1928-29 RFL Championship

Huddersfield beat Leeds 2–0 in the Final at Thrum Hall, Halifax, to win the top-4 knockout Championship — table leaders Huddersfield also topped the playoff. Carlisle City resigned mid-season and were expunged from the final table.

Championship 1928-29 ▾

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Huddersfield	38	26	4	8	476	291	+185	56
2	Hull Kingston Rovers	40	27	3	10	436	239	+197	57
3	Leeds	38	26	2	10	695	270	+425	54
4	Salford	34	23	2	9	395	222	+173	48
5	Wigan	38	26	1	11	636	308	+328	53
6	Swinton	36	23	2	11	429	249	+180	48
7	Warrington	36	22	2	12	568	295	+273	46
8	St Helens Recs	38	22	1	15	545	374	+171	45
9	Oldham	36	18	4	14	440	343	+97	40
10	Hunslet	38	19	4	15	539	356	+183	42
11	St Helens	38	19	4	15	460	383	+77	42
12	Hull	40	20	4	16	458	395	+63	44
13	Leigh	34	17	3	14	285	279	+6	37
14	Wigan Highfield	32	16	1	15	262	333	-71	33
15	Dewsbury	36	17	2	17	380	387	-7	36
16	Halifax	40	18	3	19	379	399	-20	39
17	Wakefield Trinity	40	17	4	19	400	461	-61	38
18	Barrow	32	13	2	17	396	387	+9	28
19	Batley	38	14	2	22	278	442	-164	30
20	Broughton Rangers	30	11	1	18	237	401	-164	23
21	Castleford	34	11	4	19	268	369	-101	26
22	York	34	12	0	22	259	409	-150	24
23	Bramley	34	11	2	21	241	437	-196	24
24	Widnes	34	11	2	21	222	440	-218	24
25	Featherstone Rovers	38	10	4	24	277	451	-174	24
26	Rochdale Hornets	34	10	0	24	235	434	-199	20
27	Keighley	34	8	2	24	209	422	-213	18
28	Bradford Northern	38	5	3	30	242	871	-629	13

Qualified for the finals series — the Championship knockout playoff that season.

Championship playoff

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue
27 Apr 1929	Huddersfield 13–5 Salford	Fartown, Huddersfield
27 Apr 1929	Hull Kingston Rovers 4–7 Leeds	Craven Park, Hull

Final

Date	Result	Venue
11 May 1929	Huddersfield 2–0 Leeds	Thrum Hall, Halifax

Sources

Northern Rugby League 1928-29 — Rugby League Project

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