1946-47 Northern Rugby League Championship

Wigan won the Championship, beating Dewsbury 13-4 in the Final — the first full peacetime season after WWII. 28 clubs, smaller than the ~29-30 clubs of later seasons in this era.

Championship 1946-47 ▾

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Wigan	36	29	1	6	567	196	+371	59
2	Dewsbury	36	27	1	8	411	158	+253	55
3	Widnes	36	26	2	8	284	149	+135	54
4	Leeds	36	25	2	9	573	305	+268	52
5	Warrington	36	26	0	10	432	236	+196	52
6	Bradford Northern	36	24	3	9	525	300	+225	51
7	Huddersfield	36	24	2	10	572	332	+240	50
8	Oldham	36	22	2	12	376	243	+133	46
9	Leigh	36	21	0	15	319	238	+81	42
10	Wakefield Trinity	36	20	2	14	399	357	+42	42
11	Workington Town	36	19	2	15	345	267	+78	40
12	Barrow	36	18	4	14	385	371	+14	40
13	Castleford	36	19	1	16	398	354	+44	39
14	Hunslet	36	17	2	17	355	355	0	36
15	Hull F.C.	36	17	0	19	388	370	+18	34
16	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	15	3	18	359	455	-96	33
17	Batley	36	15	1	20	398	390	+8	31
18	Belle Vue Rangers	36	14	3	19	338	375	-37	31
19	St Helens	36	14	1	21	425	366	+59	29
20	Halifax	36	13	2	21	281	440	-159	28
21	York	36	12	2	22	327	549	-222	26
22	Salford	36	11	2	23	280	401	-121	24
23	Liverpool Stanley	36	11	1	24	322	497	-175	23
24	Swinton	36	11	1	24	262	466	-204	23
25	Keighley	36	10	1	25	299	509	-210	21
26	Featherstone Rovers	36	9	1	26	217	477	-260	19
27	Rochdale Hornets	36	9	0	27	223	430	-207	18
28	Bramley	36	5	0	31	232	706	-474	10

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

Championship playoff

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue
7 Jun 1947	Dewsbury 5–2 Widnes	Crown Flatt, Dewsbury
7 Jun 1947	Wigan 21–11 Leeds	Central Park, Wigan

Final

Date	Result	Venue
21 Jun 1947	Wigan 13–4 Dewsbury	Maine Road, Manchester

Sources

Championship Playoffs 1946-47 — Rugby League Project

Sources

Northern Rugby League 1946-47 — Rugby League Project

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