city 16 Salford261637275182+9333A5cronulla 16 Broughton Rangers261349183108+75306wigan 16 Wigan2611114124173-49237leigh 16 Leigh2611213176170+622B8st helens 16 St. Helens2610214161192-31229warrington 16 Warrington2610214131178-472210Runcorn269215142184-422011Stockport268216154253-991812Tyldesley268117111281-1701713rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets267019146247-1011414Morecambe26422074285-21110 Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault". League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0. Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points. Notes a Salford had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player b Leigh had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player Yorkshire Senior Competition Hunslet and Bradford ended the league season with 48 points. In a championship play-off Hunslet beat Bradford 5–2. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1hunslet 16 Hunslet302244327117+210482bradford 16 Bradford302325319139+180483batley 16 Batley3017310234111+123374halifax 16 Halifax3016311193164+29355brisbane 16 Manningham3015411276181+95346castleford 16 Castleford3016113256208+48337wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity3016113248214+34338Leeds Parish Church3015114187213-26319leeds 16 Leeds3013413186171+153010huddersfield 16 Huddersfield3012315208170+382711hull 16 Hull3011415192187+52612Bramley3011415156199-432613Brighouse Rangers309516143172-292314Holbeck3011019171310-1392215Heckmondwike309219148315-1672016Liversedge30312676449-3737 Source: https://archive.today/20070804161455/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/gbr/sum/gbr1897.htm R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault". League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0. Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points. References Sources de la Riviere Richard Rugby League World August 2009 2009 Rugby League World Brighouse, UK League Publications 340 1466-0105 RLW-iss340-aug2009 Category:1897 in English rugby league Category:1898 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons