1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season Championship 28 Huddersfield (4th title) Champions Huddersfield League Leaders Leeds WAL Jim Sullivan (226) NZL Lou Brown AUS Ernie Mills (44) Carlisle City Joined League Carlisle City Resigned from the League 1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season 1927–28 1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season 1929–30 The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football. Season summary Huddersfield won their fourth Championship when they beat Leeds 2-0 in the play-off final. On 4 May 1929 the first Challenge Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium was played. 41,500 saw Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2. Demsteader Christine Rugby League's home from home BBC Sport UK BBC 2000-10-01 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/wembley/944481.stm 2009-12-04 Carlisle City fielded a team, but resigned after 10 matches and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 9, scoring 59 and conceding 166. http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=348 1928-29 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090827121917/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=348 2009-08-27 live Swinton moved from their Chorley Road ground this season due to a dispute over rent. They built a new stadium at Station Road, Swinton using the stands from the old ground.http://www.swintonlionsrlc.co.uk/04-pages/00-Home%20Page/home.aspx Swinton Lions History 2009-10-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20091003073340/http://www.swintonlionsrlc.co.uk/04-pages/00-Home%20Page/home.aspx October 3, 2009 usurped Championship main WDL Q 2 yes percentage notratio p complete Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96 1995 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7817-7 271 26 4 8 476 291 HUD Huddersfield 27 3 10 436 239 HKR Hull Kingston Rovers 26 2 10 695 270 LEE Leeds 23 2 9 395 222 SAL Salford 26 1 11 636 308 WIG Wigan 23 2 11 429 249 SWI Swinton 22 2 12 568 295 WAR Warrington 22 1 15 545 374 SHR St Helens Recs 18 4 14 439 343 OLD Oldham 19 4 15 539 356 HUN Hunslet 19 4 15 460 381 STH St Helens 20 4 16 458 395 HUL Hull 17 3 14 285 279 LEI Leigh 16 1 15 262 333 WIH Wigan Highfield 17 2 17 380 387 DEW Dewsbury 18 3 19 379 399 HFX Halifax 17 4 19 400 461 WAK Wakefield Trinity 13 2 17 396 387 BAR Barrow 14 2 22 278 442 BAT Batley 11 1 18 235 401 BRO Broughton Rangers 11 4 19 268 369 CAS Castleford 12 0 22 259 409 YOR York 11 2 21 241 437 BRM Bramley 11 2 21 222 439 WID Widnes 10 4 24 277 451 FEV Featherstone Rovers 10 0 24 235 434 ROC Rochdale Hornets 8 2 24 209 422 KEI Keighley 5 3 30 242 871 BRA Bradford Northern CAR – Carlisle City Carlisle City resigned from the league in November and folded. Their record (Pld 10, W 1, L 9, PF 59, PA 166, PCT 10.00) was expunged. PO PO PO PO yellow1 Qualification for the Championship play-offs Championship play-off Semi-finals Championship final 1 Huddersfield 13 4 Salford 5 2 Hull Kingston Rovers 4 3 Leeds 7 Huddersfield 2 Leeds 0 Final 11 May 1929 Huddersfield 2 – 0 Leeds Brook Thrum Hall, Halifax 25,604 F. Fairhurst (Wigan) Huddersfield 2-0 Leeds - 11.05.1929 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=108481 Rugby League Records 14 July 2025 HuddersfieldNumberLeeds Teams Joe Brook1Jim BroughErnie Mills2George AndrewsLen Bowkett3Mel RosserGwyn Parker4Frank O'RourkeFred Smart5Arthur LloydStanley Spencer6Jeff MooresEddie Williams7Walter SwiftSam Gee8Daniel PascoeCyril Halliday9William DemaineJohn Rudd10Joe ThompsonClifford Morton11Bill DavisPercy Carter12Arthur ThomasHarold Young13Frank Gallagher County leagues Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Challenge Cup 1928–29 Challenge Cup Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in the first final to be played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 41,000.Baker Andrew 100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era Independent, The independent.co.uk 1995-08-20 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/100-years-of-rugby-league-from-the-great-divide-to-the-super-era-1597130.html 2009-09-25 This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.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://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=944 Historic Wigan RL Moments: 1929 Challenge Cup Final wigan.rlfans.com 31 December 2012 1 January 2013 12 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131212191646/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=944 dead County cups 1928–29 Lancashire Cup 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup Wigan beat Widnes 5–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 5–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup. References Sources 1928-29 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1928 in English rugby league Category:1929 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons