1936–37 Northern Rugby Football League season

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

1936–37 Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League Championship
Teams30
RFL Championship
Champions Salford
League Leaders Salford
Top point-scorer(s) Jim Sullivan 258
Top try-scorer(s) Eric Harris 40
Lancashire League
Champions Salford
League Leaders Salford
Yorkshire League
Champions Leeds
League Leaders Leeds

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

Team Pld W D L Pts
1Salford38293661
2Warrington38283759
3Leeds38281957
4Liverpool Stanley38263955
5Wigan382601252
6Castleford382521152
7Hull382421250
8Wakefield Trinity382311447
9Barrow382051345
10St Helens Recs382121544
11Huddersfield382111643
12Hunslet382101742
13Oldham382011741
14Halifax381931641
15Bradford Northern381921740
16Swinton381921740
17Broughton Rangers381831739
18Keighley381901938
19Hull Kingston Rovers381712035
20Widnes381712035
21Rochdale Hornets381512231
22St. Helens381342130
23Streatham and Mitcham381402428*
24York381402428
25Batley381222426
26Dewsbury381212525
27Bramley381012721
28Leigh38542914
29Newcastle38513211
30Featherstone Rovers38503310

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

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

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

DateVenueHome TeamScoreAway Team
7 Nov 1936PontypriddWales3 - 2England
6 Dec 1936ParisFrance3 - 9Wales
10 Apr 1937HalifaxEngland23 - 9France

References

  1. "1936-37 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. 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.
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