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{{Infobox rugby football league season
{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
| title = 1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
| league = Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
| league = Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
| season = 1942–43 Season
| season = 1942–43 Season
| season_champs = '''[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]'''
| season_champs = Void
| season_champ_name = [[Rugby Football League Championship|Champions]]
| season_champ_name = [[Rugby Football League Championship|Champions]]
| league_leaders = [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]
| league_leaders = [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]
| league_leaders_name = Runner-up
| league_leaders_name = League leaders
| second_place =
| second_place =
| prevseason_link = 1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
| prevseason_link = 1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
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| nextseason_year = 1943–44
| nextseason_year = 1943–44
}}
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The '''1942–43 [[Rugby Football League|Northern Rugby Football Union]] season''' was the fourth season of the [[Rugby league|rugby league’s]] '''Wartime Emergency Leagues''' necessitated by the Second World War.<br />
The '''1942–43 Northern Rugby Football Union season''' was the fourth season of the [[Rugby league|rugby league’s]] '''Wartime Emergency Leagues''' necessitated by the Second World War.
As in the previous (third) Wartime season, the clubs each played a different number of games and several clubs dropped out. In fact for this season only 14 of the original clubs remained (and still only Oldham, St Helens and Wigan from west of the Pennines). <br />
The League remained as one single amalgamated Championship.


As in the previous wartime season, clubs did not all play the same number of games. Three clubs dropped out before the season started. Only 14 of the pre-war clubs participated with only three; Oldham, St Helens and Wigan from west of the Pennines.
==General Comments==


===Season summary===
==Season summary==
The 1942–43 season began on Saturday 5 September 1942. As in the previous season, there were still only three Lancashire clubs, the [[Rugby Football League|Northern Rugby League]] continued with a single 14 club competition. As the clubs were playing different number of marches, the league positions were decided on a win percentage basis.
The 1942–43 season began on Saturday 5 September 1942.
<br />
As last season, there are still only the three Lancashire clubs who have not had to close down and withdraw from the League, the [[Rugby Football League|Northern Rugby League]] continued with a single (now) 14 club single Competition. As the clubs are still playing different number of marches, the league positions and the title would be decided on a percentage basis...
<br />
At the completion of the regular season [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] were on top of the league with 26 points from 16 games and a percentage success of 81.25% and [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] were a close second (25 points from 16 games @ 78.13%).<br />
Although [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] finished with most points (27 points from 19 games) their percentage success was only 71.05%, and consequently they finished third.<br />
St Helens finished 14th out of the 14 clubs with only 2 wins from 15 and 4 points.<br />
[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] went on to defeat [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 33-16 on aggregate in the play-off final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=361|title=Wigan Warriors Rugby League Fan Site|accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref> and win the Championship (for the second consecutive season).<br />
However the Championship was declared Null and Void as the winners [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] fielded an ineligible player in the Championship Final. <br />
The '''Wartime Emergency Leagues''' did not count as an official league championship.
<br />
In the [[Challenge Cup|Rugby league Challenge Cup Final]], [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] beat [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] 16-15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.
<br />
The [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire]] [[Rugby league county cups|County Cup]], suspended for season [[1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1940–41]] remained so for the rest of the war and again Wigan competed in the Yorkshire Cup.
<br />
[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] beat [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] by 7-2 on aggregate before an aggregate crowd of 17,252 in the two low scoring legs of the Final of the [[Rugby league county cups#Cup finals|Yorkshire County Cup]],


At the completion of the regular season [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] were on top of the league with a percentage success of 81.25% and [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] were second (78.12%). Although [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] won more games than anyone else their percentage success was only 73.80%, and consequently they finished third. St Helens finished last with only two wins from 15.
===Change in Club participation===


Dewsbury went on to defeat [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 33–16 on aggregate in the play-off final, however the Championship was declared null and void as the Dewsbury had fielded an ineligible player in the semi-final.
====Previous withdrawals====
The following clubs had withdrawn from the League, before this 1942–43 seasons completion began :-<br />
[[St Helens Recreation RLFC|St Helens Recs]] – who folded before the war started
<br />
[[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]] – withdrew after the end of the first [[1939–40 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|(1939–40)]] season finished and did not rejoin until the [[1943–44 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1943–44]] season. <br />
[[Hull Kingston Rovers]] – who withdrew after the end of the first [[1939–40 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|(1939–40)]] season finished and did not rejoin until the [[1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season|1945–46]] season. <br />
[[Rochdale Hornets]] – As [[Hull Kingston Rovers]].<br />
[[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] – As [[Hull Kingston Rovers]].<br />
[[Broughton Rangers]] – withdrew after the end of the second [[1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1940–41]] season finished and did not rejoin until the [[1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season|1945–46]] season. <br />
[[Liverpool Stanley]] – As Broughton Rangers. <br />
[[Salford Red Devils|Salford]] – As Broughton Rangers. In November 1942, manager [[Lance Todd]] was killed in a car crash. <br />
[[Swinton Lions|Swinton]] – As Broughton Rangers. <br />
[[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] – As Broughton Rangers. <br />
[[Leigh Centurions|Leigh]] - During the Second World War, the club was forced to leave its ground as the adjacent cable factory extended onto the land.
The townsfolk of Leigh, acting on chairman [[James Hilton (rugby league)#Memorials|James Hilton]]'s inspiration, cleared some fields on the edge of the town, and built a new stadium, including moving and rebuilding the old grandstand from the original ground. - <br />
In 1941–42, Leigh quit the wartime Lancashire league and would not return to the league until 1946–47 when they played as a temporary measure at the Athletic Ground, Holden Road before moving to Kirkhall Lane (which was later officially renamed [[Hilton Park (stadium)|Hilton Park]] after [[James Hilton (rugby league)#Memorials|James Hilton]]).


In the [[Challenge Cup|Rugby league Challenge Cup Final]], [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] beat [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] 16–15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.
====New withdrawals====

[[Bramley RLFC|Bramley]] – withdrew after the end of the third [[1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1941–42]] season finished and did not rejoin until the [[1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season|1945–46]] season. <br />
==Change in participation==
[[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] – withdrew after the end of the third [[1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1941–42]] season finished and did not participate for two seasons, re-joining for the [[1944–45 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1944–45]] season. <br />
The RFL announced the fixture list at the end of July 1942 with 15 clubs entered.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19420730/137/0004 |title=Rugby League Plans |work=[[Yorkshire Post]] |date=30 July 1942 |page=4 |issue=29631 |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> This was a reduction of two from the previous year as [[Bramley R.L.F.C.|Bramley]] and [[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] had already notified the RFL of their intentions not to take part in the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19420728/031/0002 |title=R.L. Cup Dates |work=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |page=2 |issue=17699 |date=28 July 1942 |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> However before the season started, [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet's]] football committee announced their withdrawal due to the amount of travel required.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19420819/157/0001 |title=Rugby League Surprise |work=[[Halifax Courier]] |date=19 August 1942 |page=1 |issue=19183 |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> The Hunslet committee's decision was contested by the members of the club who forced a special meeting of the club at which a resolution was passed instructing the committee to withdraw the notice given to the RFL, subject to additional financial guarantors being found.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19420922/085/0005 |title=Progress of Effort to Resume Playing |work=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]] |date=22 September 1942 |page=5 |issue=16202 |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Meeting between prospective guarantors and the committee failed to reach agreement and Hunslet's withdrawal from the league stood, leaving the league with 14 clubs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19420929/133/0005 |title=No Football at Parkside |work=[[Yorkshire Post]] |date=29 September 1942 |page=5 |issue=29683 |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
[[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]] – withdrew after the end of the third [[1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1941–42]] season finished and did not participate for this season, re-joining for the next [[1943–44 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1943–44]] season. <br />
<br />
[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] had a relatively successful time during the war years. Managed by Eddie Waring, and with the side boosted by the inclusion of a number of big-name guest players, the club won the Wartime Emergency League in [[1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1941–42]] and again the following season 1942–43 (though that championship was declared null and void when it was discovered they had played an ineligible player). They were also runners-up in the Championship in [[1943–44 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1943–44]], Challenge Cup winners in 1943 and Yorkshire Cup Final appearances in this season [[1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1940–41]] and winners in 1942–43.


==Championship==
==Championship==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|res_col_header=Q
|-
|winpoints=2
!width=20 abbr="Position" |
|ranking_style=percentage
!width=175 |Team
|pct_style=notratio
!width=20 abbr="Played" |P
|for_against_style=p
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
|update=complete
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
|source=<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Saxton |editor-first=Irvin |title=History of Rugby League: No. 48 1942–43 |publisher=Rugby Leaguer |page=3}}</ref>
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
|win_WIG=13 |draw_WIG=0 |loss_WIG=3 |pf_WIG=301 |pa_WIG=141 |team1=WIG|name_WIG=[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]
!width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF
|win_DEW=12 |draw_DEW=1 |loss_DEW=3 |pf_DEW=270 |pa_DEW=117 |team2=DEW|name_DEW=[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]
!width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA
|win_BRA=13 |draw_BRA=1 |loss_BRA=5 |pf_BRA=312 |pa_BRA=183 |team3=BRA|name_BRA=[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]
!width=40 abbr="Points difference" |diff
|win_HFX=13 |draw_HFX=0 |loss_HFX=6 |pf_HFX=297 |pa_HFX=149 |team4=HFX|name_HFX=[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|win_LEE=11 |draw_LEE=1 |loss_LEE=5 |pf_LEE=337 |pa_LEE=145 |team5=LEE|name_LEE=[[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]
!width=20 abbr="Win Percentage" |%
|win_HUD=12 |draw_HUD=0 |loss_HUD=6 |pf_HUD=215 |pa_HUD=189 |team6=HUD|name_HUD=[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]
!width=40 abbr="comments" |Note
|win_WFD=11 |draw_WFD=1 |loss_WFD=7 |pf_WFD=267 |pa_WFD=192 |team7=WFD|name_WFD=[[Wakefield Trinity]]
!width=20 abbr="Reference" |ref
|win_FEV=10 |draw_FEV=1 |loss_FEV=8 |pf_FEV=179 |pa_FEV=138 |team8=FEV|name_FEV=[[Featherstone Rovers]]
|-
|win_KEI=5 |draw_KEI=2 |loss_KEI=11|pf_KEI=145 |pa_KEI=235 |team9=KEI|name_KEI=[[Keighley Cougars|Keighley]]
|- align=center style="background:#FFD700;"
|win_BAT=4 |draw_BAT=0 |loss_BAT=11|pf_BAT=158 |pa_BAT=294 |team10=BAT|name_BAT=[[Batley Bulldogs|Batley]]
|1||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||16||13||0||3||301||142||159||||26||||
|win_HUL=4 |draw_HUL=0 |loss_HUL=11|pf_HUL=125 |pa_HUL=295 |team11=HUL|name_HUL=[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]
|- align=center style="background:"
|win_OLD=4 |draw_OLD=0 |loss_OLD=15|pf_OLD=142 |pa_OLD=306 |team12=OLD|name_OLD=[[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]]
|2||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||16||12||1||3||270||114||156||||25||||
|win_YOU=3 |draw_YOU=1 |loss_YOU=13|pf_YOU=112 |pa_YOU=311 |team13=YOU|name_YOU=[[York F.C.|York]]
|-
|win_STH=2 |draw_STH=0 |loss_STH=13|pf_STH=108 |pa_STH=273 |team14=STH|name_STH=[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]
|3||[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]||19||13||1||5||312||183||129||||27||||
}}
|-
|4||[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]||19||13||0||6||297||149||148||||26||||
|-
|5||[[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]||17||11||1||5||337||145||192||||23||||
|-
|6||[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]||18||12||0||6||215||189||26||||24||||
|-
|7||[[Wakefield Trinity]]||19||11||1||7||267 ||192||75||||23||||
|-
|8||[[Featherstone Rovers]]||19||10||1||8||179||138||41||||21||||
|-
|9||[[Keighley Cougars|Keighley]]||18||5||2||11||145||235||-90||||12||||
|-
|10||[[Batley Bulldogs|Batley]]||15||4||0||11||159||294||-135||||8||||
|-
|11||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||15||4||0||11||125||295||-170||||8||||
|-
|12||[[Oldham Roughyeds|Oldham]]||19||4||0||15||142||306||-164||||8||||
|-
|13||[[York Wasps|York]]||17||3||1||13||109||311||-202||||7||||
|-
|14||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||15||2||0||13||108||273||-165||||4||||
|}
<div style="font-size:95%;">
Heading Abbreviations<br />
RL = Single Division; Pl = Games Played: W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; PF = Points For; PA = Points Against; Diff = Points Difference (+ or -); Pts = League Points<br />
% Pts = A percentage system was used to determine league positions due to clubs playing varying number of fixtures and against different opponents <br />
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.<br />
</div>


==Championship Play-Off==


Championship Play-Off:<br />
==Championship play-offs==
Qualifying Game:
===Qualifying game===
*[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] 16 beat [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] 13 ([[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]])
On 1 May 1943 [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] beat [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] 16–13 at [[Odsal Stadium]], Bradford in the qualifying game.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19430503/095/0004 |title=Results at a Glance |newspaper=[[Liverpool Daily Post]] |page=4 |date=3 May 1943 |issue=((27,387)) |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
Semifinals:
*[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] 8 beat [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] 3 ([[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]])
:::([[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] were disqualified for fielding an inelligible player)
*[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] 3 lost to [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 13 ([[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]])
Final (two legs):
*[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] 11 beat [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 3 ([[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]])
*[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 13 lost to [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] 22 ([[Thrum Hall]])
*[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] won 33-16 on aggregate
:::The Championship was declared null and void because [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] fielded an ineligible player.


==Trophies==
===Semi-finals===
The semi-finals were played on 8 May 1943. [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] lost 3–13 to [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] at [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]], Wigan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19430510/092/0004 |title=Rugby League |newspaper=[[Liverpool Daily Post]] |page=4 |date=10 May 1943 |issue=((27,393)) |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In the other game Bradford Northern beat Dewsbury 8–3 at Odsal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19430511/097/0004 |title=Rugby League Protest |newspaper=[[Liverpool Daily Post]] |page=4 |date=11 May 1943 |issue=((27,394)) |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> After the game Dewsbury submitted a protest to the Rugby Football League and Bradford Northern were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19430512/056/0004 |title=Dewsbury for R.L. Final |newspaper=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |page=4 |date=12 May 1943 |issue=((17,943)) |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>


===Challenge Cup===
===Final===
The first leg was played on 15 May 1943 Dewsbury beat Halifax 11–3 at [[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]], Dewsbury.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000687/19430517/181/0005 |title=Dewsbury's Lead in Championship |newspaper=[[Yorkshire Post]] |page=5 |date=17 May 1943 |issue=((29,877)) |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
<br />
The Challenge Cup Competition had been suspended for season [[1939–40 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1939–40]], but after being re-introduced for the following season [[1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1940–41]] continued again this season. <br />
Each round including the final was played in two legs on a home and away basis
<br />
Below are given some of the fixtures and results from this year’s Challenge Cup competition.
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<br />
[[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]] who had not entered the League programme, took part in this competition.


The second leg was played the following Saturday, 22 May 1943 and Dewbury won again this time 22–13 at [[Thrum Hall]], Halifax in front of a crowd of 9,700.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19430524/144/0005 |title=Championship for Dewsbury |newspaper=[[Yorkshire Post]] |page=5 |date=24 May 1943 |issue=((29,883)) |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=100 abbr="date" |Date
!width=100 abbr="stage" |Stage
!width=110 abbr="Home" |Home Team
!width=50 abbr="Won" |score
!width=110 abbr="Away" |Away Team
!width=120 abbr="venue" |Venue
!width=40 abbr="agg score" |agg
!width=20 abbr="Attendance" |att
!width=30 abbr="Gate receipts" |rcts
!width=40 abbr="comments" |Note
!width=20 abbr="Reference" |ref
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="round" |1st Round
|-
|CC R1 1st leg|| 13-03-1943||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||0-21||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||[[The Boulevard (stadium)|Boulevard]]|||||||| ||<ref name=Hull&ProudMisc/>
|-
|CC R1 1st leg|| 13-03-1943||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||6-5||[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]||[[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]]|||||||| ||<ref name=CherryMisc/>
|-
|CC R1 1st leg|| 13-03-1943||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||13-2||[[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]]||[[Knowsley Road|Knowsley Rd]]|||||||| ||<ref name=SaintsMisc/>
|-
|CC R1 2nd leg|| 20-03-1943||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||21-12||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||[[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]]||42-12|||||| ||<ref name=Hull&ProudMisc/>
|-
|CC R1 2nd leg|| 20-03-1943||[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]||18-3||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||[[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]]||23-9|||||| ||<ref name=CherryMisc/>
|-
|CC R1 2nd leg|| 20-03-1943||[[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]]||4-0||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||[[Craven Park (Barrow)|Barrow]]||6-13|||||| ||<ref name=SaintsMisc/>
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="round" |2nd Round
|-
|CC R2 1st leg|| 27-03-1943||[[Oldham Roughyeds|Oldham]]||17-12||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||[[Watersheddings]]|||||||| ||<ref name=SaintsMisc/>
|-
|CC R2 1st Leg||Sat 27-03-1943||[[Keighley Cougars|Keighley]]||beat||[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]||[[Cougar Park#History|Lawkholme Ln]]|||||||| ||
|-
|CC R2 2nd leg|| 03-04-1943||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||5-20||[[Oldham Roughyeds|Oldham]]||[[Knowsley Road|Knowsley Rd]]||18-37|||||| ||<ref name=SaintsMisc/>
|-
|CC R2 2nd Leg||Sat 03-04-1943||[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]||Lost to||[[Keighley Cougars|Keighley]]||[[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]]||Lost|||||| ||
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="round" |Final
|-
|CC F 1st leg|| 09-05-1943||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||16-9||[[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]||[[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]]||||10,470||£823.0.0|| ||<ref name=RothRLYBk1990-91Misc/>
|-
|CC F 2nd leg|| 16-05-1943||[[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]||6-0||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||[[Headingley Stadium|Headingley]]||15-16||16,000||£1,521.0.0|| ||<ref name=RothRLYBk1990-91Misc/>
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="nil" |[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] are winners of the Challenge Cup
|}


Dewsbury won 33–16 on aggregate but at a meeting of the RFL committee in July the championship was declared null and void. The committee heard a complaint submitted by Bradford Northern that in the semi-final between them and Dewsbury, Dewsbury had also fielded an ineligible player. The complaint was upheld, the championship was voided, Dewsbury's title win was removed from the list of Championship wins and the club were fined £100.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19430708/011/0001 |title=Rugby League Title: Championship Declared Void |newspaper=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |page=1 |date=8 July 1943 |issue=((17,992)) |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
In the Final of the [[Challenge Cup|Rugby league Challenge Cup]], [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] beat [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] 16-15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.


===Lancashire Cup===
==Cup competitions==
===Challenge Cup===
<br />
{{main|1942–43 Challenge Cup}}
The [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire]] [[Rugby league county cups|County Cup]], suspended for season [[1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1940–41]] remained so for the rest of the war and again Wigan competed in the Yorkshire Cup.

Barrow who had not entered the League programme, took part in this competition. In the final Dewsbury beat [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] 16–15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.


===Yorkshire Cup===
===Yorkshire Cup===
{{main|1942–43 Yorkshire Cup}}
<br />
Below are given some of the fixtures and results from this year’s Yorkshire Cup competition.


With the [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire Cup]] suspended for the duration of the war, Wigan competed in the [[RFL Yorkshire Cup|Yorkshire Cup]]. The cup was won by Dewsbury who beat [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] 7–2 on aggregate before an aggregate crowd of 17,252 in the two low scoring legs of the final
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=100 abbr="date" |Date
!width=100 abbr="stage" |Stage
!width=120 abbr="Home" |Home Team
!width=50 abbr="Won" |score
!width=120 abbr="Away" |Away Team
!width=120 abbr="venue" |Venue
!width=40 abbr="agg score" |agg
!width=20 abbr="Attendance" |att
!width=30 abbr="Gate receipts" |rcts
!width=40 abbr="comments" |Note
!width=20 abbr="Reference" |ref
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="round" |1st Round
|-
|YC R1 1st leg||Sat 17-10-1942||[[Featherstone Rovers]]||0-0||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||[[Post Office Road]]|||||||| ||<ref name=Hull&ProudMisc/>
|-
|YC R1 2nd leg||Sat 24-10-1942||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||8-0||[[Featherstone Rovers]]||[[The Boulevard (stadium)|Boulevard]]||8-0|||||| ||<ref name=Hull&ProudMisc/>
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="round" |2nd Round
|-
|YC R2 1st leg||Sat 24-10-1942||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||21-8||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||[[Knowsley Road|Knowsley Rd]]||||3,000|||| ||<ref name=CherryMisc/>
|-
|YC R2 1st leg||Sat 31-10-1942||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||12-10||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||[[The Boulevard (stadium)|Boulevard]]|||||||| ||<ref name=Hull&ProudMisc/>
|-
|YC R2 2nd leg|| 07-11-1942||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||32-11||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||[[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]]||40-32||7,235|||| ** ||<ref name=CherryMisc/>
|-
| **||colspan=8 abbr="comment" |AET - 80 Mins Score was 19-6 (27-27 on Agg)|||| |<ref name=CherryMisc/>
|-
|YC R2 2nd leg|| 07-11-1942||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||23-7||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||[[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]]||33-19|||||| ||<ref name=Hull&ProudMisc/>
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="round" |Semi-Final
|-
|YC SF 1st leg|| 14-11-1942||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||11-3||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||[[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]]|||||||| ||<ref name=CherryMisc/>
|-
|YC SF 2nd leg||||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||0-6||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||[[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]]||17-3|||||| ||<ref name=CherryMisc/>
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="round" |Final
|-
|YC F 1st leg|| 00-12-1942||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||7-0||[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]||[[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]]||||11,000||£680.0.0|| ||<ref name=RothRLYBk1990-91Misc/>
|-
|YC F 2nd leg|| 01-12-1942||[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]||2-0||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||[[Fartown Ground, Huddersfield|Fartown]]||2-7||6,252||£618.0.0|| ||<ref name=RothRLYBk1990-91Misc/>
|-
|colspan=11 abbr="nil" |[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] are winners of Yorkshire Cup
|}

In the Final of the [[Rugby league county cups#Cup finals|Yorkshire County Cup]], [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] beat [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] in two low scoring legs by 7-2 on aggregate before an aggregate crowd of 17,252.

== Notes and Comments ==
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== See also ==
[[British rugby league system]]<br />
[[1939–40 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season]]<br />
[[1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season]]<br />
[[1941–42 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season]]<br />
1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season<br />
[[1943–44 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season]]<br />
[[1944–45 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season]]<br />
[[History of Rugby League#The schism in England|The Great Schism – Rugby League View]]<br />
[[History of Rugby Union#The schism between union and league|The Great Schism – Rugby Union View]]<br />
[[List of defunct rugby league clubs]]<br />
[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
<br />
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 Saints Heritage Society]
*[http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php Cherry and white]
*[http://www.hullfc.com/fixturesandresults.aspxProud Hull&Proud]
*[http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=2010&smid=2010&mids=2010 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100706041344/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1900 Warrington History]
*[Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91 by Raymond Fletcher and David Howes]


{{Rugby Football League seasons}}
{{Rugby Football League seasons}}

Latest revision as of 10:31, 25 May 2024

1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
1942–43 Season
ChampionsVoid
League leadersWigan

The 1942–43 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of the rugby league’s Wartime Emergency Leagues necessitated by the Second World War.

As in the previous wartime season, clubs did not all play the same number of games. Three clubs dropped out before the season started. Only 14 of the pre-war clubs participated with only three; Oldham, St Helens and Wigan from west of the Pennines.

Season summary

[edit]

The 1942–43 season began on Saturday 5 September 1942. As in the previous season, there were still only three Lancashire clubs, the Northern Rugby League continued with a single 14 club competition. As the clubs were playing different number of marches, the league positions were decided on a win percentage basis.

At the completion of the regular season Wigan were on top of the league with a percentage success of 81.25% and Dewsbury were second (78.12%). Although Bradford Northern won more games than anyone else their percentage success was only 73.80%, and consequently they finished third. St Helens finished last with only two wins from 15.

Dewsbury went on to defeat Halifax 33–16 on aggregate in the play-off final, however the Championship was declared null and void as the Dewsbury had fielded an ineligible player in the semi-final.

In the Rugby league Challenge Cup Final, Dewsbury beat Leeds 16–15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.

Change in participation

[edit]

The RFL announced the fixture list at the end of July 1942 with 15 clubs entered.[1] This was a reduction of two from the previous year as Bramley and Castleford had already notified the RFL of their intentions not to take part in the season.[2] However before the season started, Hunslet's football committee announced their withdrawal due to the amount of travel required.[3] The Hunslet committee's decision was contested by the members of the club who forced a special meeting of the club at which a resolution was passed instructing the committee to withdraw the notice given to the RFL, subject to additional financial guarantors being found.[4] Meeting between prospective guarantors and the committee failed to reach agreement and Hunslet's withdrawal from the league stood, leaving the league with 14 clubs.[5]

Championship

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD PCT
1 Wigan 16 13 0 3 301 141 +160 81.25
2 Dewsbury 16 12 1 3 270 117 +153 78.13
3 Bradford Northern 19 13 1 5 312 183 +129 71.05
4 Halifax 19 13 0 6 297 149 +148 68.42
5 Leeds 17 11 1 5 337 145 +192 67.65
6 Huddersfield 18 12 0 6 215 189 +26 66.67
7 Wakefield Trinity 19 11 1 7 267 192 +75 60.53
8 Featherstone Rovers 19 10 1 8 179 138 +41 55.26
9 Keighley 18 5 2 11 145 235 −90 33.33
10 Batley 15 4 0 11 158 294 −136 26.67
11 Hull 15 4 0 11 125 295 −170 26.67
12 Oldham 19 4 0 15 142 306 −164 21.05
13 York 17 3 1 13 112 311 −199 20.59
14 St. Helens 15 2 0 13 108 273 −165 13.33
Source: [6]


Championship play-offs

[edit]

Qualifying game

[edit]

On 1 May 1943 Bradford Northern beat Huddersfield 16–13 at Odsal Stadium, Bradford in the qualifying game.[7]

Semi-finals

[edit]

The semi-finals were played on 8 May 1943. Wigan lost 3–13 to Halifax at Central Park, Wigan.[8] In the other game Bradford Northern beat Dewsbury 8–3 at Odsal.[9] After the game Dewsbury submitted a protest to the Rugby Football League and Bradford Northern were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[10]

Final

[edit]

The first leg was played on 15 May 1943 Dewsbury beat Halifax 11–3 at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury.[11]

The second leg was played the following Saturday, 22 May 1943 and Dewbury won again this time 22–13 at Thrum Hall, Halifax in front of a crowd of 9,700.[12]

Dewsbury won 33–16 on aggregate but at a meeting of the RFL committee in July the championship was declared null and void. The committee heard a complaint submitted by Bradford Northern that in the semi-final between them and Dewsbury, Dewsbury had also fielded an ineligible player. The complaint was upheld, the championship was voided, Dewsbury's title win was removed from the list of Championship wins and the club were fined £100.[13]

Cup competitions

[edit]

Challenge Cup

[edit]
Main article: 1942–43 Challenge Cup

Barrow who had not entered the League programme, took part in this competition. In the final Dewsbury beat Leeds 16–15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.

Yorkshire Cup

[edit]
Main article: 1942–43 Yorkshire Cup

With the Lancashire Cup suspended for the duration of the war, Wigan competed in the Yorkshire Cup. The cup was won by Dewsbury who beat Huddersfield 7–2 on aggregate before an aggregate crowd of 17,252 in the two low scoring legs of the final

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Plans". Yorkshire Post. No. 29631. 30 July 1942. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "R.L. Cup Dates". Hull Daily Mail. No. 17699. 28 July 1942. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Rugby League Surprise". Halifax Courier. No. 19183. 19 August 1942. p. 1 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Progress of Effort to Resume Playing". Yorkshire Evening Post. No. 16202. 22 September 1942. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "No Football at Parkside". Yorkshire Post. No. 29683. 29 September 1942. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No. 48 1942–43. Rugby Leaguer. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Results at a Glance". Liverpool Daily Post. No. 27,387. 3 May 1943. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Rugby League". Liverpool Daily Post. No. 27,393. 10 May 1943. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Rugby League Protest". Liverpool Daily Post. No. 27,394. 11 May 1943. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Dewsbury for R.L. Final". Hull Daily Mail. No. 17,943. 12 May 1943. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Dewsbury's Lead in Championship". Yorkshire Post. No. 29,877. 17 May 1943. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Championship for Dewsbury". Yorkshire Post. No. 29,883. 24 May 1943. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Rugby League Title: Championship Declared Void". Hull Daily Mail. No. 17,992. 8 July 1943. p. 1 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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