1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season

none 1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season Separate county championships 1898–99 Season Billy Jaques (hull 16 Hull F.C.) 169 Sam Williams (oldham 16 Oldham) 39 Lancashire Senior Competition cronulla 16 Broughton Rangers Champions Sam Williams (oldham 16 Oldham) 39 Millom Lancashire second competition Morecambe Lancashire second competition Yorkshire Senior Competition batley 16 Batley Champions Cyril Lemprière (hull 16 Hull F.C.) 24 Promotion and relegation Hull Kingston Rovers Promoted from Yorkshire No. 2 competition Heckmondwike Relegated to Yorkshire No. 2 competition 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1897–98 1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season 1899–1900 The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of rugby league football. Season summary The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Broughton Rangers and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Batley.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=321 1898-99 Season summary 7 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090827040612/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=321 27 August 2009 live Lancashire Senior Competition Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire. Champions Broughton Rangers beat a team representing the rest of the Lancashire competition 5–3 in an end of season finale on 22 April 1899.History of Rugby League volume 4; 1898–99 3 Saxton Irvin Morecambe finished bottom of the competition and lost the promotion/relegation test match to Millom - winners of the Lancashire second competition - by 11 points to 3.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000919/18990427/177/0007 Football South Wales Daily News 27 April 1899 7 ((8,738)) British Newspaper Archive subscription Millom were admitted to the Senior Competition and Morecambe were admitted to the second competition.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18990622/137/0007 Northern Union. Lancashire second competition Yorkshire Post 22 June 1899 7 ((16,221)) British Newspaper Archive subscription TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1cronulla 16 Broughton Rangers26210527774422oldham 16 Oldham26200638558403salford city 16 Salford261826206113384widnes 16 Widnes261727196113365leigh 16 Leigh261709168125346swinton 16 Swinton2616282287932Swinton had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.7Runcorn261529193113328st helens 16 St. Helens261231116818279warrington 16 Warrington26111141342172310rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets2693141122162111Stockport2651201023171112Tyldesley263518822401113wigan 16 Wigan264220662381014Morecambe262123472815 Yorkshire Senior Competition Champions Batley played a team representing the rest of the Yorkshire competition at Mount Pleasant on 22 April 1899 with Batley winning 3–0.History of Rugby League volume 4; 1898–99 4 Saxton Irvin The promotion/relegation test match was contested by Heckmondwike who finished bottom of the competition and Hull Kingston Rovers, winners of the no.2 competition. Hull Kingston Rovers won the match 21–3 to take Heckmondwike's place.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18990424/151/0006 Yorkshire Senior Competition Test Match Yorkshire Post 24 April 1899 6 ((16,170)) British Newspaper Archive subscription TeamPldWDLPFPADiffPts1batley 16 Batley30232527975204482hull 16 Hull302316429101328473bradford 16 Bradford302109330139191424Leeds Parish Church30202820111487425hunslet 16 Hunslet301659314140174376huddersfield 16 Huddersfield301531216914722337brisbane 16 Manningham30152132222121030Manningham had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.8halifax 16 Halifax30150151561582309wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity301161320961482810Brighouse Rangers3012216114191772611leeds 16 Leeds3011316127186592712castleford 16 Castleford3010416159214552413Holbeck3010416134220862414Bramley307320622662041715Liversedge3053221314393081316Heckmondwike3044227034327312 References Category:1898 in English rugby league Category:1899 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons