1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season

none 1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season Championship First Division: 18Second Division: 17 First Division Bradford F.C. (1st title) Champions Salford ENG James Lomas (Salford) (222) SCO Andrew Hogg (Broughton Rangers) (34) Second Division Wakefield Trinity Champions Wakefield TrinitySt Helens Second Division Pontefract Joined the League 1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1902–03 1904–05 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1904–05 The 1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the ninth season of rugby league football. Season summary The League Champions were Bradford and the Challenge Cup Winners were Halifax.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=326 1903-04 Season summary 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090827035740/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=326 2009-08-27 live Keighley and Huddersfield were demoted from the top division and replaced by Wakefield Trinity (champions) and St. Helens. As the top two teams had finished level on points and Points Difference had not been introduced as a tie breaker yet, despite having a worse points difference, Bradford contested a play-off with Salford, that Bradford won 5-0. In the Second Division, Manningham and Stockport were replaced by Pontefract, reducing the competition to 17 teams. Birkenhead Wanderers dropped the Wanderers from their name. The second promotion place had to be decided by a play-off as Points Difference had not yet been introduced as a tie breaker. St. Helens beat Holbeck 7-0. There was no county league competition this season. Tables First Division main WDL BRA SAL BRR HUN OLD LEE WAR HKR HFX WIG SWI BAT HUL WID LEI RUN KEI HUD PLA PLA REL REL 25 2 7 303 96 25 2 7 366 108 21 4 9 306 142 22 1 11 250 157 20 3 11 215 110 19 5 10 211 145 17 3 14 214 153 17 2 15 191 167 14 3 17 125 148 11 6 17 177 174 12 4 18 139 215 12 3 19 139 241 12 3 19 148 258 11 5 18 126 243 10 5 19 174 250 11 2 21 151 245 8 5 21 129 319 10 0 24 160 353 C R R bradford 16 Bradford salford city 16 Salford Cronulla 16 Broughton Rangers hunslet 16 Hunslet oldham 16 Oldham LEEDS 16 Leeds warrington 16 Warrington hull kr 16 Hull Kingston Rovers Halifax 16 Halifax wigan 16 Wigan swinton 16 Swinton batley 16 Batley Hull fc 16 Hull F.C. Widnes 16 Widnes leigh 16 Leigh runcorn 16 Runcorn keighley 16 Keighley Huddersfield 16 Huddersfield 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored; points yes 2 1 0 Q green1 Championship Playoff red1 Relegation to Second Division Championship play-off Bradford 5-0 Salford Second Division main WDL WAK STH HOL ROC YOR BRI CAS BRM BAR PON DEW MIL LAN BIR SSH MOR NOR PRO PLA PLA 27 1 4 389 57 23 3 6 328 105 24 1 7 256 120 22 2 8 319 104 20 1 11 244 97 19 3 10 192 136 18 3 11 185 194 16 4 12 181 180 16 3 13 219 162 14 6 12 174 150 12 3 17 185 205 12 2 18 185 209 8 2 22 129 291 7 0 25 75 334 6 1 25 140 336 5 3 24 72 287 4 0 28 105 411 CP P wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity St helens 16 St. Helens doncaster 16 Holbeck rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets York rlfc 16 York DEWSBURY 16 Brighouse Rangers castleford 16 Castleford crusaders 16 Bramley barrow 16 Barrow north Sydney 16 Pontefract dewsbury 16 Dewsbury queensland 16 Millom st george 16 Lancaster swinton 16 Birkenhead toronto wolfpack 16 South Shields western suburbs 16 Morecambe north Sydney 16 Normanton 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored; points yes 2 1 0 P green1 Promoted to First Division blue1 Playoff Promotion play-off St. Helens 7-0 Holbeck Challenge Cup 1904 Challenge Cup Halifax beat Warrington 8-3 in the final at Salford's The Willows before a paying crowd of 17,041, plus 1,000 additional guests, to become the second team to record back-to-back Cup wins. Halifax wouldn’t reach another final until 1921 nor win the Cup again until 1931.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 Internationals On 5 April 1904, the first ever International Rugby League match took place between England and Other Nationalities. It was played at Central Park, Wigan, having originally been scheduled for New Year's Day in Oldham. England lost 3-9 in a twelve sided match, with the opposition made up of ten Welshmen and two Scots. The crowd numbered just 6,000.http://www.rl1908.com/History/international-rugby.htm International The First International Match RL1908 2011-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030410/http://rl1908.com/History/international-rugby.htm 2011-05-14 dead Teams England Other Nationalities Full back Full back halifax 12 W.B. Little salford city 12 D. Smith Three Quarters Three Quarters oldham 12 F. Spottiswoode salford city 12 D. Thomas warrington 12 G. Dickenson leeds 12 T.D. Llewellyn salford city 12 J. Lomas wigan 12 D. Harris warrington 12 J. Fish oldham 12 D.J. Lewis Half backs Half backs rochdale 12 J. Baxter wigan 12 E. Davies halifax 12 J. Morely huddersfield 12 P.J. Brady Forwards Forwards hull kr 12 A. Starks [c] salford city 12 J. Rhapps salford city 12 P. Tunney leeds 12 J.G. Moffatt halifax 12 J. Riley oldham 12 G. Frater [c] halifax 12 J.W. Bulmer oldham 12 D. Thomasoldham 12 J. Ferguson salford city 12 H. Buckler Sources 1903-04 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website References Category:1903 in English rugby league Category:1904 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons