The 1926–27
Rugby Football League
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season was the 32nd season of
rugby league football.
Season summary
Swinton won their first Championship by beating
St. Helens Recs 13–8 in the play-off final.
St. Helens Recs had finished the regular season as league leaders.
Oldham
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beat
Swinton 26–7 to win the Challenge Cup.
The league increased to 29 clubs with the addition of
Castleford
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and
Pontypridd
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Pontypridd comprises the ...
.
St.Helens Recs won the
Lancashire League, and
Hull F.C. won the
Yorkshire League.
St. Helens beat
St. Helens Recs 10–2 to win the
Lancashire Cup, and
Huddersfield
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beat
Wakefield Trinity
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10–3 to win the
Yorkshire
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County Cup.
Championship
Championship play-off
Semifinals:
St Helens Recreation 33 beat St Helens 0.
Swinton 23 beat Wigan 3.
Final:
Swinton 13 beat St Helens Recreation 8.
Challenge Cup
In the
Challenge Cup
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tournament's final Oldham faced Swinton. It was the first radio broadcast of the Challenge Cup final by the
BBC
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. Oldham won 26–7 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,448. This was Oldham's fourth consecutive appearance in the final and their second win in that period. It was their seventh overall appearance in a Challenge Cup Final and their third success overall.
References
Sources
1926-27 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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