The 1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 11th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

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won the Championship for the first time this season and

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their first Challenge Cup. The two divisions were combined into one competition, with Lancaster dropping out to reduce it to 31 teams. Clubs from the same county all played each other, and arranged inter-county matches as and when they could. Because not all clubs played the same number of matches positions were decided on percentages.

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, who were an amateur team at this time knocked a professional side out of the Challenge Cup, when they beat

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23-2 in the second round. There was no county league competition this season.

Championship

Challenge Cup

beat

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5-0 in the final at Leeds before a crowd of 15,834 to win the Cup in their first appearance in the final.

County cups

The inaugural Rugby league county cups took place this season, and

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beat

0–0 (replay 8–0) to win the Lancashire Cup, and

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beat Halifax 13–3 to win the

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County Cup.

Sources

1905-06 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Football League Season, 1905-06 1905 in English rugby league 1906 in English rugby league Northern Rugby Football Union seasons