1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
Introduction The '''1928–29 Rugby Football League season''' was the 34th season of rugby league football.
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.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.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.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 TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1Huddersfield3826484762915673.682Hull Kingston Rovers40273104362395771.253Leeds38262106952705471.054Salford3423293952224870.585Wigan38261116363085369.736Swinton36232114292494866.667Warrington36222125682954663.888St Helens Recs38221155453744559.219Oldham36184144393434055.5510St. Helens38194154603814255.2611Hunslet38194155393564255.2612Hull40204164583954455.0013Leigh34173142852793754.4114Wigan Highfield32161152623333351.5615Dewsbury36172173803873650.0016Wakefield Trinity40174194004613847.5017Halifax40183193793993948.7518Barrow32132173963872843.7519Batley38142222784423039.4720Broughton Rangers30111182354012338.3321Castleford34114192683692638.2322York34120222594092435.2923Bramley34112212414372435.2924Widnes34112212224392435.2925Featherstone Rovers38104242774512431.5726Rochdale Hornets34100242354342029.4127Keighley3482242094221826.4728Bradford Northern3853302428711317.10
Championship play-off
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.This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.
References
Sources * 1928-29 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website