1918–19 Northern Rugby Football Union season
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| 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
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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.{{cite book |title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 |author1=Raymond Fletcher |author2=David Howes|year=1995|publisher=Headline Book Publishing |location=London |isbn=0-7472-7817-2|page=266}} 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.{{cite news |title=Poor Outlook For Northern Union Clubs |work=The Manchester Guardian |date=2 September 1918 |page=2 |id={{ProQuest|476124840}}}}
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=
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!width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="%" |Pct | |||||||||
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|1 | Rochdale Hornets | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 53 | 20 | 76.92 |
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|2 | Leigh | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 31 | 18 | 75.00 |
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|3 | Wigan | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 164 | 87 | 15 | 68.18 |
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|4 | Warrington | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 145 | 105 | 21 | 61.76 |
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|5 | Barrow | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 66 | 6 | 60.00 |
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|6 | Widnes | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 120 | 83 | 14 | 58.33 |
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|7 | Salford | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 107 | 95 | 14 | 46.66 |
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|8 | Oldham | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 159 | 121 | 13 | 46.43 |
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|9 | St. Helens | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 109 | 6 | 33.33 |
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|10 | St Helens Recs | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 75 | 134 | 8 | 30.77 |
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|11 | Broughton Rangers | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 80 | 144 | 8 | 28.70 |
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|12 | Swinton | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 64 | 179 | 7 | 23.33 |
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=Yorkshire League=
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!width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="%" |Pct | |||||||||
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|1 | Hull F.C. | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 392 | 131 | 26 | 81.25 |
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|2 | Leeds | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 183 | 112 | 21 | 65.62 |
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|3 | Bramley | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 140 | 89 | 17 | 60.71 |
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|4 | Halifax | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 187 | 82 | 17 | 56.66 |
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|5 | Dewsbury | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 150 | 100 | 14 | 53.85 |
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|6 | Batley | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 77 | 117 | 15 | 50.00 |
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|7 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 129 | 139 | 12 | 42.85 |
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|8 | Wakefield Trinity | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 73 | 156 | 10 | 35.71 |
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|9 | York | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 141 | 2 | 25.00 |
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|10 | Hunslet | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 97 | 262 | 6 | 23.03 |
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|11 | Bradford Northern | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 168 | 4 | 20.00 |
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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|1918–19 Lancashire Cup}}
{{main|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
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{{Rugby Football League seasons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Football League Season, 1918-19}}
Category:1919 in English rugby league