The 1897–98
Northern Rugby Football Union
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season was the third season of
rugby league football
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.
Summary
The leading try scorer this season was Hoskins of Salford, who crossed the line 30 times.
The leading goal scorer was
Albert Goldthorpe
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Career
One ...
of Hunslet who was successful 66 times.
The leading points scorer was also Goldthorpe who scored 135 points in the season.
Oldham won the Lancashire Senior Competition and Hunslet won in Yorkshire, but only after winning a play-off with Bradford.
Rule changes
* The line-out was abolished and replaced with the punt-out.
[ Bottom ten: Rugby league rules, ''Rugby League World'', Aug 2009: 62]
* The value of all goals was reduced to two points.
[ Top ten: Rugby league rules, ''Rugby League World'', Aug 2009: 61]
Lancashire Senior Competition
Oldham won the Lancashire competition outright. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition,
Runcorn
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and
Stockport were from Cheshire.
Warrington
Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
, and
Widnes
Widnes ( ) is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 census had a population of 61,464.
Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form th ...
were in Lancashire until the 1974 boundary changes and now lie within the northern boundary of
Cheshire.
Source
''R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault"''
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.
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Yorkshire Senior Competition
Hunslet and Bradford ended the league season with 48 points. In a championship play-off Hunslet beat Bradford 5–2.
Source
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.
References
Sources
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1898 in English rugby league
Northern Rugby Football Union seasons