1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1925–26 Rugby Football League season
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| season_champs = {{leagueicon|wigan|16}} Wigan (3rd title)
| season_champ_name = Champions
| league_leaders = {{leagueicon|wigan|16}} Wigan
| league_leaders_name = League Leaders
| second_place ={{leagueicon|warrington|16}} Warrington
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| top_scorer = {{flagicon|WAL}} Jim Sullivan ({{leagueicon|wigan|16}} Wigan) (274)
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| top try scorer = {{flagicon|WAL}} Johnny Ring ({{leagueicon|wigan|16}} Wigan) (63)
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| prevseason_link = 1924–25 Northern Rugby Football League season
| prevseason_year = 1924–25
| nextseason_link = 1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season
| nextseason_year = 1926–27
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The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Having ended the regular season as the league leaders, Wigan went on to claim their third Championship by beating Warrington 22-10 in the play-off final.
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the Challenge Cup Final.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=345 |title=1925-26 Season summary |access-date=2009-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927221632/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=345 |archive-date=2009-09-27 |url-status=live }}
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
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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=”Win Percentage” |Pct | |||||||||
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|1 | Wigan | 38 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 641 | 310 | 61 | 80.26 |
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|2 | Warrington | 36 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 472 | 279 | 55 | 76.38 |
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|3 | Swinton | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 442 | 223 | 54 | 75 |
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|4 | Hull | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 547 | 329 | 51 | 67.1 |
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|5 | St. Helens Recs | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 437 | 278 | 48 | 66.66 |
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|6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 416 | 320 | 43 | 63.23 |
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|7 | Oldham | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 431 | 251 | 41 | 60.29 |
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|8 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 445 | 317 | 43 | 59.72 |
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|9 | Leeds | 36 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 526 | 311 | 42 | 58.33 |
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|10 | St. Helens | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 410 | 282 | 38 | 55.88 |
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|11 | Batley | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 325 | 296 | 42 | 55.26 |
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|12 | York | 36 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 359 | 350 | 38 | 52.77 |
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|13 | Halifax | 38 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 364 | 323 | 40 | 52.63 |
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|14 | Barrow | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 313 | 303 | 37 | 51.38 |
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|15 | Featherstone Rovers | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 362 | 362 | 32 | 50 |
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|16 | Dewsbury | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 310 | 402 | 36 | 50 |
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|17 | Widnes | 34 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 339 | 397 | 30 | 44.11 |
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|18 | Huddersfield | 36 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 365 | 474 | 30 | 41.66 |
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|19 | Wigan Highfield | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 280 | 323 | 25 | 39.06 |
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|20 | Hunslet | 36 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 389 | 435 | 28 | 38.88 |
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|21 | Salford | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 246 | 393 | 26 | 38.23 |
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|22 | Rochdale Hornets | 36 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 320 | 414 | 27 | 37.5 |
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|23 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 306 | 580 | 28 | 36.84 |
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|24 | Leigh | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 270 | 435 | 18 | 28.12 |
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|25 | Broughton Rangers | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 316 | 510 | 18 | 26.47 |
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|26 | Keighley | 36 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 290 | 577 | 19 | 26.38 |
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|27 | Bramley | 34 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 152 | 588 | 6 | 8.82 |
Championship play-off
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| RD1=Semi-finals
| RD2=Championship final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Wigan
| RD1-score1=34
| RD1-seed2=4
| RD1-team2=Hull
| RD1-score2=0
| RD1-seed3=2
| RD1-team3=Warrington
| RD1-score3=11
| RD1-seed4=3
| RD1-team4=Swinton
| RD1-score4=8
| RD2-team1=Wigan
| RD2-score1=22
| RD2-team2=Warrington
| RD2-score2=10
}}
Challenge Cup
{{main|1925–26 Challenge Cup}}
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.
This was Swinton’s second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=345 1925-26 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website]
{{Rugby Football League seasons}}
{{Wigan - 1925–26 Championship Final winners}}
{{Wigan Warriors}}
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