The 1899–1900

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season was the fifth season of rugby league football.

Season summary

The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by

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(from

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) and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by

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played their first season in the Northern Rugby Union this season. Their first match away at

on 2 September ended in a 3-0 defeat.

Lancashire Senior Competition

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replaced

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. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition,

and

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were from

, and

were from

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. Runcorn won the competition and Tyldesley were relegated after finishing bottom of the league and losing the promotion/relegation match 22–8 to Barrow.

Yorkshire Senior Competition

won the competition. There was no promotion or relegation as

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won the promotion/relegation test match against

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11–2.

Challenge Cup

Swinton beat

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16-8 in the

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Final at

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played before a crowd of 17,864.

References

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