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1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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Field	Value
title	1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season
structure	Separate county competitions
league
season	1899–1900 Season
season_champs
season_champ_name
league_leaders
league_leaders_name
top_scorer	Sam Williams
( Oldham) 108
top try scorer	Sam Williams
( Oldham) 36
season2	Lancashire Senior Competition
season_champs2	Runcorn
season_champ_name2	Champions
top_scorer2	Sam Williams
( Oldham) 108
top try scorer2	Sam Williams
( Oldham) 36
promote2	Barrow
promote_from2	Lancashire second competition
relegate2	Tyldesley
relegate_to2	Lancashire second competition
season3	Yorkshire Senior Competition
season_champs3	Bradford
season_champ_name3	Champions
top_scorer3	Wattie Davies
( Batley) 107
top try scorer3	Wattie Davies
( Batley) 21
prevseason_link	1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season
prevseason_year	1898–99
nextseason_link	1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season
nextseason_year	1900–01

( Oldham) 108 ( Oldham) 36

( Batley) 107 ( Batley) 21

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

Season summary

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

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.

Lancashire Senior Competition

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.

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

Yorkshire Senior Competition

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

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

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1900 Challenge Cup

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

References

"1899-1900 Season summary".
"Hull KR history".
"History of Rugby League volume 5; 1899–1900".
"RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".

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