1936–37_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season

1936–37 Northern Rugby Football League season

Rugby league season

The 1936–37 Rugby Football League season was the 42nd season of rugby league football.

Quick Facts League, Teams ...

1936–37 Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League Championship
Teams	30
RFL Championship
Champions	Salford
League Leaders	Salford
Top point-scorer(s)	Jim Sullivan 258
Top try-scorer(s)	Eric Harris 40
Joined League	Newcastle
Resigned from the League	Acton and Willesden Streatham and Mitcham
Lancashire League
Champions	Salford
League Leaders	Salford
Yorkshire League
Champions	Leeds
League Leaders	Leeds
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Season summary

Salford won their third Championship after beating Warrington 13-11 in the play-off final. Salford had also finished the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup winners were Widnes who beat Keighley 18-5 in the final.

Acton and Willesden were replaced by Newcastle. Streatham and Mitcham disbanded after playing 26 matches, its remaining 12 matches were recorded as forfeits to their opponents.^[1]

Salford won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Wigan 5–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and York beat Wakefield Trinity 9–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

More information Team, Pld ...

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Salford	38	29	3	6	61
2	Warrington	38	28	3	7	59
3	Leeds	38	28	1	9	57
4	Liverpool Stanley	38	26	3	9	55
5	Wigan	38	26	0	12	52
6	Castleford	38	25	2	11	52
7	Hull	38	24	2	12	50
8	Wakefield Trinity	38	23	1	14	47
9	Barrow	38	20	5	13	45
10	St Helens Recs	38	21	2	15	44
11	Huddersfield	38	21	1	16	43
12	Hunslet	38	21	0	17	42
13	Oldham	38	20	1	17	41
14	Halifax	38	19	3	16	41
15	Bradford Northern	38	19	2	17	40
16	Swinton	38	19	2	17	40
17	Broughton Rangers	38	18	3	17	39
18	Keighley	38	19	0	19	38
19	Hull Kingston Rovers	38	17	1	20	35
20	Widnes	38	17	1	20	35
21	Rochdale Hornets	38	15	1	22	31
22	St. Helens	38	13	4	21	30
23	Streatham and Mitcham	38	14	0	24	28*
24	York	38	14	0	24	28
25	Batley	38	12	2	24	26
26	Dewsbury	38	12	1	25	25
27	Bramley	38	10	1	27	21
28	Leigh	38	5	4	29	14
29	Newcastle	38	5	1	32	11
30	Featherstone Rovers	38	5	0	33	10

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals			Championship final

1	Salford	15

4	Liverpool Stanley	7
			Salford	13

			Warrington	11
2	Warrington	12

3	Leeds	2

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1936–37 Challenge Cup

Widnes beat Keighley 18-5 in the final played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 47,699.

This was Widnes' second Challenge Cup final win in three Final appearances.

This was Keighley's first, and to date, only Challenge Cup final appearance.^[2]

European Championship

Main article: 1936–37 European Rugby League Championship

The tri-nation tournament was played between November 1936 and April 1937 as single round robin games between England, France and Wales. This was the third Rugby League European Championship, won by Wales.^[3]
Match Details

More information Date, Venue ...

Date	Venue	Home team	Score	Away team
7 Nov 1936	Pontypridd	Wales	3 - 2	England
6 Dec 1936	Paris	France	3 - 9	Wales
10 Apr 1937	Halifax	England	23 - 9	France

References

[1]
"1936-37 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
[2]
"RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
[3]
Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 424. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

1936-37 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

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