1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season

Northern Rugby League

1901–02 Season

Champions

Broughton Rangers

Top point-scorer(s)

James Lomas 172

Top try-scorer(s)

Robert Wilson (Broughton Rangers) 38

Lancashire Senior Competition

Champions

Wigan

Yorkshire Senior Competition

Champions

Leeds

< 1900–01	Seasons	1902–03 >

The 1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the seventh season of rugby league football.

Season summary

The top seven sides from both the Lancashire and the Yorkshire Senior 1900–01 competitions of the NRFU, resigned and merged into a new league in 1901–02, that was won by Broughton Rangers. In doing so they formed the Northern Rugby League and with that the phrase "Rugby League" was officially used for first time.

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Wigan and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Leeds.^[1]

James Lomas became rugby league's first £100 transfer, from Bramley to Salford in 1901.^[2] Salford moved to their new ground, The Willows, this season. Their first game at the new venue was a 2-0 win against Swinton in front of a crowd of 16,981 on 21 December 1901.^[3]

League Tables

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Broughton Rangers	26	21	1	4	285	112	43
2	Salford	26	15	3	8	235	125	31^a[›]
3	Runcorn	26	15	2	9	185	101	30^b[›]
4	Swinton	26	16	0	10	226	121	28^c[›]
5	Halifax	26	12	4	10	142	165	28
6	Bradford	26	14	1	11	201	157	27^d[›]
7	Warrington	26	14	0	12	162	150	26^e[›]
8	Hull	26	11	2	13	166	193	24
9	Oldham	26	10	2	14	190	169	22
10	Leigh	26	11	0	15	158	162	22
11	Hunslet	26	13	0	13	164	207	22^f[›]
12	Batley	26	8	4	14	136	198	20
13	Huddersfield	26	8	2	16	122	262	18
14	Brighouse Rangers	26	3	1	22	74	324	7

Champions

Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995–96 cited in "The Vault".
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; Pts = League points.

Notes

^ a: Salford had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.
^ b: Runcorn had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.
^ c: Swinton had 4 points deducted for a breaches of the professional rules.
^ d: Bradford had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.
^ e: Warrington had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.
^ f: Hunslet had 4 points deducted for a breaches of the professional rules.

Lancashire Senior Competition

Only limited County League information is available for this season. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Altrincham, Birkenhead Wanderers, and Stockport were from Cheshire; Hull Kingston Rovers were from Yorkshire; and Millom were from Cumberland.

Team	Pts
Wigan	42
Widnes	40
St Helens	33
Barrow	31
Hull Kingston Rovers	30^g[›]
Stockport	27^h[›]
Millom	24
Rochdale Hornets	24
Birkenhead Wanderers	19
Lancaster	17
Morecambe	11
Altrincham	3^i[›]
Radcliffe	3^j[›]

Champions

Pts = League points.

Notes

^ g: Hull KR had 2 points deducted.
^ h: Stockport had 2 points deducted.
^ i: Altrincham had 2 points deducted.
^ j: Radcliffe had 2 points deducted.

Yorkshire Senior Competition

Only limited County League information is available for this season.

Team	Pts
Leeds	46
Manningham	37^k[›]
Keighley	34^l[›]
Wakefield Trinity	31
Holbeck	30^m[›]
York	29^n[›]
Dewsbury	29
Normanton	28
Castleford	21
Bramley	21
Heckmondwike	17
Goole	13
Sowerby Bridge	12^o[›]
Liversedge	6

Champions

Pts = League points.

Notes

^ k: Manningham had 2 points deducted.
^ l: Keighley had 2 points deducted.
^ m: Holbeck had 2 points deducted.
^ n: York had 2 points deducted.
^ o: Sowerby Bridge had 2 points deducted.

Challenge Cup

Broughton Rangers beat Salford 25-0 in the final at Rochdale before a crowd of 15,006. ^[4]

Sources

References

↑ "1901–02 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Salford first game". Salford Red Devils Official Web Site, History page. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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