1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season

none 1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season Championship 27 1907–08 Season hunslet 16 Hunslet (1st title) Champions oldham 16 Oldham League Leaders oldham 16 Oldham ENG Albert Goldthorpe (hunslet 16 Hunslet) (217) ENG Jim Leytham (wigan 16 Wigan) (44) bradford 16 Bradford Northern Merthyr Tydfil Ebbw Vale Joined League Liverpool City Resigned from the League 1906–07 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1906–07 1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1908–09 The 1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 13th season of rugby league football. Season summary League Champions were Hunslet who beat Oldham 12-2 in a replay after a 7-7 draw. It was the first time a team that did not finish top of the league won the Championship. Challenge Cup Winners were Hunslet who defeated Hull F.C. 14-0. Liverpool City were replaced by the two Welsh clubs, Merthyr Tydfil and Ebbw Vale, taking the competition to 27 clubs.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=330 1907-08 Season summary 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826220444/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=330 2009-08-26 live Bradford switched to association football and were replaced by Bradford Northern. Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Hunslet won the Yorkshire League. Hunslet won All Four Cups available to them; Challenge Cup, Rugby Football League Championship, Yorkshire league, and Yorkshire Cup. New Zealand toured England this season. On 28 December 1907, they defeated Salford 9-2 in front of 9,000 spectators.http://www.reds.co.uk/history https://web.archive.org/web/20110307194753/http://www.reds.co.uk/history dead 7 March 2011 Salford first game Salford City Reds Official Web Site, History page 12 November 2011 Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1Oldham3228223961215890.622Hunslet3225163892485179.683Broughton Rangers3023164211914778.334Wigan3223185011814773.435Halifax34221114832754566.176Hull Kingston Rovers32210114603074265.627Warrington3018394311563965.008Wakefield Trinity32201114223224164.069Salford32193103441874164.0610Batley32200123603064062.0511Keighley32171143203563554.6812Bradford Northern32170153133503453.1213Runcorn30150152552193050.0014Barrow32150172442723046.8715Huddersfield32141174393302945.3116Hull34150193493233044.1117Rochdale Hornets30130172322902643.3318Dewsbury32131182903582742.1819Leigh30111182793622338.3320Leeds32101212703972132.8121Swinton3091201803161931.6622York3090212844371830.0023Merthyr Tydfil3081212294001728.3324Widnes3064201793351626.6625St. Helens3273222285001726.5626Ebbw Vale3062221534261423.3327Bramley3251261886741117.18   Play-offs Championship play-off yes yes Semi-finals Championship final 2 Hunslet 28 3 Broughton Rangers 3 1 Oldham 12 4 Wigan 5 Hunslet 7 12 Oldham 7 2 Challenge Cup 1908 Challenge Cup The final saw Hunslet's 14-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1908 Challenge Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000, the referee was Mr. J. H. Smith of Widnes, and the Challenge Cup Trophy was presented by Mr H. Ashton (President of the Northern Union).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 http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-hull-fc-s-challenge-cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals Hull Daily Mail 22 August 2013 1 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140203223748/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-Hull-FC-s-Challenge-Cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html 3 February 2014 Hunslet Tries: Fred Smith, Fred Farrar Hunslet Goals: Billy Eagers, (Albert, or Walter) Goldthorpe 3 Half-time: 7-0 Attendance: 18,000 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield) Teams: Hunslet: Herbert Place, Fred Farrar, Billy Eagers, Walter Goldthorpe, Billy Batten, Albert Goldthorpe, Fred Smith, Harry Wilson, Bill Brookes, Bill Jukes, John "Jack" Randall, John Higson, Tom Walsh Hull FC: Harry Taylor, L. Parry, G. T. Cottrell, F. J. Cook, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, J. Owen, W. J. Carroll, G. Kilburn, H. Fulton, William Holder County cups 1907–08 Lancashire Cup 1907–08 Yorkshire Cup Oldham beat Broughton Rangers 16–9 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hunslet beat Halifax 17–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup. Sources 1907-08 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website References Category:1907 in English rugby league Category:1908 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons Category:1907 in Welsh rugby league Category:1908 in Welsh rugby league