1905-06 Northern Rugby Football Union season
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The 1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union
season was the eleventh season of rugby league football
.
won the Championship for the first time this season and Bradford their first Challenge Cup.
The two divisions were combined into one competition, with Lancaster dropping out to reduce it to 31 teams. Clubs from the same county all played each other, and arranged inter-county matches as and when they could. Because not all clubs played the same number of matches positions were decided on percentages.
Featherstone Rovers
, who were an amateur team at this time knocked a professional side out of the Challenge Cup, when they beat Widnes
23-2 in the second round.
There was no county league competition this season. The inaugural Rugby league county cups
took place this season, and Wigan
beat Leigh
0–0 (replay 8–0) to win the Lancashire Cup
, and Hunslet
beat Halifax
13–3 to win the Yorkshire Cup
.
5-0 in the final at Leeds before a crowd of 15,834 to win the Cup in their first appearance in the final.
Rugby Football League
The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league football in England. Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Rugby League Championships...
season was the eleventh season of rugby league football
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
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Season summary
LeighLeigh Centurions
Leigh Centurions is an English professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester who play in the Co-operative Championship.The club was founded in 1878 as Leigh Rugby Football Club and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in...
won the Championship for the first time this season and Bradford their first Challenge Cup.
The two divisions were combined into one competition, with Lancaster dropping out to reduce it to 31 teams. Clubs from the same county all played each other, and arranged inter-county matches as and when they could. Because not all clubs played the same number of matches positions were decided on percentages.
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a semi-professional rugby league club, based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the Championship. The Rovers are one of the last vestiges of "small town teams" that were once common in rugby league during the early twentieth century...
, who were an amateur team at this time knocked a professional side out of the Challenge Cup, when they beat Widnes
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings RLFC are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They currently play in the Engage Super League, the top tier of European rugby league, after being awarded a license to compete in the top-flight Super League from 2012 onward...
23-2 in the second round.
There was no county league competition this season. The inaugural Rugby league county cups
Rugby league county cups
Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...
took place this season, and Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
beat Leigh
Leigh Centurions
Leigh Centurions is an English professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester who play in the Co-operative Championship.The club was founded in 1878 as Leigh Rugby Football Club and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in...
0–0 (replay 8–0) to win the Lancashire Cup
Rugby league county cups
Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...
, and Hunslet
Hunslet Hawks
Hunslet Hawks is a professional rugby league club based in Hunslet, West Yorkshire, England. The club, sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium, are currently champions of Championship One.-History:-Early years:...
beat Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town...
13–3 to win the Yorkshire Cup
Rugby league county cups
Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...
.
Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leigh Leigh Centurions Leigh Centurions is an English professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester who play in the Co-operative Championship.The club was founded in 1878 as Leigh Rugby Football Club and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in... |
30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 245 | 130 | 48 | 80.00 |
| 2 | Hunslet Hunslet Hawks Hunslet Hawks is a professional rugby league club based in Hunslet, West Yorkshire, England. The club, sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium, are currently champions of Championship One.-History:-Early years:... |
32 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 370 | 148 | 50 | 78.12 |
| 3 | Leeds Leeds Rhinos Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League... |
34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 377 | 123 | 52 | 76.47 |
| 4 | Oldham Oldham Roughyeds Oldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895.... |
40 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 446 | 125 | 58 | 72.50 |
| 5 | Keighley Keighley Cougars Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. As of 2012 they will play in Co-operative Championship having won the Co-operative Championship 1 play off final 32-12 against Workington... |
28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 255 | 164 | 39 | 69.64 |
| 6 | Wigan Wigan Warriors Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011.... |
34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 441 | 167 | 45 | 66.17 |
| 7 | Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is an English professional rugby league football club based in Hull, England. The club formed in 1882 and currently competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006... |
36 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 246 | 218 | 47 | 65.27 |
| 8 | Broughton Rangers Broughton Rangers Broughton Rangers was a British rugby football, and subsequently a rugby league club. It was based in Broughton, Salford.-History:Broughton Rangers was founded in 1877 as Broughton and added Rangers for its second season... |
34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 400 | 222 | 43 | 63.23 |
| 9 | Halifax Halifax RLFC Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town... |
38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 261 | 232 | 48 | 63.15 |
| 10 | Runcorn | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 264 | 136 | 37 | 61.66 |
| 11 | Huddersfield Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.... |
30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 224 | 174 | 36 | 60.00 |
| 12 | Bradford | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 371 | 199 | 40 | 58.82 |
| 13 | Swinton Swinton Lions Swinton Lions is an English professional rugby league club from Swinton, Greater Manchester. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. They currently play in the Championship.-Early years:... |
32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 203 | 168 | 37 | 57.81 |
| 14 | St Helens | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 244 | 212 | 33 | 55.00 |
| 15 | Warrington Warrington Wolves Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003.... |
38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 270 | 184 | 41 | 53.94 |
| 16 | Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts... |
32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 188 | 262 | 30 | 46.87 |
| 17 | Hull | 36 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 304 | 220 | 33 | 45.83 |
| 18 | Salford Salford City Reds Salford City Reds are an English rugby league club based in Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1873, they currently play in the Super League. They have won six Rugby Football League Championships and one Challenge Cup... |
34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 272 | 270 | 31 | 45.58 |
| 19 | Pontefract Pontefract (Rugby League) Pontefract was a professional rugby league club.The club was based in Pontefract, a market town within the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.... |
28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 211 | 196 | 23 | 41.07 |
| 20 | Batley Batley Bulldogs Batley Bulldogs are an English professional rugby league club from Batley, West Yorkshire. They currently play in the Co-operative Championship. Batley is one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895... |
34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 173 | 215 | 27 | 39.70 |
| 21 | Widnes Widnes Vikings Widnes Vikings RLFC are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They currently play in the Engage Super League, the top tier of European rugby league, after being awarded a license to compete in the top-flight Super League from 2012 onward... |
28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 129 | 242 | 22 | 39.28 |
| 22 | Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams Dewsbury Rams RLFC is a professional rugby league club based in the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. They are arguably most famous for becoming Champions in 1972-73 after finishing the regular season in 8th place. In the playoffs they beat Featherstone away, Warrington away, and then Leeds in the... |
36 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 162 | 252 | 28 | 38.88 |
| 23 | Bramley Bramley Buffaloes Bramley Buffaloes is a rugby league club from the Bramley area of West Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Previously known simply as Bramley RLFC, the club is a famous name in rugby league, having existed prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895... |
26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 126 | 246 | 20 | 38.46 |
| 24 | York York City Knights York City Knights Rugby League Club is a British professional rugby league club hailing from York. They play at the Huntington Stadium, situated to the north of York city centre... |
34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 170 | 249 | 24 | 35.29 |
| 25 | Barrow Barrow Raiders Barrow Raiders are an English professional rugby league team from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, who are coached by Dave Clark. Formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club, the club is the oldest of the current professional sports teams in Cumbria.... |
32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 138 | 324 | 22 | 34.37 |
| 26 | Normanton Normanton (Rugby League) Normanton was a professional rugby league club.The club was based in Normanton, a small town within the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.... |
24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 50 | 280 | 10 | 20.83 |
| 27 | Millom Millom RLFC Millom RLFC is an amateur rugby league club based in the town of Millom in Cumbria. It is one of the oldest amateur rugby league club in the world, having been founded in 1873.... |
20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 77 | 328 | 8 | 20.00 |
| 28 | Castleford | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 325 | 8 | 20.00 |
| 29 | Rochdale Hornets Rochdale Hornets Rochdale Hornets RLFC is an English professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. They currently play in Championship One... |
32 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 105 | 327 | 12 | 18.75 |
| 30 | Morecambe Morecambe (Rugby League) Morecambe was a professional rugby league club.The club was based in Morecambe , a resort town within the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. Together with adjoining small port of Heysham the population is approx. 51,000.... |
26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 99 | 282 | 8 | 15.38 |
| 31 | Brighouse Rovers | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 87 | 333 | 8 | 15.38 |
Challenge Cup
Bradford beat SalfordSalford City Reds
Salford City Reds are an English rugby league club based in Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1873, they currently play in the Super League. They have won six Rugby Football League Championships and one Challenge Cup...
5-0 in the final at Leeds before a crowd of 15,834 to win the Cup in their first appearance in the final.