1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season

1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season
Division 1
1902–03 Season
Champions Halifax
Top point-scorer(s) Wharton Davies (Batley) 136
Top try-scorer(s) Evans (Leeds) 27
Division 2
Champions Keighley
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The 1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the eighth season of rugby league football.

Contents

Season summary

League Champions: Halifax

Challenge Cup Winners: Halifax (7-0 v Salford)

2nd Division Champions: Keighley[1]

There was no county league competition this season.

Notable events

Division 1

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1 Halifax 34 23 3 8 199 85 49
2 Salford 34 20 5 9 244 130 45
3 Swinton 34 18 7 9 254 119 43
4 Runcorn 34 19 4 11 239 139 42
5 Broughton Rangers 34 17 7 10 222 97 41
6 Oldham 34 20 0 14 200 128 40
7 Bradford 34 16 5 13 220 161 37
8 Warrington 34 14 7 13 148 164 35
9 Hunslet 34 16 3 15 185 220 35
10 Hull 34 16 2 16 204 192 34
11 Batley 34 15 4 15 176 214 34
12 Leigh 34 12 5 17 136 178 29
13 Widnes 34 13 2 19 131 167 28
14 Hull Kingston Rovers 34 13 2 19 155 215 28
15 Huddersfield 34 13 2 19 116 196 28
16 Wigan 34 10 6 18 125 174 26
17 St Helens 34 9 2 23 125 309 20
18 Brighouse Rovers 34 7 4 23 79 270 18

Division 2

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1 Keighley 34 27 2 5 270 92 56
2 Leeds 34 26 1 7 334 98 53
3 Millom 34 22 3 9 238 118 47
4 Rochdale Hornets 34 20 6 8 323 88 46
5 Holbeck 34 20 5 9 213 83 45
6 Barrow 34 22 0 12 230 140 44
7 Wakefield Trinity 34 18 2 14 263 196 38
8 Bramley 34 16 4 14 179 151 36
9 Birkenhead Wanderers 34 14 6 14 125 140 34
10 Manningham 34 14 5 15 141 170 33
11 Lancaster 34 13 4 17 123 214 30
12 Normanton 34 12 4 18 160 228 28
13 York 34 11 4 19 111 190 26
14 South Shields 34 10 2 22 158 264 22
15 Castleford 34 9 4 21 105 268 22
16 Dewsbury 34 8 5 21 123 245 21
17 Morecambe 34 9 2 23 88 220 20
18 Stockport 34 5 1 28 69 348 11

Challenge Cup

Halifax beat Salford 7-0 in the final at Leeds before a crowd of 32,507 [4]

Sources

References

  1. ^ "1902-03 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=325. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  2. ^ "Bradford City History". Transformation of Valley Parade. Bradford City Football Club. http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10266~400739,00.html. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  3. ^ "Valley Parade History". The Dawn of Football at Valley Parade. The Bradford City Football Club Museum. http://bantamspast.co.uk/index.php?published-min=2009-09-01T00:00:00-00:00&published-max=2009-10-01T00:00:00-00:00. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  4. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65. Retrieved 2009-08-07.