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1923–24 Northern Rugby Football League season

1923–24 NRFL season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Teams 27
Champions Batley colours.svg Batley
League Leaders Wigancolours.svg Wigan
Top point-scorer(s) Wigancolours.svg Jim Sullivan 319
Top try-scorer(s) Wigancolours.svg Johnny Ring 49
Seasons

The 1923–24 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 29th season of rugby league football.

Batley won their first, and to date only, Championship when they defeated Wigan 13-7 in the play-off Championship Final.

Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders and won the Challenge Cup by defeating Oldham 21-4 in the final.

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Batley won the Yorkshire League. St Helens Recs beat Swinton 17–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Huddersfield 10–4 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Wigan beat Oldham 21-4 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 41,381.

This was Wigan’s first Challenge Cup Final Win in their second appearance in a Final.


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