1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1947–48 Rugby Football League season was the 53rd season of rugby league football.

1947–48 Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League
Champions	Warrington
League Leaders	Wigan
Top point-scorer(s)	Jeff Bawden 243
Top try-scorer(s)	Brian Bevan 57

Season summary

Warrington won their first Championship when they beat Bradford Northern 15-5 in the play-off final. Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Wigan who beat Bradford Northern 8-3 in the final.

Wigan's 1948 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Northern was the first ever televised Rugby League match and Cup Final - although it was shown in the Midlands only.[1]

Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Bradford Northern won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Belle Vue Rangers 10–7 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Leeds 7–7 (replay 8–7) to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wigan	36	31	1	4	63
2	Warrington	36	30	1	5	61
3	Huddersfield	36	26	2	8	54
4	Bradford Northern	36	26	2	10	52
5	Workington Town	36	22	4	10	48
6	Hunslet	36	21	4	11	46
7	Widnes	36	21	1	14	43
8	St. Helens	36	20	2	14	42
9	Leeds	36	20	2	14	42
10	Wakefield Trinity	36	20	2	14	42
11	Salford	36	20	1	15	41
12	Hull	36	19	1	16	39
13	Castleford	36	19	1	16	39
14	Leigh	36	18	1	17	37
15	Dewsbury	36	17	2	17	36
16	Oldham	36	17	1	18	35
17	Belle Vue Rangers	36	17	0	19	34
18	Halifax	36	16	0	20	32
19	Swinton	36	15	1	20	31
20	Keighley	36	15	1	20	31
21	Barrow	36	14	2	20	30
22	Rochdale Hornets	36	11	2	23	24
23	Bramley	36	12	0	24	24
24	Batley	36	11	1	24	23
25	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	10	1	25	21
26	Liverpool Stanley	36	8	1	27	17
27	Featherstone Rovers	36	6	0	30	12
28	Cardiff RLFC	36	4	1	31	9

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Championship Final


1	Wigan	3

4	Bradford Northern	15
			Warrington	15

			Bradford Northern	5
2	Warrington	17

3	Huddersfield	5

Warrington squad – 1947–48 Championship Final winners
1 Les 'Cowboy' Jones 2 Brian Bevan 3 Albert Pimblett 4 Bryn Knowelden 5 Stanley Powell 6 Jackie Fleming 7 Gerry Helme 8 William "Billy" Derbyshire 9 Dave Cotton 10 William "Bill" Riley 11 Jim Featherstone 12 Bob Ryan 13 Harold Palin Coach: Chris Brockbank ((c) unknown)

Bradford Northern squad – 1947–48 Championship Final runners-up
1 George Carmichael 2 Eric Batten 3 Des Case 4 Ernest Ward 5 Alan Edwards 6 Willie Davies 7 Donald Ward 8 Frank Whitcombe 9 Vic Darlison 10 Herbert Smith 11 Barry Tyler 12 Trevor Foster 13 Ken Traill Coach: Dai Rees

Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Bradford 8-3 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 91,465. This was the first Rugby League match ever attended by the reigning monarch, HM King George VI, who presented the trophy.[2] This was also the first televised rugby league match.[3]

This was Wigan’s third Cup Final win in seven Final appearances including one loss during World War II.[4] Frank Whitcombe, Bradford Northern's prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

Wigan squad – 1947–48 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Martin Ryan 2 Gordon Ratcliffe 3 Ted Ward 4 Ernie Ashcroft 5 Jack Hilton 6 Cecil Mountford 7 Tommy Bradshaw 8 Ken Gee 9 Joe Egan (c) 10 Frank Barton 11 Les White 12 Billy Blan 13 Bill Hudson Coach: Jim Sullivan
see also… 1947–48 season

Bradford Northern squad – 1947–48 Challenge Cup Final runners-up
1 Billy Leake 2 Eric Batten 3 Des Case 4 Ernest Ward (c) 5 Alan Edwards 6 Willie Davies 7 Donald Ward 8 Frank Whitcombe 9 Vic Darlison 10 Herbert Smith 11 Barry Tyler 12 Trevor Foster 13 Ken Traill Coach: Dai Rees
see also 1947–48 season

References

"1947-48 Season summary". Retrieved 8 August 2009.
John Hesman - NAK Corporate World. "Royal approval". Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
"The History Of Rugby League". Rugby League Information. napit.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.

Sources

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Warrington Wolves
Est. 1876 in Warrington, England
The Club	Players Coaches
Home grounds	Sankey Street Wilderspool Halliwell Jones Stadium
Hall of Fame	Brian Bevan Alex Murphy
League	Super League
Championships (3)	1947–48 1953–54 1954–55
Challenge Cup (8)	1904–05 1906–07 1949–50 1953–54 1973–74 2009 2010 2012
Other honours	1–time Premiership Champions 4–time Regal Trophy Champions 9–time Lancashire County Cup Champions 8–time Lancashire League Champions
Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

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