The 1928–29

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season was the 34th season of

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Season summary

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won their fourth Championship when they beat

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2-0 in the play-off final. On 4 May 1929 the first Challenge Cup Final to be held at

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was played. 41,500 saw

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beat Dewsbury 13-2. Carlisle City fielded a team, but resigned after 10 matches and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 9, scoring 59 and conceding 166. Swinton moved from their Chorley Road ground this season due to a dispute over rent. They built a new stadium at Station Road, Swinton using the stands from the old ground. Swinton won the Lancashire League, and

won the Yorkshire League.

beat

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5–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and

beat

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5–0 to win the

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Championship

Championship Play-Off

Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in the first final to be played at

in front of a crowd of 41,000. This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.

References

Sources

1928-29 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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