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1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season
Structure	Separate county competitions
1899–1900 Season
Top point-scorer(s)	Sam Williams ( Oldham) 108
Top try-scorer(s)	Sam Williams ( Oldham) 36
Lancashire Senior Competition
Champions	Runcorn
Top point-scorer(s)	Sam Williams ( Oldham) 108
Top try-scorer(s)	Sam Williams ( Oldham) 36
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Lancashire second competition	Barrow
Relegated to Lancashire second competition	Tyldesley
Yorkshire Senior Competition
Champions	Bradford
Top point-scorer(s)	Wattie Davies ( Batley) 107
Top try-scorer(s)	Wattie Davies ( Batley) 21
← 1898–99 1900–01 →

The 1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fifth season of rugby league football.

Season summary[edit]

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Runcorn (from Cheshire) and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Bradford.^[1]

Hull Kingston Rovers played their first season in the Northern Rugby Union this season. Their first match away at Bradford on 2 September ended in a 3-0 defeat.^[2]

Lancashire Senior Competition[edit]

Millom replaced Morecambe. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire, and Millom were from Cumberland. Runcorn won the competition and Tyldesley were relegated after finishing bottom of the league and losing the promotion/relegation match 22–8 to Barrow.^[3]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Runcorn	26	22	2	2	232	33	46
2	Oldham	26	21	1	4	343	75	43
3	Swinton	26	19	1	6	210	108	39
4	St. Helens	26	16	3	7	207	119	35
5	Widnes	26	12	4	10	174	146	28
6	Warrington	26	12	1	13	174	128	25
7	Broughton Rangers	26	13	1	12	132	138	25^[a]
8	Salford	26	12	0	14	196	176	24
9	Stockport	26	10	2	14	126	136	22
10	Leigh	26	8	5	13	119	211	21
11	Rochdale Hornets	26	9	1	16	90	181	17^[a]
12	Millom	26	7	1	18	112	234	15
13	Wigan	26	7	1	18	70	230	15
14	Tyldesley	26	2	1	23	66	336	5

^ ^a ^b Two league points deducted for breach of professional rules.

Yorkshire Senior Competition[edit]

Bradford won the competition. There was no promotion or relegation as Liversedge won the promotion/relegation test match against Heckmondwike 11–2.^[3]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Bradford	30	24	2	4	324	98	50
2	Batley	30	21	6	3	219	72	48
3	Halifax	30	20	3	7	193	120	43
4	Wakefield Trinity	30	18	5	7	203	120	41
5	Huddersfield	30	17	4	9	181	110	38
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	15	4	11	181	129	32^[a]
7	Hull	30	15	0	15	249	154	30
8	Hunslet	30	14	2	14	182	168	30
9	Manningham	30	13	3	14	207	203	29
10	Bramley	30	13	0	17	121	190	26
11	Castleford	30	11	3	16	155	199	25
12	Brighouse Rangers	30	9	3	18	80	231	21
13	Holbeck	30	8	4	18	138	236	18^[a]
14	Leeds Parish Church	30	7	3	20	135	207	17
15	Leeds	30	7	3	20	103	225	17
16	Liversedge	30	5	1	24	94	303	11

^ ^a ^b Two league points deducted for breach of professional rules.

Challenge Cup[edit]

Swinton beat Salford 16-8 in the Challenge Cup Final at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester played before a crowd of 17,864.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "1899-1900 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

^ "Hull KR history". Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2009-10-22.

^ ^a ^b Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League volume 5; 1899–1900. p. 5.

^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.

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