1934–35 Rugby Football League season | |
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League | Northern Rugby Football League |
Teams | 28 |
RFL Championship | |
Champions | Swinton |
Season Leaders | Swinton |
Top point-scorer(s) | Jim Sullivan 348 |
Top try-scorer(s) | Jack Morley 49 |
The 1934–35 Rugby Football League season was the 40th season of rugby league football. A single league Championship was contested by twenty eight teams. The Challenge Cup was contested for the 35th time and the first ever European Championship took place between England, France and Wales.
Swinton won their third Championship beating Warrington 14-3 in the play-off final after ending the regular season as the league leaders.
The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who defeated Huddersfield 11-8 in the final.
London Highfield returned north and changed their name to Liverpool Stanley.
Bradford Northern move into their new Odsal Stadium. The first match there on 1 September 1934 ended in a loss to Huddersfield.
Salford won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Wigan 21–12 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 5–5 (replays: 2–2, 13–0) to win the Yorkshire County Cup.