Champions St Helens Top point-scorer(s) Jim Sullivan 249 Start date 1931 Number of teams 28 | Top try-scorer(s) "Ernie" Mills 50 Champion St Helens R.F.C. | |
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The 1931–32 Rugby Football League season was the 37th season of rugby league football in northern England.
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Season summary
St.Helens won their first championship when they defeated Huddersfield 9-5 in the play-off final.
Huddersfield had finished the regular season as league leaders.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who beat Swinton 11-8 in the final.
St.Helens won the Lancashire League, and Hunslet won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Swinton 10–8 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Hunslet 4–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
Challenge Cup
Leeds beat Swinton 11-8 in the Challenge Cup final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 9 April 1932 before a crowd of 29,000.
This was Leeds’ third Cup Final win in as many Cup Final appearances.
References
1931–32 Northern Rugby Football League season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA