1948–49 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1948–49 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League huddersfield 16 Huddersfield Champions warrington 16 Warrington League Leaders wigan 16 Ted Ward 312 huddersfield 16 Lionel Cooper 60 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season 1947–48 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season 1949–50 The 1948–49 Rugby Football League season was the 54th season of rugby league football. This was Whitehaven's inaugural season in the League.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 Season summary Warrington finished the regular season as the league leaders. However, Huddersfield won their sixth Championship when they beat Warrington 13–12 in the championship final.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19490516/092/0003 Huddersfield are Champions Yorkshire Post 16 May 1949 3 ((31,735)) subscription British Newspaper Archive The game, played at Maine Road, Manchester, attracted a crowd of 75,194 and receipts of £11,073 setting new records for both attendances and receipts for a rugby league game played anywhere other than Wembley. Huddersfield's Australian fullback, Johnny Hunter scored 16 tries during the season, breaking the record for a fullback set by Jim Sullivan.Player Profile - Johnny Hunter http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Johnny-Hunter_4176.aspx yesterdayshero.com.au SmartPack International Pty Ltd 11 June 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120909045708/http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Johnny-Hunter_4176.aspx 9 September 2012 The Challenge Cup winners were Bradford who beat Halifax 12–0 in the final.https://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=367 1948-49 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826215638/https://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=367 26 August 2009 Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Warrington 14–8 to win the Lancashire Cup and Bradford Northern beat Castleford 18–9 to win the Yorkshire Cup. Championship TeamPldWDLPts1Warrington363105622Wigan362817573Huddersfield362709544Barrow3625110515Widnes3624210506Batley3623013467Salford3620511458Workington Town3622113459Swinton36213124510Bradford Northern36220144411St. Helens36201154112Wakefield Trinity36191163913Hull36190173814Leeds36181173715Keighley36173163716Hunslet36170193417Hull Kingston Rovers36170193418Leigh36145173319Castleford36160203220Dewsbury36151203121Belle Vue Rangers36141212922Rochdale Hornets36123212723Oldham36123212724Bramley36122222625Halifax36113222526Featherstone Rovers3693242127Whitehaven3662281428York3652291229Liverpool Stanley3632318 Play-offs Semi-finals Championship final 1 Warrington 23 4 Barrow 8 2 Wigan 5 3 Huddersfield 14 Warrington 12 Huddersfield 13 Final 14 May 1949 Huddersfield 13 – 12 Warrington Devery, Cooper, Daly Devery (2) Jackson, Francis Bath (2), Palin Maine Road, Manchester 75,194 M. Coates (Pudsey) HuddersfieldNumberWarrington Teams Johnny Hunter1Les JonesJohn Anderson2Brian BevanArchie Ferguson3Albert PimblettPat Devery4Bill JacksonLionel Cooper5Roy FrancisRussell Pepperell6Jack FlemingBilly Banks7Gerry HelmeJohn Maiden8Bill DerbyshireMel Meek9Harold FishwickJohn Daly10Bill RileyIke Owens11Harry BathBob Nicholson12Jim FeatherstoneDave Valentine13Harold PalinCoachChris Brockbank Challenge Cup 1948–49 Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup tournament's final was to be played by Bradford and Halifax at Wembley Stadium. It was the first time tickets to the Challenge Cup final were sold out. Bradford won the game 12–0 in the final played in front of a world recordhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18168847 Tom Goodman's League Column The Sydney Morning Herald 35,060 New South Wales, Australia 4 May 1950 12 July 2026 9 National Library of Australia rugby league crowd of 95,050. Trevor Foster and Eric Batten scored the tries for Bradford and Ernest Ward kicked three goals as well as winning the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3559/1940%20-%201950:%20Wartime%20&%20Wembley Bradford bulls History 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090422180544/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3559/1940%20-%201950:%20Wartime%20&%20Wembley 2009-04-22 dead This was Bradford's fourth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 RFL All Time Records 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144104/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 2009-04-03 dead County cups 1948–49 Lancashire Cup 1948–49 Yorkshire Cup Sources 1948-49 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website The Rugby Football League https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 3 April 2009 References Category:1948 in English rugby league Category:1949 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons