The 1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 15th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

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, Barry and Mid-Rhondda had dropped out, leaving 28 teams.

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won their second Championship this season. After finishing top of the regular season table, they went on to beat

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13-7 in the play-off final. The Challenge Cup Winners were

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who defeated Hull F.C. 26-12 in replay after a 7-7 draw. At the close of the season, the Northern Union's leading players were selected to go on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

won the Lancashire League, and

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won the Yorkshire League.

beat

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22–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and

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beat

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21–0 to win the

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County Cup.

Championship

Championship play-off

Challenge Cup

Leeds played Hull in the Challenge Cup Final the match ended in a 7-7 draw. The replay resulted in Leeds defeating Hull 26-12. This was Leeds' first Cup Final win in their first Cup Final appearance. Hull lost their third Cup Final in a row. First match Leeds: 7 Leeds Tries: Walter Goldthorpe Leeds Goals: Frank Young 2 Hull FC: 7 Hull FC Tries: G. T. Cottrell Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace Half-time: 2-7 Attendance: 19,413 (at

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) Teams: Hull FC: Harry Taylor, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor,

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, G. Connell, H. Walton Leeds: Frank Young, J. Fawcett, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Sanders, W. Biggs, Billy Jarman, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Fred Webster, Billy Ward Replay Leeds: 26 Leeds Tries: Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, Fred Webster, Harry Topham Leeds Goals: Frank Young 7 Hull FC: 12 Hull FC Tries: G. Connell, H. Walton Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers 3 Half-time: 16-0 Attendance: 11,608 (at

) Teams: Leeds: Frank Young, Harold Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Fawcett, Fred Webster, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Billy Ward, Billy Jarman, S. Whittaker Hull FC: E. Rogers, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, Ernest Atkinson, (G. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor,

, G. Connell, H. Walton

Sources

1909-10 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Football League Season, 1909-10 1909 in English rugby league 1910 in English rugby league Northern Rugby Football Union seasons 1909 in Welsh rugby league 1910 in Welsh rugby league