The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of rugby league football.

Season summary

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by

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and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by

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Lancashire Senior Competition

Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition,

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and

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were from Cheshire. Champions Broughton Rangers beat a team representing the rest of the Lancashire competition 5–3 in an end of season finale on 22 April 1899. Morecambe finished bottom of the competition and lost the promotion/relegation test match to Millom - winners of the Lancashire second competition - by 11 points to 3. Millom were admitted to the Senior Competition and Morecambe were admitted to the second competition.

Yorkshire Senior Competition

Champions Batley played a team representing the rest of the Yorkshire competition at Mount Pleasant on 22 April 1899 with Batley winning 3–0. The promotion/relegation test match was contested by Heckmondwike who finished bottom of the competition and

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, winners of the no.2 competition. Hull Kingston Rovers won the match 21–3 to take Heckmondwike's place.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Football League season, 1898-99 1898 in English rugby league 1899 in English rugby league Northern Rugby Football Union seasons