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1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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Field	Value
title	1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season
structure	Separate county championships
league
season	1900-01 Season
season_champs
season_champ_name
league_leaders
league_leaders_name
top_scorer	Williams 141
top try scorer	Williams 47
season2	Lancashire Senior Competition
season_champs2	Oldham
season_champ_name2	Champions
season3	Yorkshire Senior Competition
season_champs3	Bradford
season_champ_name3	Champions
prevseason_link	1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season
prevseason_year	1899–1900
nextseason_link	1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season
nextseason_year	1901–02

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

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.{{cite news | access-date =2009-09-25 }}

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
2	Swinton	26	21	2	3	283	66
3	Runcorn	26	20	0	6	240	100
4	Broughton Rangers	26	17	2	7	211	84
5	Salford	26	15	0	11	229	149
6	Warrington	26	12	3	11	149	126
7	Leigh	26	12	2	12	157	143
8	Barrow	26	10	2	14	140	169
9	Wigan	26	8	3	15	98	227
10	Rochdale Hornets	26	8	2	16	103	257
11	Millom	26	8	0	18	85	194
12	Stockport	26	6	3	17	102	184
13	St. Helens	26	6	2	18	82	228
14	Widnes	26	6	0	20	85	271

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
2	Halifax	30	22	3	5	309	147
3	Hunslet	30	20	0	10	252	142
4	Batley	30	17	5	8	166	131
5	Hull	30	19	1	10	291	141
6	Huddersfield	30	17	1	12	241	130
7	Brighouse Rangers	30	16	0	14	194	162
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	15	2	13	195	169
9	Wakefield Trinity	30	14	3	13	242	148
10	Leeds Parish Church	30	12	6	12	115	108
11	Bramley	30	12	5	13	138	163
12	Manningham	30	9	1	20	115	258
13	Leeds	30	7	3	20	144	255
14	Holbeck	30	7	3	20	110	263
15	Castleford	30	5	4	21	92	331
16	Liversedge	30	2	2	26	43	386

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. The final was played between Batley and Warrington at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.

References

(1980). "Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football". Robert Hale.
(1995). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996". Headline Book Publishing.

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