1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season Championship 29 swinton 16 Swinton (1st title) Champions Port Moresby Vipers 16 St Helens Recreation League Leaders Port Moresby Vipers 16 St Helens Recreation WAL Jim Sullivan (wigan 16 Wigan) (322) ENG Alf Ellaby (st helens 16 St Helens) (55) castleford 16 Castleford Pontypridd Joined League 1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season 1925–26 1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season 1927–28 The 1926–27 Rugby Football League season was the 32nd season of rugby league football. Season summary Swinton won their first Championship by beating St. Helens Recs 13–8 in the play-off final. St. Helens Recs had finished the regular season as league leaders. Oldham beat Swinton 26–7 to win the Challenge Cup. The league increased to 29 clubs with the addition of Castleford and Pontypridd.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=346 1926-27 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826215635/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=346 2009-08-26 live St.Helens Recs won the Lancashire League, and Hull F.C. won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat St. Helens Recs 10–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Wakefield Trinity 10–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1St Helens Recs3829365442356180.262Swinton3829274712756078.983Wigan40290116913665872.54St. Helens34231105382834769.115Hull38251124343175167.16Hull Kingston Rovers36215104562444765.277Leigh36231124043314765.278Rochdale Hornets36230133782854663.889Leeds40231165823714758.7510Hunslet42241175333804958.3311Featherstone Rovers38211165043694356.5712Dewsbury38203153442844356.5713Oldham38194154893464255.2614Halifax40194174112894252.5 15Wakefield Trinity36173163863303751.3816Warrington38181194095243748.6817Barrow38180203114123647.3618York36161193685193345.8319Batley36142203173253041.6620Salford36142203063533041.6621Broughton Rangers36141213693922940.2722Keighley36141212424692940.2723Huddersfield4016024414562324024Widnes34110232834792232.3525Wigan Highfield3491242393831927.9426Bramley3681272006361723.6127Pontypridd3271242234471523.4328Bradford Northern3660302886521216.6629Castleford3651302745501115.27 Championship play-off Semifinals: St Helens Recreation 33 beat St Helens 0. Swinton 23 beat Wigan 3. Final: Swinton 13 beat St Helens Recreation 8. Challenge Cup 1926–27 Challenge Cup In the Challenge Cup tournament's final Oldham faced Swinton. It was the first radio broadcast of the Challenge Cup final by the BBC.The History Of Rugby League http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/history.php Rugby League Information napit.co.uk 2 January 2014 Oldham won 26–7 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,448. This was Oldham's fourth consecutive appearance in the final and their second win in that period. It was their seventh overall appearance in a Challenge Cup Final and their third success overall. 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 References Sources 1926-27 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1926 in English rugby league Category:1927 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons