1898–99_Northern_Rugby_Football_Union_season

1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season

1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of rugby league football.

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Season summary

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Broughton Rangers and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Batley.[1]

Lancashire Senior Competition

Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire. Champions Broughton Rangers beat a team representing the rest of the Lancashire competition 5–3 in an end of season finale on 22 April 1899.[2] Morecambe finished bottom of the competition and lost the promotion/relegation test match to Millom - winners of the Lancashire second competition - by 11 points to 3.[3] Millom were admitted to the Senior Competition and Morecambe were admitted to the second competition.[4]

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  1. Swinton had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.

Yorkshire Senior Competition

Champions Batley played a team representing the rest of the Yorkshire competition at Mount Pleasant on 22 April 1899 with Batley winning 3–0.[5] The promotion/relegation test match was contested by Heckmondwike who finished bottom of the competition and Hull Kingston Rovers, winners of the no.2 competition. Hull Kingston Rovers won the match 21–3 to take Heckmondwike's place.[6]

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  1. Manningham had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.

References

  1. [1]
    "1898-99 Season summary". Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  2. [2]
    Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League volume 4; 1898–99. p. 3.
  3. [3]
    "Football". South Wales Daily News. No. 8,738. 27 April 1899. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    "Northern Union. Lancashire second competition". Yorkshire Post. No. 16,221. 22 June 1899. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League volume 4; 1898–99. p. 4.
  6. [6]
    "Yorkshire Senior Competition Test Match". Yorkshire Post. No. 16,170. 24 April 1899. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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