1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football.

1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League
Teams	28
Champions	Huddersfield
League Leaders	Huddersfield
Top point-scorer(s)	Jim Sullivan (Wigan) 226
Top try-scorer(s)	Lou Brown 44 Ernie Mills (Huddersfield) 44

Season summary

Huddersfield won their fourth Championship when they beat Leeds 2-0 in the play-off final.

On 4 May 1929 the first Challenge Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium was played. 41,500 saw Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2.[1]

Carlisle City fielded a team, but resigned after 10 matches and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 9, scoring 59 and conceding 166. [2]

Swinton moved from their Chorley Road ground this season due to a dispute over rent. They built a new stadium at Station Road, Swinton using the stands from the old ground.[3]

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Widnes 5–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 5–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts	Pct
1	Huddersfield	38	26	4	8	476	291	56	73.68
2	Hull Kingston Rovers	40	27	3	10	436	239	57	71.25
3	Leeds	38	26	2	10	695	270	54	71.05
4	Salford	34	23	2	9	395	222	48	70.58
5	Wigan	38	26	1	11	636	308	53	69.73
6	Swinton	36	23	2	11	429	249	48	66.66
7	Warrington	36	22	2	12	568	295	46	63.88
8	St Helens Recs	38	22	1	15	545	374	45	59.21
9	Oldham	36	18	4	14	439	343	40	55.55
10	St. Helens	38	19	4	15	460	381	42	55.26
11	Hunslet	38	19	4	15	539	356	42	55.26
12	Hull	40	20	4	16	458	395	44	55.00
13	Leigh	34	17	3	14	285	279	37	54.41
14	Wigan Highfield	32	16	1	15	262	333	33	51.56
15	Dewsbury	36	17	2	17	380	387	36	50.00
16	Wakefield Trinity	40	17	4	19	400	461	38	47.50
17	Halifax	40	18	3	19	379	399	39	48.75
18	Barrow	32	13	2	17	396	387	28	43.75
19	Batley	38	14	2	22	278	442	30	39.47
20	Broughton Rangers	30	11	1	18	235	401	23	38.33
21	Castleford	34	11	4	19	268	369	26	38.23
22	York	34	12	0	22	259	409	24	35.29
23	Bramley	34	11	2	21	241	437	24	35.29
24	Widnes	34	11	2	21	222	439	24	35.29
25	Featherstone Rovers	38	10	4	24	277	451	24	31.57
26	Rochdale Hornets	34	10	0	24	235	434	20	29.41
27	Keighley	34	8	2	24	209	422	18	26.47
28	Bradford Northern	38	5	3	30	242	871	13	17.10

Championship Play-Off

	Semi-finals					Championship Final
	1	Huddersfield	13
	4	Salford	5
						Huddersfield		2
						Leeds		0
	2	Hull Kingston Rovers	4
	3	Leeds	7

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1928–29 Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in the first final to be played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 41,000.[4]

This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.[5][6]

References

1. Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
2. "1928-29 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
3. "Swinton Lions History". Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
4. 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.
5. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
6. "Historic Wigan RL Moments: 1929 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

Sources

• 1928-29 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
• The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website