1985–86 Rugby Football League season

1985–86 Rugby Football League season
1985–86 Rugby Football League season
League	Leigh
Top point-scorer(s)	Chris Johnson 400
Top try-scorer(s)	John Henderson 27
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86

Slalom Lager Championship

.

Season summary

Slalom Lager League Champions were
Halifax finished on top of the First Division table to claim their fourth, and to date, last championship, but Warrington defeated them in the Rugby League Premiership competition.
Paul Bishop of Warrington scored a record equalling 5 drop goals in the Premiership semi-final against Wigan
on 11 May 1986.
Castleford were 15-14 winners over Hull Kingston Rovers in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
John Player Special Trophy
.
Halifax in the Premiership Trophy. Warrington's Australian forward Les Boyd was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy
as man-of-the-match.
2nd Division Champions were
Leigh.
Bridgend Blue Dragons and Southend Invicta
dropped out of the competition. The promotion scheme was changed to 3-up 3-down.
Wigan beat Warrington 34–8 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Castleford 22–18 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

League Tables

Division One

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts

1
Halifax
30 19 6 5 499 365 +134 44

2 Wigan 30 20 3 7 776 300 +476 43

3 St. Helens 30 20 2 8 729 503 +226 42

4 Warrington 30 20 1 9 665 393 +272 41

5 Widnes 30 19 3 8 520 454 +66 41

6 Leeds 30 15 3 12 554 518 +36 33

7 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16 1 13 507 500 +7 33

8 Hull 30 15 2 13 616 508 +108 32

9 Oldham 30 14 0 16 508 561 -53 28

10 Salford 30 14 0 16 508 561 -53 28

11 Castleford 30 12 1 17 551 585 +34 25

12 Bradford Northern 30 11 1 18 447 473 +26 23

13 Featherstone Rovers 30 9 3 18 419 616 -197 21

14
York
30 9 0 21 413 592 -179 18

15 Swinton 30 8 0 22 371 648 -277 16

16 Dewsbury 30 5 0 25 313 847 -534 10

Division Two

Team P W D L PF PA Pts

1
Leigh
34 33 0 1 1156 373 66

2 Barrow 34 27 0 7 1012 398 54

3 Wakefield Trinity 34 24 1 9 680 435 49

4 Whitehaven 34 22 0 12 619 479 44

5 Rochdale Hornets 34 21 0 13 763 485 42

6 Blackpool Borough 34 20 0 14 769 570 40

7 Batley 34 18 3 13 567 450 39

8
Bramley
34 17 1 16 608 663 35

9 Fulham 34 16 1 17 679 709 33

10 Doncaster 34 16 1 17 611 650 33

11 Carlisle 34 15 2 17 585 682 32

12
Sheffield Eagles
34 14 1 19 516 617 29

13 Workington Town 34 13 0 21 684 723 26

14 Hunslet 34 11 3 20 594 795 25

15 Huddersfield Barracudas 34 8 4 22 542 841 20

16 Runcorn Highfield 34 9 2 23 489 790 20

17 Keighley 34 9 2 23 401 918 20

18 Mansfield Marksman 34 2 1 31 383 1080 5

Champions Play-offs Promoted Relegated

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Challenge Cup

The 1985-86 Silk Cut Challenge Cup Final was played by Castleford and Hull Kingston Rovers at Wembley before a crowd of 82,134. was won by Castleford defeated Hull Kingston Rovers 15-14. Castleford's scrum half back, Bob Beardmore was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy as man of the match.

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Castleford squad – 1985–86 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Gary Lord

2 David Plange

3 Tony Marchant

4 Gary Hyde

5 Jamie Sandy

6 John Joyner (c)

7 Bob Beardmore

8 Kevin Ward

9 Kevin Beardmore

10 Barry Johnson

11 Keith England

12 Martin Ketteridge

13 Ian French

14 Stuart Horton (substitute)

15 David Roockley (substitute)

Coach: Mal Reilly

John Player Special Trophy

Main article: 1985–86 John Player Special Trophy

County cups

Main article: 1985–86 Lancashire Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Yorkshire Cup

Premiership

Main article: 1985–86 Rugby League Premiership

Sources

1985-86 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com

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