1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season

none April 2022 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season County Championshipshttp://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryB.ink Warrington Wolves The Northern Union Warrington Wolves 2009-07-06 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182311/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryB.ink 2008-08-28 1896–97 Season Rigg (halifax 16 Halifax) 112 Hannah (hunslet 16 Hunslet) 19 Yorkshire Yorkshirecrusaders 16 Bramleycastleford 16 CastlefordHeckmondwike doncaster 16 Holbeck Leeds Parish Church Lancashire Lancashirewestern suburbs 16 Morecambe swinton 16 Swinton salford city 16 Salford Joined League Lancashire Senior Competition cronulla 16 Broughton Rangers Champions oldham 16 Oldham Yorkshire Senior Competition dewsbury 16 Brighouse Rovers Champions brisbane 16 Manningham 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1895–96 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1897–98 The 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second season of rugby league football. Following the success of the Northern Union's first season, several more clubs from the established Rugby Football Union joined the rebel competition. This resulted in the decision that for the 1896–97 season the competition should be split into two separate county championships: Lancashire and Yorkshire. This season also saw the introduction of the Challenge Cup, with Batley defeating St Helens in the inaugural final.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 Eight new teams joined the twenty-two teams already in the breakaway Northern Union, and so it was split into two county leagues for the 1896–97 season. The new teams were Bramley, Castleford, Heckmondwike, Holbeck, Leeds Parish Church, Morecambe, Swinton and Salford. Salford's first game was a 10-0 defeat away to Widnes on 5 September 1896.http://www.reds.co.uk/history https://web.archive.org/web/20110307194753/http://www.reds.co.uk/history dead 7 March 2011 Salford first game Salford City Reds Official Web Site, History page 12 November 2011 Mr J.E. Warren of the Warrington club was elected as the new President of the Northern Union. Warren, previously Warrington's secretary, had played a key role in Warrington's involvement in the foundation of the Northern Union. The leading try scorer overall this season was Hannah of Hunslet, who crossed the line 19 times.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 164 The leading goal kickers were Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet and Sharpe of Liversedge who both successful 26 times. The leading points scorer was Archie Rigg of Halifax with 112 points. Lancashire Senior Competition After finishing second from the bottom of the competition in the previous season, Broughton Rangers made a remarkable turnaround to finish the 1896–97 competition at the top of the Lancashire division, just one competition point ahead of Oldham, who had won more matches and had a better points differential. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1cronulla 16 Broughton Rangers26195220152+149432oldham 16 Oldham26202424359+184423Tyldesley26152915980+79324Runcorn26135813462+72315Stockport2614210157137+20306swinton 16 Swinton26125912582+43297warrington 16 Warrington2611510100124-24278leigh 16 Leigh2611411105147-42269st helens 16 St. Helens2610412122160-382410widnes 16 Widnes2610313113164-512311wigan 16 Wigan26871173118-452312rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets268117121167-461713salford city 16 Salford26351876191-1151114Morecambe26302352238-1866 Source: https://archive.today/20070804161455/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/gbr/sum/gbr1896.htm R.L.Yearbook 1995–96 cited in "The Vault". League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0. Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points. Yorkshire Senior Competition The previous season's champions, Manningham continued their good form in the Northern Union's second season, finishing in second place. However Brighouse took the Yorkshire championship with one win more than Manningham. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Brighouse Rangers30224421368145482brisbane 16 Manningham302145291129162463halifax 16 Halifax301848219112107404hunslet 16 Hunslet301641021113873365hull 16 Hull30156915212527366batley 16 Batley301551016412638357bradford 16 Bradford301531217015713338wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity301341317215418309castleford 16 Castleford3011613178161172810huddersfield 16 Huddersfield3010713142179-372711Liversedge3013017176233-572612leeds 16 Leeds3010416115123-82413Leeds Parish Church309417129162-332214Bramley309318101193-922115Holbeck30741986223-1371816Heckmondwike30342372308-23610 Source: https://archive.today/20070804161455/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/gbr/sum/gbr1896.htm R.L.Yearbook 1995–96 cited in "The Vault". League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0. Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points. Challenge Cup 1896–97 Challenge Cup References External links 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 The First Challenge Cup final at rlhalloffame.org.uk Manningham's second season at bantamspast.co.uk Rugby League History at rlheritage.co.uk The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:1896 in English rugby league Category:1897 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons