The 1908–09 St Helens R.F.C. season was the club's 14th in the Northern Rugby Football Union, the 35th in their history. The club finished 17th out of 27 in the NRFU Championship.[1] In the Lancashire League that ran concurrent to the national championship, St Helens finished eighth. In the Challenge Cup, the club were knocked out in the first round by Halifax.[citation needed]
1908–09 St Helens RLFC season | ||||
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1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rank | 17th | |||
Challenge Cup | First round | |||
1908–09 record | Wins: 11; draws: 3; losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 312; against: 421 | |||
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NRFU Championship
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
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1 | Wigan | 32 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 706 | 207 | 56 | 87.50 |
2 | Halifax | 34 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 526 | 174 | 57 | 83.82 |
3 | Oldham | 32 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 488 | 176 | 52 | 81.25 |
4 | Batley | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 412 | 176 | 49 | 76.56 |
5 | Huddersfield | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 504 | 292 | 45 | 66.17 |
6 | Wakefield Trinity | 31 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 471 | 318 | 41 | 66.12 |
7 | Salford | 32 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 455 | 309 | 41 | 64.06 |
8 | Merthyr Tydfil | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 184 | 156 | 23 | 63.88 |
9 | Broughton Rangers | 32 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 420 | 330 | 39 | 60.93 |
10 | Warrington | 32 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 473 | 266 | 38 | 59.37 |
11 | Runcorn | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 271 | 191 | 33 | 58.92 |
12 | Hunslet | 32 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 361 | 299 | 37 | 57.81 |
13 | Hull | 34 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 487 | 366 | 39 | 57.35 |
14 | Ebbw Vale | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 249 | 269 | 25 | 52.08 |
15 | Leeds | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 398 | 355 | 31 | 48.43 |
16 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 32 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 429 | 423 | 29 | 45.31 |
17 | St. Helens | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 312 | 421 | 25 | 44.64 |
18 | York | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 394 | 510 | 27 | 42.18 |
19 | Dewsbury | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 350 | 324 | 25 | 41.66 |
20 | Keighley | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 338 | 355 | 25 | 41.66 |
21 | Leigh | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 214 | 308 | 22 | 39.28 |
22 | Swinton | 32 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 258 | 440 | 23 | 35.93 |
23 | Bradford Northern | 32 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 324 | 451 | 22 | 34.37 |
24 | Mid-Rhondda | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 111 | 214 | 11 | 30.55 |
25 | Rochdale Hornets | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 195 | 384 | 18 | 30.00 |
26 | Barrow | 32 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 245 | 507 | 19 | 29.69 |
27 | Widnes | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 197 | 359 | 15 | 26.78 |
28 | Treherbert | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 81 | 212 | 9 | 25.00 |
29 | Barry | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 76 | 445 | 6 | 16.66 |
30 | Bramley | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 162 | 582 | 6 | 11.53 |
31 | Aberdare | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 134 | 406 | 2 | 5.88 |
References
edit- ^ "1907-1908 League Tables". Saints heritage Society. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-17.