1960-61 Northern Rugby League Championship

Leeds won the Championship, beating Warrington 25-10 in the Final.

Championship 1960-61 ▾

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Leeds	36	30	0	6	620	258	+362	60
2	Warrington	36	27	1	8	701	269	+432	55
3	Swinton	36	27	1	8	647	271	+376	55
4	St Helens	36	27	0	9	773	304	+469	54
5	Wigan	36	26	0	10	689	334	+355	52
6	Leigh	36	26	0	10	588	299	+289	52
7	Wakefield Trinity	36	26	0	10	576	326	+250	52
8	Oldham	36	25	1	10	667	359	+308	51
9	Featherstone Rovers	36	23	1	12	520	403	+117	47
10	Workington Town	36	21	0	15	515	468	+47	42
11	Hull F.C.	36	20	1	15	606	448	+158	41
12	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	19	2	15	474	462	+12	40
13	Halifax	36	19	1	16	500	436	+64	39
14	Huddersfield	36	18	2	16	449	429	+20	38
15	Hunslet	36	18	0	18	442	415	+27	36
16	Whitehaven	36	17	2	17	448	478	-30	36
17	Castleford	36	16	2	18	465	502	-37	34
18	York	36	16	2	18	502	547	-45	34
19	Batley	36	16	1	19	343	417	-74	33
20	Widnes	36	16	0	20	396	514	-118	32
21	Blackpool Borough	36	14	3	19	405	443	-38	31
22	Bramley	36	12	1	23	333	517	-184	25
23	Salford	36	11	2	23	341	689	-348	24
24	Bradford Northern	36	10	2	24	312	580	-268	22
25	Keighley	36	10	1	25	349	553	-204	21
26	Barrow	36	9	2	25	305	578	-273	20
27	Dewsbury	36	8	3	25	296	573	-277	19
28	Rochdale Hornets	36	9	0	27	296	733	-437	18
29	Liverpool City	36	5	1	30	296	768	-472	11
30	Doncaster	36	3	0	33	287	768	-481	6

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

Championship playoff

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue
6 May 1961	Leeds 11–4 St Helens	Headingley, Leeds
6 May 1961	Warrington 13–5 Swinton	Wilderspool, Warrington

Final

Date	Result	Venue
20 May 1961	Leeds 25–10 Warrington	Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Sources

Championship Playoffs 1960-61 — Rugby League Project

Sources

Northern Rugby League 1960-61 — Rugby League Project

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