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1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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Field	Value
title	1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season
structure	Separate county championships
league
season	1898–99 Season
season_champs
season_champ_name
league_leaders
league_leaders_name
top_scorer	Billy Jaques ( Hull F.C.) 169
top try scorer	Sam Williams ( Oldham) 39
season2	Lancashire Senior Competition
season_champs2	Broughton Rangers
season_champ_name2	Champions
top try scorer2	Sam Williams ( Oldham) 39
promote2	Millom
promote_from2	Lancashire second competition
relegate2	Morecambe
relegate_to2	Lancashire second competition
season3	Yorkshire Senior Competition
season_champs3	Batley
season_champ_name3	Champions
top try scorer3	Cyril Lemprière ( Hull F.C.) 24
membership_type3	Promotion and relegation
join3	Hull Kingston Rovers
join_method3	Promoted from Yorkshire No. 2 competition
leave3	Heckmondwike
leave_reason3	Relegated to Yorkshire No. 2 competition
prevseason_link	1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season
prevseason_year	1897–98
nextseason_link	1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season
nextseason_year	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.

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. 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. Millom were admitted to the Senior Competition and Morecambe were admitted to the second competition.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Broughton Rangers	26	21	0	5	277	74
2	Oldham	26	20	0	6	385	58
3	Salford	26	18	2	6	206	113
4	Widnes	26	17	2	7	196	113
5	Leigh	26	17	0	9	168	125
6	Swinton	26	16	2	8	228	79
7	Runcorn	26	15	2	9	193	113
8	St. Helens	26	12	3	11	168	18
9	Warrington	26	11	1	14	134	217
10	Rochdale Hornets	26	9	3	14	112	216
11	Stockport	26	5	1	20	102	317
12	Tyldesley	26	3	5	18	82	240
13	Wigan	26	4	2	20	66	238
14	Morecambe	26	2	1	23	47	281

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. 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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Batley	30	23	2	5	279	75	204
2	Hull	30	23	1	6	429	101	328
3	Bradford	30	21	0	9	330	139	191
4	Leeds Parish Church	30	20	2	8	201	114	87
5	Hunslet	30	16	5	9	314	140	174
6	Huddersfield	30	15	3	12	169	147	22
7	Manningham	30	15	2	13	222	212	10
8	Halifax	30	15	0	15	156	158	2
9	Wakefield Trinity	30	11	6	13	209	61	48
10	Brighouse Rangers	30	12	2	16	114	191	77
11	Leeds	30	11	3	16	127	186	59
12	Castleford	30	10	4	16	159	214	55
13	Holbeck	30	10	4	16	134	220	86
14	Bramley	30	7	3	20	62	266	204
15	Liversedge	30	5	3	22	131	439	308
16	Heckmondwike	30	4	4	22	70	343	273

References

"1898-99 Season summary".
"History of Rugby League volume 4; 1898–99".
(27 April 1899). "Football". South Wales Daily News.
(22 June 1899). "Northern Union. Lancashire second competition". Yorkshire Post.
"History of Rugby League volume 4; 1898–99".
(24 April 1899). "Yorkshire Senior Competition Test Match". Yorkshire Post.

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