1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the sixth season of rugby league football.

1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season
Structure	Separate county championships
1900-01 Season
Top point-scorer(s)	Williams 141
Top try-scorer(s)	Williams 47
Lancashire Senior Competition
Champions	Oldham
Yorkshire Senior Competition
Champions	Bradford
← 1899–1900 1901–02 →

Season summary

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Oldham and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Bradford.

In 1901 Bramley's James Lomas became rugby league's first £100 transfer, moving to Salford.^[1]

Lancashire Senior Competition

Barrow replaced Tyldesley. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire, and Millom were from Cumberland.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Oldham	26	22	1	3	301	67	45
2	Swinton	26	21	2	3	283	66	44
3	Runcorn	26	20	0	6	240	100	40
4	Broughton Rangers	26	17	2	7	211	84	36
5	Salford	26	15	0	11	229	149	30
6	Warrington	26	12	3	11	149	126	27
7	Leigh	26	12	2	12	157	143	26
8	Barrow	26	10	2	14	140	169	22
9	Wigan	26	8	3	15	98	227	19
10	Rochdale Hornets	26	8	2	16	103	257	18
11	Millom	26	8	0	18	85	194	16
12	Stockport	26	6	3	17	102	184	15
13	St. Helens	26	6	2	18	82	228	12*
14	Widnes	26	6	0	20	85	271	12

• St Helens had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.

Yorkshire Senior Competition

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Bradford	30	26	1	3	387	100	51*
2	Halifax	30	22	3	5	309	147	47
3	Hunslet	30	20	0	10	252	142	40
4	Batley	30	17	5	8	166	131	39
5	Hull	30	19	1	10	291	141	37*
6	Huddersfield	30	17	1	12	241	130	35
7	Brighouse Rangers	30	16	0	14	194	162	32
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	15	2	13	195	169	32
9	Wakefield Trinity	30	14	3	13	242	148	31
10	Leeds Parish Church	30	12	6	12	115	108	30
11	Bramley	30	12	5	13	138	163	29
12	Manningham	30	9	1	20	115	258	19
13	Leeds	30	7	3	20	144	255	17
14	Holbeck	30	7	3	20	110	263	15*
15	Castleford	30	5	4	21	92	331	14
16	Liversedge	30	2	2	26	43	386	6

• Bradford, Hull and Holbeck each had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1901 Challenge Cup

The 1901 Challenge Cup was the 5th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[2] The final was played between Batley and Warrington at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.^[3]

References

1. Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
2. John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
3. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

External links

• 1900-01 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
• The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website