1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season
Introduction The '''1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season''' was the sixth season of rugby league football.
Season summary The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Oldham and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Bradford.In 1901 Bramley's James Lomas became rugby league's first £100 transfer, moving to Salford.
Lancashire Senior Competition Barrow replaced Tyldesley. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire, and Millom were from Cumberland.TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Oldham26221330167452Swinton26212328366443Runcorn262006240100404Broughton Rangers26172721184365Salford2615011229149306Warrington2612311149126277Leigh2612212157143268Barrow2610214140169229Wigan268315982271910Rochdale Hornets2682161032571811Millom268018851941612Stockport2663171021841513St. Helens2662188222812*14Widnes2660208527112* St Helens had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.
Yorkshire Senior Competition TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Bradford30261338710051*2Halifax302235309147473Hunslet3020010252142404Batley301758166131395Hull301911029114137*6Huddersfield3017112241130357Brighouse Rangers3016014194162328Hull Kingston Rovers3015213195169329Wakefield Trinity30143132421483110Leeds Parish Church30126121151083011Bramley30125131381632912Manningham3091201152581913Leeds3073201442551714Holbeck30732011026315*15Castleford305421923311416Liversedge302226433866* Bradford, Hull and Holbeck each had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.
Challenge Cup The 1901 Challenge Cup was the 5th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was played between Batley and Warrington at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.
References
External links * 1900-01 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website