1915–16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season

none 1915–16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season Northern Rugby League Wartime Emergency League 1915–16 Season Dewsbury Champions Leeds 1914–15 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1914–15 1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season 1916–17The 1915–16 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with York playing only 11 and Barrow 13 while Salford played 35 and Dewsbury 36. Season summary Although the war was starting its second year, the Rugby League decided to introduce a Wartime Emergency League. This arrangement, as in other sports, meant that the sport could continue, which in turn would boost the public’s moral. The fixtures were usually quite local, thus cutting down on travelling time and costs, whilst not wasting precious war resources. Several clubs did not participate during this season :- Wakefield Trinity Warrington Widnes Keighley, who did not re-enter until the first Peacetime League in 1919-20. Three new clubs joined the league for this season :- St Helens Recs, originally the works team for Pilkington Glass. There are now two clubs playing in St Helens. A reformed Brighouse Rangers. A team called Featherstone Rovers. The Featherstone Rovers who currently play in the Rugby League merged with Purston White Horse ARLFC in 1913 and did not become a semi-professional club until 14 June 1921. This newly entered club only remained in the league for one season. Dewsbury and Leeds finished the regular season joint top of the league, based on the % system, both having obtained an 83.33% success, but Dewsbury took the title due to them having gained an extra 5 points (from the 3 extra games played).http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=337 1914–15 Season summary 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826215628/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=337 2009-08-26 live There were no other trophies to play for during this season. Championship TeamPWDLPFPAdiffPts%Noteref1Dewsbury3629255121573556083.33 Cherry and White http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=324 2015-11-10 2009-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826221513/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=324 dead 2Leeds3327154691742955583.333Hull32232756324731648754Wigan3321393061911154568.185Swinton281729192128643664.296Huddersfield30182103422311113863.337St Helens Recs261529255991563261.54 18Leigh23132814182592860.879Salford3517513272273-13955.7110Hull Kingston Rovers32163134042861183554.6911Batley2812511194140542951.7912Barrow13526116141-251246.1513St. Helens2610313188259-712344.2314Hunslet3413417281400-1193044.1215Featherstone Rovers17719148223-51544.12 2 16Bradford Northern3113018252313-612641.9417Oldham319418163253-902235.4818Bramley278316137212-751935.1919Rochdale Hornets339321146261-1152131.8220York1432999312-213828.5721Broughton Rangers297220148325-1771627.5922Halifax317024215408-1931422.5823Runcorn14121137192-155414.29 24Brighouse Rangers 22112071344-27336.82 3 Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup Competition was suspended for the duration of the war. The majority of the trophies, such as the County Leagues and County Cups were also suspended for the duration of the First World War. Notes and Comments 1 - A new team St Helens Recs who would continue in the League until 1939 2 - A new team, Featherstone Rovers joined the league for this season only 3 - A newly reformed Brighouse Rangers also joined for this season See also British rugby league system 1915–16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season 1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season 1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season 1918–1919 (January) Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season 1919 (Feb-May) Northern Rugby Football Union Victory season The Great Schism – Rugby League View The Great Schism – Rugby Union View List of defunct rugby league clubs 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 2014-02-02 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 Saints Heritage Society Warrington History Wigan Archives - Cherry and white https://web.archive.org/web/20110824152248/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php 2011-08-24 Category:Defunct rugby league teams Category:1915 in English rugby league Category:1916 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons