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The League remained as one single amalgamated Championship.
The League remained as one single amalgamated Championship.


==General Comments==
==Season summary==
The 1942–43 season began on Saturday 5 September 1942. As in the previous 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.


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%). 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. St Helens finished 14th out of the 14 clubs with only 2 wins from 15 and 4 points. 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), however the Championship was declared null and void as the Dewsbury had fielded an ineligible player in the Championship Final.
===Season summary===
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]],


The '''Wartime Emergency Leagues''' did not count as an official league championship.{{cn|date=January 2018}}
===Change in Club participation===


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.
====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]]).


With the [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire Cup]] suspended 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
====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 />
===Previous withdrawals===
[[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 />
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.
[[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.
*[[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.
*[[Hull Kingston Rovers]] – who withdrew after the end of the first (1939–40) season finished and did not rejoin until the [[1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season|1945–46]] season.
*[[Rochdale Hornets]] – As Hull Kingston Rovers.
*[[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] – As Hull Kingston Rovers.
*[[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 season.
*[[Liverpool Stanley]] – As Broughton Rangers. <
*[[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.
*[[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] – As Broughton Rangers.
*[[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. 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).

===Withdrawals since the 1941–42 season===
*[[Bramley RLFC|Bramley]] – did not rejoin until the 1945–46 season.
*[[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] – re-joined for the [[1944–45 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1944–45]] season.
*[[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]] – re-joined for the [[1943–44 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season|1943–44]] season.


==Championship==
==Championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
!width=20 abbr="Position" |
!width=20 |
!width=175 |Team
!width=175|Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |P
!width=20 |P
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 |L
!width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF
!width=20 |F
!width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA
!width=20 |A
!width=40 abbr="Points difference" |diff
!width=40 |diff
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Win Percentage" |%
!width=20 |%
!width=40 abbr="comments" |Note
!width=20 abbr="Reference" |ref
|-
|-
|- align=center style="background:#FFD700;"
|- align=center style="background:#FFD700;"
|1||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||16||13||0||3||301||142||159||||26||||
|1||[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]||16||13||0||3||301||142||159||26||81.25
|- align=center style="background:"
|- align=center style="background:"
|2||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||16||12||1||3||270||114||156||||25||||
|2||[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]||16||12||1||3||270||114||156|||25||78.13
|-
|-
|3||[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]||19||13||1||5||312||183||129||||27||||
|3||[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]||19||13||1||5||312||183||129||27||71.05
|-
|-
|4||[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]||19||13||0||6||297||149||148||||26||||
|4||[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]||19||13||0||6||297||149||148||26||68.42
|-
|-
|5||[[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]||17||11||1||5||337||145||192||||23||||
|5||[[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]||17||11||1||5||337||145||192||23||67.65
|-
|-
|6||[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]||18||12||0||6||215||189||26||||24||||
|6||[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]||18||12||0||6||215||189||26||24||66.67
|-
|-
|7||[[Wakefield Trinity]]||19||11||1||7||267 ||192||75||||23||||
|7||[[Wakefield Trinity]]||19||11||1||7||267 ||192||75||23||60.53
|-
|-
|8||[[Featherstone Rovers]]||19||10||1||8||179||138||41||||21||||
|8||[[Featherstone Rovers]]||19||10||1||8||179||138||41||21||55.26
|-
|-
|9||[[Keighley Cougars|Keighley]]||18||5||2||11||145||235||-90||||12||||
|9||[[Keighley Cougars|Keighley]]||18||5||2||11||145||235||-90||12||33.34
|-
|-
|10||[[Batley Bulldogs|Batley]]||15||4||0||11||159||294||-135||||8||||
|10||[[Batley Bulldogs|Batley]]||15||4||0||11||159||294||-135||8||26.67
|-
|-
|11||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||15||4||0||11||125||295||-170||||8||||
|11||[[Hull F.C.|Hull]]||15||4||0||11||125||295||-170||8||26.67
|-
|-
|12||[[Oldham Roughyeds|Oldham]]||19||4||0||15||142||306||-164||||8||||
|12||[[Oldham Roughyeds|Oldham]]||19||4||0||15||142||306||-164||8||21.05
|-
|-
|13||[[York Wasps|York]]||17||3||1||13||109||311||-202||||7||||
|13||[[York Wasps|York]]||17||3||1||13||109||311||-202||7||20.59
|-
|-
|14||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||15||2||0||13||108||273||-165||||4||||
|14||[[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]||15||2||0||13||108||273||-165||4||13.34
|}
|}
<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==
Championship play-Off:

Qualifying game:
Championship Play-Off:<br />
Qualifying Game:
*[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] 16 beat [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] 13 ([[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]])
*[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] 16 beat [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] 13 ([[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]])
Semi-finals:
Semifinals:
*[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] 8 beat [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] 3 ([[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]])
*[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] 8 beat [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] 3 (Odsal)
:::([[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] were disqualified for fielding an inelligible player)
**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]])
*[[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] 3 lost to [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 13 ([[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]])
Final (two legs):
Final (two legs):
*[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] 11 beat [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 3 ([[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]])
*Dewsbury 11 beat Halifax 3 ([[Crown Flatt#History|Crown Flatt]])
*[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 13 lost to [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] 22 ([[Thrum Hall]])
*Halifax 13 lost to Dewsbury 22 ([[Thrum Hall]])
*[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] won 33-16 on aggregate
**[[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] won 33–16 on aggregate but the Championship was declared null and void because Dewsbury fielded an ineligible player.
:::The Championship was declared null and void because [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] fielded an ineligible player.


==Trophies==
==Challenge Cup==

===Challenge Cup===
{{main article|1942–43 Challenge Cup}}
{{main article|1942–43 Challenge Cup}}
<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.


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.
{| 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
|}

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===
<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.

===Yorkshire Cup===
<br />
Below are given some of the fixtures and results from this year’s Yorkshire Cup competition.

{| 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 ==
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== 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]


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Revision as of 15:56, 9 January 2018

1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
1942–43 Season
ChampionsWigan
Runner-upDewsbury

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 (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).
The League remained as one single amalgamated Championship.

Season summary

The 1942–43 season began on Saturday 5 September 1942. As in the previous season, there are still only the three Lancashire clubs who have not had to close down and withdraw from the League, the 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.

At the completion of the regular season Wigan were on top of the league with 26 points from 16 games and a percentage success of 81.25% and Dewsbury were a close second (25 points from 16 games 78.13%). Although Bradford Northern finished with most points (27 points from 19 games) their percentage success was only 71.05%, and consequently they finished third. St Helens finished 14th out of the 14 clubs with only 2 wins from 15 and 4 points. Dewsbury went on to defeat Halifax 33–16 on aggregate in the play-off final.[1] and win the Championship (for the second consecutive season), however the Championship was declared null and void as the Dewsbury had fielded an ineligible player in the Championship Final.

The Wartime Emergency Leagues did not count as an official league championship.[citation needed]

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.

With the Lancashire Cup suspended 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

Change in participation

Previous withdrawals

The following clubs had withdrawn from the League, before this 1942–43 seasons completion began :

  • St Helens Recs – who folded before the war started.
  • Barrow – withdrew after the end of the first (1939–40) season finished and did not rejoin until the 1943–44 season.
  • Hull Kingston Rovers – who withdrew after the end of the first (1939–40) season finished and did not rejoin until the 1945–46 season.
  • Rochdale Hornets – As Hull Kingston Rovers.
  • Widnes – As Hull Kingston Rovers.
  • Broughton Rangers – withdrew after the end of the second 1940–41 season finished and did not rejoin until the 1945–46 season.
  • Liverpool Stanley – As Broughton Rangers. <
  • Salford – As Broughton Rangers. In November 1942, manager Lance Todd was killed in a car crash.
  • Swinton – As Broughton Rangers.
  • Warrington – As Broughton Rangers.
  • 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'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. 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 after James Hilton).

Withdrawals since the 1941–42 season

Championship

Team P W D L F A diff Pts %
1 Wigan 16 13 0 3 301 142 159 26 81.25
2 Dewsbury 16 12 1 3 270 114 156 25 78.13
3 Bradford Northern 19 13 1 5 312 183 129 27 71.05
4 Halifax 19 13 0 6 297 149 148 26 68.42
5 Leeds 17 11 1 5 337 145 192 23 67.65
6 Huddersfield 18 12 0 6 215 189 26 24 66.67
7 Wakefield Trinity 19 11 1 7 267 192 75 23 60.53
8 Featherstone Rovers 19 10 1 8 179 138 41 21 55.26
9 Keighley 18 5 2 11 145 235 -90 12 33.34
10 Batley 15 4 0 11 159 294 -135 8 26.67
11 Hull 15 4 0 11 125 295 -170 8 26.67
12 Oldham 19 4 0 15 142 306 -164 8 21.05
13 York 17 3 1 13 109 311 -202 7 20.59
14 St. Helens 15 2 0 13 108 273 -165 4 13.34

Championship play-Off

Championship play-Off: Qualifying game:

Semi-finals:

Final (two legs):

  • Dewsbury 11 beat Halifax 3 (Crown Flatt)
  • Halifax 13 lost to Dewsbury 22 (Thrum Hall)
    • Dewsbury won 33–16 on aggregate but the Championship was declared null and void because Dewsbury fielded an ineligible player.

Challenge Cup

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.

References

  1. ^ "Wigan Warriors Rugby League Fan Site". Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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