1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season | |
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League | Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (226) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Lou Brown ( Wigan) Ernie Mills ( Huddersfield) (44) |
Joined League | Carlisle City |
Resigned from the League | Carlisle City |
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.[1]
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. [2]
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.[3]
.Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
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1 | Huddersfield | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 476 | 291 | 56 | 73.68 |
2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 40 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 436 | 239 | 57 | 71.25 |
3 | Leeds | 38 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 695 | 270 | 54 | 71.05 |
4 | Salford | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 395 | 222 | 48 | 70.58 |
5 | Wigan | 38 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 636 | 308 | 53 | 69.73 |
6 | Swinton | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 429 | 249 | 48 | 66.66 |
7 | Warrington | 36 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 568 | 295 | 46 | 63.88 |
8 | St Helens Recs |
38 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 545 | 374 | 45 | 59.21 |
9 | Oldham | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 439 | 343 | 40 | 55.55 |
10 | St. Helens | 38 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 460 | 381 | 42 | 55.26 |
11 | Hunslet | 38 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 539 | 356 | 42 | 55.26 |
12 | Hull | 40 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 458 | 395 | 44 | 55.00 |
13 | Leigh |
34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 285 | 279 | 37 | 54.41 |
14 | Wigan Highfield | 32 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 262 | 333 | 33 | 51.56 |
15 | Dewsbury | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 380 | 387 | 36 | 50.00 |
16 | Wakefield Trinity | 40 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 400 | 461 | 38 | 47.50 |
17 | Halifax |
40 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 379 | 399 | 39 | 48.75 |
18 | Barrow | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 396 | 387 | 28 | 43.75 |
19 | Batley | 38 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 278 | 442 | 30 | 39.47 |
20 | Broughton Rangers | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 235 | 401 | 23 | 38.33 |
21 | Castleford | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 268 | 369 | 26 | 38.23 |
22 | York |
34 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 259 | 409 | 24 | 35.29 |
23 | Bramley |
34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 241 | 437 | 24 | 35.29 |
24 | Widnes | 34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 222 | 439 | 24 | 35.29 |
25 | Featherstone Rovers | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 277 | 451 | 24 | 31.57 |
26 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 235 | 434 | 20 | 29.41 |
27 | Keighley | 34 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 209 | 422 | 18 | 26.47 |
28 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 242 | 871 | 13 | 17.10 |
Championship play-off
Semi-finals | Championship final | ||||||||
1 | Huddersfield | 13 | |||||||
4 | Salford | 5 | |||||||
Huddersfield | 2 | ||||||||
Leeds | 0 | ||||||||
2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 4 | |||||||
3 | Leeds | 7 |
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.[4]
This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.[5][6]
References
- ^ Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "1928-29 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Swinton Lions History". Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Historic Wigan RL Moments: 1929 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.