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1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season

1925–26 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Teams 27
Champions Wigancolours.svg Wigan
League Leaders Wigancolours.svg Wigan
Top point-scorer(s) Wigancolours.svg Jim Sullivan 274
Top try-scorer(s) Wigancolours.svg Johnny Ring 63
Seasons

The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.

Having ended the regular season as the league leaders, Wigan went on to claim their third Championship by beating Warrington 22-10 in the play-off final.

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the Challenge Cup Final.

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.

This was Swinton’s second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.


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