1923–24 Northern Rugby Football League season
| 1923–24 NRFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship |
| Teams | 27 |
| Champions |  Batley (1st title) |
| League Leaders |  Wigan |
| Runners-up | Wigan |
| Top point-scorer(s) |  Jim Sullivan ( Wigan) (319) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Johnny Ring ( Wigan) (49) |
The 1923–24 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 29th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
[edit]Batley won their first, and to date only, Championship when they defeated Wigan 13–7 in the play-off Championship Final.
Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders and won the Challenge Cup by defeating Oldham 21–4 in the final.[1]
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Batley won the Yorkshire League. St Helens Recs beat Swinton 17–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Huddersfield 10–4 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan | 38 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 824 | 228 | 62 | 81.57 |
| 2 | Batley | 36 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 432 | 287 | 51 | 70.83 |
| 3 | Oldham | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 579 | 296 | 48 | 66.66 |
| 4 | Leigh | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 407 | 250 | 43 | 63.23 |
| 5 | Huddersfield | 36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 481 | 352 | 43 | 59.72 |
| 6 | St Helens Recs | 32 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 363 | 255 | 38 | 59.37 |
| 7 | Swinton | 34 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 346 | 312 | 40 | 58.82 |
| 8 | Rochdale Hornets | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 318 | 330 | 42 | 58.33 |
| 9 | York | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 323 | 258 | 41 | 56.94 |
| 10 | Hunslet | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 328 | 332 | 41 | 56.94 |
| 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 36 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 408 | 377 | 40 | 55.55 |
| 12 | Leeds | 38 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 448 | 350 | 40 | 52.63 |
| 13 | Halifax | 38 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 360 | 357 | 40 | 52.63 |
| 14 | Widnes | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 275 | 245 | 35 | 51.47 |
| 15 | Broughton Rangers | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 286 | 251 | 34 | 50 |
| 16 | St. Helens | 34 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 332 | 522 | 32 | 47.05 |
| 17 | Hull | 38 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 439 | 447 | 35 | 46.05 |
| 18 | Dewsbury | 36 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 279 | 289 | 33 | 45.83 |
| 19 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 313 | 358 | 32 | 44.44 |
| 20 | Warrington | 36 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 341 | 395 | 32 | 44.44 |
| 21 | Barrow | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 366 | 372 | 31 | 43.05 |
| 22 | Keighley | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 291 | 427 | 29 | 40.27 |
| 23 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 348 | 545 | 27 | 37.5 |
| 24 | Wigan Highfield | 36 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 324 | 428 | 24 | 33.33 |
| 25 | Salford | 34 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 175 | 466 | 17 | 25 |
| 26 | Bradford Northern | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 190 | 524 | 16 | 23.52 |
| 27 | Bramley | 34 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 228 | 528 | 14 | 20.58 |
Championship playoff
[edit]| Semi-finals | Championship final | ||||||||
| 1 | Wigan | 27 | |||||||
| 4 | Leigh | 0 | |||||||
| Wigan | 7 | ||||||||
| Batley | 13 | ||||||||
| 2 | Batley | 38 | |||||||
| 3 | Oldham | 0 | |||||||
Challenge Cup
[edit]Wigan beat Oldham 21–4 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 41,381.
This was Wigan's first Challenge Cup Final Win in their second appearance in a Final. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "1923-24 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.