Champions Wigan Top point-scorer(s) Jim Sullivan 274 Start date 1925 Number of teams 27 | League Leaders Wigan Top try-scorer(s) Johnny Ring 63 Champion Wigan Warriors | |
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The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.
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Season summary
Having ended the regular season as the league leaders, Wigan went on to claim their third Championship by beating Warrington 22-10 in the play-off final.
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the Challenge Cup Final.
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
Challenge Cup
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.
This was Swinton’s second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.
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1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA