1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season Championship 28 swinton 16 Swinton (2nd title) Champions swinton 16 Swinton League Leaders featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers ENG Joe Thompson (leeds 16 Leeds) (233) ENG Alf Ellaby (st helens 16 St Helens) (37) Pontypridd Resigned from the League 1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season 1926–27 1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season 1928–29 The 1927–28 Rugby Football League season was the 33rd season of rugby league football. Swinton won All four cups.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 Swinton won their second, and successive, Championship when they defeated Featherstone Rovers 11-0 in the play-off final. Swinton had also ended the regular season as the league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Swinton who beat Warrington 5-3 in the final. Pontypridd resigned from the League after playing 8 games, and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 7, scoring 46 and conceding 149. 1927-28.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=347 1927-28 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090827040618/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=347 2009-08-27 live Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 5–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Hull F.C. 8–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1Swinton3627364391895779.102Leeds42320106193076476.193Featherstone Rovers36251103872345170.834Hunslet40280125463085670.005St Helens Recs36240124992514866.666Oldham36231124222614765.277Wigan Highfield32191122722403960.938Wigan40240166013454860.009Leigh34200142982364058.8210Wakefield Trinity40222164763554657.5011St. Helens36191164853363954.1712Huddersfield40211184753414353.7513Hull Kingston Rovers38175163423333951.3114Halifax40192193413284050.0015Dewsbury38173183343293748.6816Bradford Northern32132172043332843.7517Warrington36142203524833041.6618Barrow34131202493372739.7019Batley38142222644663039.4720Hull38126203123473039.4721York36131222333502737.5022Keighley36131222304152737.5023Widnes32110211964182234.3724Rochdale Hornets34111221924482333.8225Castleford3293202173892132.8126Salford3291222204341929.6827Broughton Rangers3280242954501625.0028Bramley3270251754021421.87 Championship play-off Semi-finals Championship final 1 Swinton 12 4 Hunslet 2 2 Leeds 12 3 Featherstone Rovers 15 Swinton 11 Featherstone Rovers 0 Challenge Cup 1927–28 Challenge Cup Swinton beat Warrington 5-3 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,909. This was Swinton’s third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.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 1927-28 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1927 in English rugby league Category:1928 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons