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1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 16th season of rugby league football.

1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams28
Champions Oldham (3rd title)
League Leaders Wigan
Runners-up Wigan
Top point-scorer(s)England Alf Carmichael ( Hull Kingston Rovers) (261)
Top try-scorer(s)England William Kitchin ( Huddersfield) (41)
Joined League Coventry
Resigned from the LeagueTreherbert

Season summary

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Oldham won their third Championship, and second in a row, after defeating Wigan 20-7 in the Play Off Final. Wigan had ended the regular season in the top position, but only after it had been decided by a one-off play-off with Oldham that Wigan won 11-3.

The Challenge Cup winners were Broughton Rangers who defeated Wigan 4-0.

Coventry replaced Treherbert.[1]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Swinton 4–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Huddersfield 8–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

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Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1 Wigan 34 28 1 5 650 205 57 83.82
2 Oldham 34 28 1 5 441 210 57 83.82
3 Wakefield Trinity 33 24 1 8 493 264 49 74.24
4 Widnes 30 19 3 8 310 137 41 68.33
5 Hull Kingston Rovers 33 21 3 9 587 294 45 68.18
6 Hunslet 34 21 0 13 431 389 42 61.76
7 Huddersfield 36 22 0 14 702 293 44 61.11
8 Hull 36 20 3 13 453 347 43 59.72
9 Warrington 31 15 5 11 284 303 35 56.45
10 Dewsbury 30 16 0 14 284 333 32 53.33
11 Swinton 34 18 0 16 333 262 36 52.94
12 Leeds 33 16 2 15 385 340 34 51.51
13 Rochdale Hornets 34 17 1 16 355 320 35 51.47
14 Halifax 36 18 1 17 371 328 37 51.38
15 Keighley 29 14 1 14 246 447 29 50
16 Salford 32 14 2 16 335 337 30 46.87
17 Batley 31 14 1 16 272 223 29 46.77
18 Broughton Rangers 32 14 1 17 208 338 29 45.31
19 St. Helens 34 14 1 19 377 449 29 42.64
20 Leigh 32 13 0 19 219 355 26 40.63
21 Barrow 32 11 1 20 272 395 23 35.94
22 Runcorn 30 9 3 18 230 331 21 35
23 Bradford Northern 32 10 1 21 173 390 21 32.81
24 York 30 9 0 21 273 423 18 30
25 Ebbw Vale 30 9 0 21 178 297 18 30
26 Merthyr Tydfil 18 5 0 13 90 335 10 27.77
27 Coventry 32 6 1 25 288 524 13 20.31
28 Bramley 32 5 1 26 150 521 11 17.18

Championship play-off

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Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Wigan 16
4 Widnes 0
Wigan 7
Oldham 20
2 Oldham 15
3 Wakefield Trinity 12

Challenge Cup

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Main article: 1911 Challenge Cup

Broughton Rangers defeated Wigan 4-0 to win their second, and to date, last Challenge Cup.[2]

The scoreline set a record for the lowest winning score and lowest aggregate score in a Challenge Cup Final.[3]

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "1910-11 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. ^ "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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