1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season

none 1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season Championship 34 Rounds First Division: 18Second Division: 18 First Division Halifax (1st title) Champions Salford WAL Wharton Davies (Batley) (136) St Helens Brighouse Rangers Second Division Second Division Keighley Champions Evans (27) Keighley Leeds Second Division Manningham Stockport Resigned from the League 1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1901–02 1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1903–04 The 1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the eighth season of rugby league football. Season summary Overview League Champions: Halifax Challenge Cup Winners: Halifax (7-0 v Salford) 2nd Division Champions: Keighleyhttp://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=325 1902-03 Season summary 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826214745/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=325 2009-08-26 live Summary Four of the top five clubs from the 1901–02 Lancashire Senior Competition; Hull Kingston Rovers (although based in Yorkshire, and having played in the Yorkshire Senior Competition for the 1899–1900 and 1900–01 seasons, they had played the 1901–02 season in the Lancashire Senior Competition), St. Helens, Widnes, and Wigan joined the 14-clubs from the previous season's 1901–02 Northern Rugby League to make an 18-club Division 1, the exception was Barrow who despite finishing fourth in the 1901–02 Lancashire Senior Competition joined Division 2. At the end of the season Manningham Rugby Club decided to switch to association football and became Bradford City A.F.C., whilst staying at Valley Parade.http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10266~400739,00.html Bradford City History Transformation of Valley Parade Bradford City Football Club 2010-03-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081009040144/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10266~400739%2C00.html 2008-10-09 http://bantamspast.co.uk/index.php?published-min=2009-09-01T00:00:00-00:00&published-max=2009-10-01T00:00:00-00:00 Valley Parade History The Dawn of Football at Valley Parade The Bradford City Football Club Museum 2010-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110812053057/http://bantamspast.co.uk/index.php?published-min=2009-09-01T00:00:00-00:00&published-max=2009-10-01T00:00:00-00:00 2011-08-12 dead Tables First Division main WDL HFX SAL SWI RUN BRR OLD BRA WAR HUN HUL BAT LEI WID HKR HUD WIG STH BRI REL REL 15 4 15 176 214 16 5 13 220 161 17 7 10 222 97 13 2 19 155 215 23 3 8 199 85 7 4 23 79 270 13 2 19 116 196 12 5 17 136 178 16 2 16 204 192 9 2 23 125 309 18 7 9 254 119 20 5 9 244 130 20 0 14 200 128 19 4 11 239 139 14 7 13 148 164 9 1 20 458 708 13 2 19 131 167 10 6 18 125 174 16 3 15 185 220 C R R batley 16 Batley bradford 16 Bradford F.C. Cronulla 16 Broughton Rangers DEWSBURY 16 Brighouse Rangers Halifax 16 Halifax Hull fc 16 Hull F.C. hunslet 16 Hunslet Huddersfield 16 Huddersfield salford city 16 Salford swinton 16 Swinton runcorn 16 Runcorn hull kr 16 Hull Kingston Rovers leigh 16 Leigh St helens 16 St Helens oldham 16 Oldham warrington 16 Warrington Widnes 16 Widnes wigan 16 Wigan 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored; points yes complete Fletcher Raymond Howes David https://archive.org/details/rothmansrugbylea0000flet/page/260/mode/2up?view=theater Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96 1995 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7817-7 260 registration 2 1 0 R red1 Relegation to Second Division Second Division main WDL KEI LEE MIL ROC HOL BAR WAK BRM BIR MAN LAN NOR YOR SSH CAS DEW MOR STO PRO PRO 22 0 12 230 140 9 4 21 105 268 16 4 14 179 151 14 6 14 125 140 8 5 21 123 245 20 5 9 213 83 26 1 7 334 98 22 3 9 238 118 14 5 15 141 170 9 2 23 88 220 27 2 5 270 92 13 4 17 123 214 20 6 8 323 88 12 4 18 160 228 5 1 28 69 348 18 2 14 263 196 11 4 19 111 190 10 2 22 158 264 CP P barrow 16 Barrow swinton 16 Birkenhead Wanderers crusaders 16 Bramley castleford 16 Castleford st george 16 Lancaster dewsbury 16 Dewsbury LEEDS 16 Leeds brisbane 16 Manningham north Sydney 16 Normanton queensland 16 Millom doncaster 16 Holbeck toronto wolfpack 16 South Shields keighley 16 Keighley rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets western suburbs 16 Morecambe manly 16 Stockport wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity York rlfc 16 York 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored; points yes complete 2 1 0 P green1 Promoted to First Division Challenge Cup 1903 Challenge Cup Halifax beat Salford 7-0 in the final at Leeds before a crowd of 32,507 http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 2009-04-03 dead Sources 1902-03 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website References Category:1902 in English rugby league Category:1903 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons