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1918–19 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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Field	Value
title	1918–19 Northern Rugby Football Union season
structure	Separate county championships
league
season	1918–19 Season
season_champs
season_champ_name
league_leaders
league_leaders_name
season2	Lancashire League
season_champs2	Rochdale Hornets
season_champ_name2	Champions
season3	Yorkshire League
season_champs3	Hull
season_champ_name3	Champions
prevseason_link	1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
prevseason_year	1917–18
nextseason_link	1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season
nextseason_year	1919–20

The 1918–19 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first season of rugby league football following a break during the Great War. The ban on competitive matches was removed in September 1918, but official games did not restart until January 1919. The season consisted of the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League, but the Championship did not restart until the 1919–20 season.

Rochdale Hornets won the Lancashire League, and Hull F.C. won the Yorkshire League.

Season summary

Unofficial competition resumed in September 1918, but due to the increasing difficulties of raising a team, and further restrictions on travel, very few clubs had arranged fixtures.

Following the end of the First World War, it was agreed to restart official competition in January 1919. Clubs competed in separate Lancashire and Yorkshire leagues.

Tables

Lancashire League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts	Pct
1	Rochdale Hornets	13	10	0	3	109	53	20
2	Leigh	12	8	2	2	99	31	18
3	Wigan	11	7	1	3	164	87	15
4	Warrington	17	10	1	6	145	105	21
5	Barrow	5	3	0	2	52	66	6
6	Widnes	12	7	0	5	120	83	14
7	Salford	15	7	0	8	107	95	14
8	Oldham	14	6	1	7	159	121	13
9	St. Helens	9	3	0	6	29	109	6
10	St Helens Recs	13	3	2	8	75	134	8
11	Broughton Rangers	14	4	0	10	80	144	8
12	Swinton	15	3	1	11	64	179	7

Yorkshire League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts	Pct
1	Hull F.C.	16	13	0	3	392	131	26
2	Leeds	16	10	1	5	183	112	21
3	Bramley	14	8	1	5	140	89	17
4	Halifax	15	8	1	6	187	82	17
5	Dewsbury	13	5	4	4	150	100	14
6	Batley	15	7	1	7	77	117	15
7	Hull Kingston Rovers	14	5	2	7	129	139	12
8	Wakefield Trinity	14	4	2	8	73	156	10
9	York	4	1	0	3	18	141	2
10	Hunslet	13	3	0	10	97	262	6
11	Bradford Northern	10	2	0	8	51	168	4

Challenge Cup

The Challenge Cup Competition was suspended for the final time following its absence during the war. The competition would return the following year.

County cups

Main article: 1918–19 Lancashire Cup

Main article: 1918–19 Yorkshire Cup

Rochdale Hornets beat Oldham 22–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 14–8 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

References

(1995). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996". Headline Book Publishing.
(2 September 1918). "Poor Outlook For Northern Union Clubs". The Manchester Guardian.

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