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1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season

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Field	Value
title	1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
league	Championship
no_of_teams	28
season_champs	Huddersfield (4th title)
season_champ_name	Champions
league_leaders	Huddersfield
league_leaders_name	League Leaders
second_place	Leeds
top_scorer	WAL Jim Sullivan (226)
top try scorer	NZL Lou Brown
AUS Ernie Mills (44)
join	Carlisle City
join_method	Joined League
leave	Carlisle City
leave_reason	Resigned from the League
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AUS Ernie Mills (44)

The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Huddersfield won their fourth Championship when they beat Leeds 2-0 in the play-off final.

On 4 May 1929 the first Challenge Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium was played. 41,500 saw Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2.{{cite news | access-date = 2009-12-04}}

Carlisle City fielded a team, but resigned after 10 matches and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 9, scoring 59 and conceding 166.

Swinton moved from their Chorley Road ground this season due to a dispute over rent. They built a new stadium at Station Road, Swinton using the stands from the old ground.

Championship

Championship play-off

| RD2-team1=Huddersfield | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-team2=Leeds | RD2-score2=0

Final

Huddersfield	Number	Leeds
	Teams
Joe Brook	1	Jim Brough
Ernie Mills	2	George Andrews
Len Bowkett	3	Mel Rosser
Gwyn Parker	4	Frank O'Rourke
Fred Smart	5	Arthur Lloyd
Stanley Spencer	6	Jeff Moores
Eddie Williams	7	Walter Swift
Sam Gee	8	Daniel Pascoe
Cyril Halliday	9	William Demaine
John Rudd	10	Joe Thompson
Clifford Morton	11	Bill Davis
Percy Carter	12	Arthur Thomas
Harold Young	13	Frank Gallagher

County leagues

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League.

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1928–29 Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in the first final to be played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 41,000.{{cite news | access-date =2009-09-25 }}

This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.

County cups

Main article: 1928–29 Lancashire Cup

Main article: 1928–29 Yorkshire Cup

Wigan beat Widnes 5–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 5–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

References

Sources

References

"1928-29 Season summary".
"Swinton Lions History".
(1995). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96". Headline Publishing Group.
"Huddersfield 2-0 Leeds - 11.05.1929".
"RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
(31 December 2012). "Historic Wigan RL Moments: 1929 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com.

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