1947-48 Northern Rugby League Championship

Warrington won the Championship, beating Bradford Northern 15-5 in the Final.

Championship 1947-48 ▾

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Wigan	36	31	1	4	776	258	+518	63
2	Warrington	36	30	1	5	688	232	+456	61
3	Huddersfield	36	26	2	8	669	240	+429	54
4	Bradford Northern	36	26	0	10	549	310	+239	52
5	Workington Town	36	22	4	10	426	236	+190	48
6	Hunslet	36	21	4	11	449	239	+210	46
7	Widnes	36	21	1	14	331	228	+103	43
8	St Helens	36	20	2	14	476	305	+171	42
9	Leeds	36	20	2	14	588	409	+179	42
10	Wakefield Trinity	36	20	2	14	496	378	+118	42
11	Salford	36	20	1	15	347	443	-96	41
12	Hull F.C.	36	19	1	16	454	301	+153	39
13	Castleford	36	19	1	16	456	383	+73	39
14	Leigh	36	18	1	17	374	452	-78	37
15	Dewsbury	36	17	2	17	232	301	-69	36
16	Oldham	36	17	1	18	306	385	-79	35
17	Belle Vue Rangers	36	17	0	19	333	358	-25	34
18	Halifax	36	16	0	20	309	449	-140	32
19	Swinton	36	15	1	20	316	403	-87	31
20	Keighley	36	15	1	20	295	432	-137	31
21	Barrow	36	14	2	20	336	419	-83	30
22	Rochdale Hornets	36	11	2	23	231	311	-80	24
23	Bramley	36	12	0	24	330	482	-152	24
24	Batley	36	11	1	24	281	482	-201	23
25	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	10	1	25	303	470	-167	21
26	Liverpool Stanley	36	8	1	27	192	550	-358	17
27	Featherstone Rovers	36	6	0	30	270	724	-454	12
28	York	36	4	1	31	216	849	-633	9

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

Championship playoff

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue
24 Apr 1948	Warrington 17–5 Huddersfield	Wilderspool, Warrington
24 Apr 1948	Wigan 3–15 Bradford Northern	Central Park, Wigan

Final

Date	Result	Venue
8 May 1948	Warrington 15–5 Bradford Northern	Maine Road, Manchester

Sources

Championship Playoffs 1947-48 — Rugby League Project

Sources

Northern Rugby League 1947-48 — Rugby League Project

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