The 1923–24 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 29th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Batley Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011, the popu ...

won their first, and to date only, Championship when they defeated

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its ad ...

13–7 in the play-off Championship Final.

had ended the regular season as the league leaders and won the Challenge Cup by defeating

Oldham Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...

21–4 in the final.

won the Lancashire League, and

won the Yorkshire League. St Helens Recs beat Swinton 17–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull F.C. beat

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10–4 to win the

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County Cup.

Championship

Championship playoff

Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Oldham 21–4 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 41,381. This was Wigan's first Challenge Cup Final Win in their second appearance in a Final.

References

Sources

1923-24 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com

The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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