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1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season
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1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season Championship 28 1908–09 Season oldham 16 Oldham (2nd title) Champions oldham 16 Oldham League Leaders wigan 16 Wigan ENG Jim Leytham (wigan 16 Wigan) (232) ENG Jim Leytham (wigan 16 Wigan) (48) Aberdare Barry Mid-Rhondda Resigned from the League 1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1908–09 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1910–11
The 1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 15th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Aberdare, Barry and Mid-Rhondda had dropped out, leaving 28 teams.
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Oldham won their second Championship this season. After finishing top of the regular season table, they went on to beat Wigan 13–7 in the play-off final.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who defeated Hull F.C. 26–12 in replay after a 7–7 draw.
At the close of the season, the Northern Union's leading players were selected to go on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Leigh 22–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Batley 21–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1Oldham3429236041846088.232Salford3124163872104979.033Wigan3023165451694778.334Wakefield3224084352424875.335Keighley2819093822423867.856Leeds34211124513174363.267Warrington34202124082524261.768Huddersfield34210134773014261.769Halifax34210133952694261.7610St. Helens31182114683673861.2911Hull Kingston Rovers35191154103763955.7112Leigh32155122182063554.6813Hull36190174563733852.7714Batley33162153132013451.5115Hunslet3216016321347325016Runcorn30141152323172948.3317Ebbw Vale2492131562112041.6618Widnes28103151522442341.0719Rochdale Hornets32130192723712640.6220Dewsbury30111182533382338.3321Swinton30102182033062236.6622Broughton Rangers34102222954982232.3523Bradford Northern3491241763881927.9424York3061232694731321.6625Bramley2960231815321220.6826Barrow2851221463771119.6427Merthyr Tydfil21211894354511.928Treherbert1200125528900
Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final 1 Oldham 12 4 Wakefield Trinity 6 2 Salford 6 3 Wigan 17 Oldham 13 Wigan 7
Challenge Cup
1910 Challenge Cup
Leeds played Hull in the Challenge Cup Final the match ended in a 7–7 draw. The replay resulted in Leeds defeating Hull 26–12. This was Leeds' first Cup Final win in their first Cup Final appearance. Hull lost their third Cup Final in a row.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
First match
Leeds: 7
Leeds Tries: Walter Goldthorpe
Leeds Goals: Frank Young 2
Hull FC: 7
Hull FC Tries: G. T. Cottrell
Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace
Half-time: 2–7
Attendance: 19,413 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)
Teams:
Hull FC: Harry Taylor, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton
Leeds: Frank Young, J. Fawcett, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Sanders, W. Biggs, Billy Jarman, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Fred Webster, Billy Ward
Replay
Leeds: 26
Leeds Tries: Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, Fred Webster, Harry Topham
Leeds Goals: Frank Young 7
Hull FC: 12
Hull FC Tries: G. Connell, H. Walton
Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers 3
Half-time: 16–0
Attendance: 11,608 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)
Teams:
Leeds: Frank Young, Harold Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Fawcett, Fred Webster, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Billy Ward, Billy Jarman, S. Whittaker
Hull FC: E. Rogers, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, Ernest Atkinson, (G. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton
Sources
1909-10 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
References
Category:1909 in English rugby league
Category:1910 in English rugby league
Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons
Category:1909 in Welsh rugby league
Category:1910 in Welsh rugby league