# 1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 15th season of rugby league football.

## Season summary

Aberdare, Barry and Mid-Rhondda had dropped out, leaving 28 teams.
Oldham won their second Championship this season. After finishing top of the regular season table, they went on to beat Wigan 13-7 in the play-off final.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who defeated Hull F.C. 26-12 in replay after a 7-7 draw.
At the close of the season, the Northern Union's leading players were selected to go on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Leigh 22–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Batley 21–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

## Championship

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct |
| 1 | Oldham | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 604 | 184 | 60 | 88.23 |
| 2 | Salford | 31 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 387 | 210 | 49 | 79.03 |
| 3 | Wigan | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 545 | 169 | 47 | 78.33 |
| 4 | Wakefield | 32 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 435 | 242 | 48 | 75.33 |
| 5 | Keighley | 28 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 382 | 242 | 38 | 67.85 |
| 6 | Leeds | 34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 451 | 317 | 43 | 63.26 |
| 7 | Warrington | 34 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 408 | 252 | 42 | 61.76 |
| 8 | Huddersfield | 34 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 477 | 301 | 42 | 61.76 |
| 9 | Halifax | 34 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 395 | 269 | 42 | 61.76 |
| 10 | St. Helens | 31 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 468 | 367 | 38 | 61.29 |
| 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 35 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 410 | 376 | 39 | 55.71 |
| 12 | Leigh | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 218 | 206 | 35 | 54.68 |
| 13 | Hull | 36 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 456 | 373 | 38 | 52.77 |
| 14 | Batley | 33 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 313 | 201 | 34 | 51.51 |
| 15 | Hunslet | 32 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 321 | 347 | 32 | 50 |
| 16 | Runcorn | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 232 | 317 | 29 | 48.33 |
| 17 | Ebbw Vale | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 156 | 211 | 20 | 41.66 |
| 18 | Widnes | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 152 | 244 | 23 | 41.07 |
| 19 | Rochdale Hornets | 32 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 272 | 371 | 26 | 40.62 |
| 20 | Dewsbury | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 253 | 338 | 23 | 38.33 |
| 21 | Swinton | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 203 | 306 | 22 | 36.66 |
| 22 | Broughton Rangers | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 295 | 498 | 22 | 32.35 |
| 23 | Bradford Northern | 34 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 176 | 388 | 19 | 27.94 |
| 24 | York | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 269 | 473 | 13 | 21.66 |
| 25 | Bramley | 29 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 181 | 532 | 12 | 20.68 |
| 26 | Barrow | 28 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 146 | 377 | 11 | 19.64 |
| 27 | Merthyr Tydfil | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 94 | 354 | 5 | 11.9 |
| 28 | Treherbert | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 55 | 289 | 0 | 0 |

## Championship play-off

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Championship final | Championship final | Championship final |
| 1 | Oldham | 12 | | | |
| 4 | Wakefield Trinity | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Wakefield Trinity | 6 | Oldham | Oldham | 13 |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 7 |
| 2 | Salford | 6 | Wigan | Wigan | 7 |
| 3 | Wigan | 17 | | | |

## Challenge Cup

Leeds played Hull in the Challenge Cup Final the match ended in a 7-7 draw. The replay resulted in Leeds defeating Hull 26-12. This was Leeds' first Cup Final win in their first Cup Final appearance. Hull lost their third Cup Final in a row.
First match
Leeds: 7
Leeds Tries: Walter Goldthorpe
Leeds Goals: Frank Young 2
Hull FC: 7
Hull FC Tries: G. T. Cottrell
Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace
Half-time: 2-7
Attendance: 19,413 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)
Teams:
Hull FC: Harry Taylor, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton
Leeds: Frank Young, J. Fawcett, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Sanders, W. Biggs, Billy Jarman, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Fred Webster, Billy Ward
Replay
Leeds: 26
Leeds Tries: Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, Fred Webster, Harry Topham
Leeds Goals: Frank Young 7
Hull FC: 12
Hull FC Tries: G. Connell, H. Walton
Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers 3
Half-time: 16-0
Attendance: 11,608 (at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield)
Teams:
Leeds: Frank Young, Harold Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Fawcett, Fred Webster, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Billy Ward, Billy Jarman, S. Whittaker
Hull FC: E. Rogers, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, Ernest Atkinson, (G. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton

## Sources

* 1909-10 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website