1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season
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The 1925â26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.
| 1925â26 Rugby Football League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship |
| Teams | 27 |
| Champions |  Wigan (3rd title) |
| League Leaders | Wigan |
| Runners-up |  Warrington |
| Top point-scorer |  Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (274) |
| Top try-scorer | Johnny Ring ( Wigan) (63) |
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.[1]
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15â11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2â0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan | 38 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 641 | 310 | 61 | 80.26 |
| 2 | Warrington | 36 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 472 | 279 | 55 | 76.38 |
| 3 | Swinton | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 442 | 223 | 54 | 75 |
| 4 | Hull | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 547 | 329 | 51 | 67.1 |
| 5 | St. Helens Recs | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 437 | 278 | 48 | 66.66 |
| 6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 416 | 320 | 43 | 63.23 |
| 7 | Oldham | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 431 | 251 | 41 | 60.29 |
| 8 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 445 | 317 | 43 | 59.72 |
| 9 | Leeds | 36 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 526 | 311 | 42 | 58.33 |
| 10 | St. Helens | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 410 | 282 | 38 | 55.88 |
| 11 | Batley | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 325 | 296 | 42 | 55.26 |
| 12 | York | 36 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 359 | 350 | 38 | 52.77 |
| 13 | Halifax | 38 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 364 | 323 | 40 | 52.63 |
| 14 | Barrow | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 313 | 303 | 37 | 51.38 |
| 15 | Featherstone Rovers | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 362 | 362 | 32 | 50 |
| 16 | Dewsbury | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 310 | 402 | 36 | 50 |
| 17 | Widnes | 34 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 339 | 397 | 30 | 44.11 |
| 18 | Huddersfield | 36 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 365 | 474 | 30 | 41.66 |
| 19 | Wigan Highfield | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 280 | 323 | 25 | 39.06 |
| 20 | Hunslet | 36 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 389 | 435 | 28 | 38.88 |
| 21 | Salford | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 246 | 393 | 26 | 38.23 |
| 22 | Rochdale Hornets | 36 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 320 | 414 | 27 | 37.5 |
| 23 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 306 | 580 | 28 | 36.84 |
| 24 | Leigh | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 270 | 435 | 18 | 28.12 |
| 25 | Broughton Rangers | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 316 | 510 | 18 | 26.47 |
| 26 | Keighley | 36 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 290 | 577 | 19 | 26.38 |
| 27 | Bramley | 34 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 152 | 588 | 6 | 8.82 |
Championship play-off
| Semi-finals | Championship final | ||||||||
| 1 | Wigan | 34 | |||||||
| 4 | Hull | 0 | |||||||
| Wigan | 22 | ||||||||
| Warrington | 10 | ||||||||
| 2 | Warrington | 11 | |||||||
| 3 | Swinton | 8 | |||||||
Challenge Cup
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.
This was Swintonâs second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900. [2]