General Comments 1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season

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1 general comments

1.1 season summary
1.2 change in club participation

1.2.1 previous withdrawals
1.2.2 new withdrawals







general comments
season summary

the 1942–43 season began on saturday 5 september 1942.

as last season, there still 3 lancashire clubs have not had close down , withdraw league, northern rugby league continued single (now) 14 club single competition. clubs still playing different number of marches, league positions , title decided on percentage basis...

at completion of regular season wigan on top of league 26 points 16 games , percentage success of 81.25% , dewsbury close second (25 points 16 games @ 78.13%).

although bradford northern finished points (27 points 19 games) percentage success 71.05%, , consequently finished third.

st helens finished 14th out of 14 clubs 2 wins 15 , 4 points.

dewsbury went on defeat halifax 33-16 on aggregate in play-off final. , win championship (for second consecutive season).

however championship declared null , void winners dewsbury fielded ineligible player in championship final.

the wartime emergency leagues did not count official league championship.

in rugby league challenge cup final, dewsbury beat leeds 16-15 on aggregate on 2 legs in front of aggregate crowd of 26,470.

the lancashire county cup, suspended season 1940–41 remained rest of war , again wigan competed in yorkshire cup.

dewsbury beat huddersfield 7-2 on aggregate before aggregate crowd of 17,252 in 2 low scoring legs of final of yorkshire county cup,


change in club participation
previous withdrawals

the following clubs had withdrawn league, before 1942–43 seasons completion began :-

st helens recs – folded before war started

barrow – withdrew after end of first (1939–40) season finished , did not rejoin until 1943–44 season.

hull kingston rovers – withdrew after end of first (1939–40) season finished , did not rejoin until 1945–46 season.

rochdale hornets – hull kingston rovers.

widnes – hull kingston rovers.

broughton rangers – withdrew after end of second 1940–41 season finished , did not rejoin until 1945–46 season.

liverpool stanley – broughton rangers.

salford – broughton rangers. in november 1942, manager lance todd killed in car crash.

swinton – broughton rangers.

warrington – broughton rangers.

leigh - during second world war, club forced leave ground adjacent cable factory extended onto land. townsfolk of leigh, acting on chairman james hilton s inspiration, cleared fields on edge of town, , built new stadium, including moving , rebuilding old grandstand original ground. -

in 1941–42, leigh quit wartime lancashire league , not return league until 1946–47 when played temporary measure @ athletic ground, holden road before moving kirkhall lane (which later officially renamed hilton park after james hilton).


new withdrawals

bramley – withdrew after end of third 1941–42 season finished , did not rejoin until 1945–46 season.

castleford – withdrew after end of third 1941–42 season finished , did not participate 2 seasons, re-joining 1944–45 season.

hunslet – withdrew after end of third 1941–42 season finished , did not participate season, re-joining next 1943–44 season.



dewsbury had relatively successful time during war years. managed eddie waring, , side boosted inclusion of number of big-name guest players, club won wartime emergency league in 1941–42 , again following season 1942–43 (though championship declared null , void when discovered had played ineligible player). runners-up in championship in 1943–44, challenge cup winners in 1943 , yorkshire cup final appearances in season 1940–41 , winners in 1942–43.








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