1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season
Introduction The '''1927–28 Rugby Football League season''' was the 33rd season of rugby league football. Swinton won All four cups.
Season summary Swinton won their second, and successive, Championship when they defeated Featherstone Rovers 11-0 in the play-off final. Swinton had also ended the regular season as the league leaders.The Challenge Cup Winners were Swinton who beat Warrington 5-3 in the final.Pontypridd resigned from the League after playing 8 games, and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 7, scoring 46 and conceding 149.1927-28.Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 5–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Hull F.C. 8–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1Swinton3627364391895779.102Leeds42320106193076476.193Featherstone Rovers36251103872345170.834Hunslet40280125463085670.005St Helens Recs36240124992514866.666Oldham36231124222614765.277Wigan Highfield32191122722403960.938Wigan40240166013454860.009Leigh34200142982364058.8210Wakefield Trinity40222164763554657.5011St. Helens36191164853363954.1712Huddersfield40211184753414353.7513Hull Kingston Rovers38175163423333951.3114Halifax40192193413284050.0015Dewsbury38173183343293748.6816Bradford Northern32132172043332843.7517Warrington36142203524833041.6618Barrow34131202493372739.7019Batley38142222644663039.4720Hull38126203123473039.4721York36131222333502737.5022Keighley36131222304152737.5023Widnes32110211964182234.3724Rochdale Hornets34111221924482333.8225Castleford3293202173892132.8126Salford3291222204341929.6827Broughton Rangers3280242954501625.0028Bramley3270251754021421.87
Championship play-off
Challenge Cup Swinton beat Warrington 5-3 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,909.This was Swinton’s third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.
References
Sources * 1927-28 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website