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1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season

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The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football.

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Season summary

Huddersfield won their fourth Championship when they beat Leeds 2-0 in the play-off final.

On 4 May 1929 the first Challenge Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium was played. 41,500 saw Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2.[1]

Carlisle City fielded a team, but resigned after 10 matches and their record was expunged from the table. They won 1 and lost 9, scoring 59 and conceding 166. [2]

Swinton moved from their Chorley Road ground this season due to a dispute over rent. They built a new stadium at Station Road, Swinton using the stands from the old ground.[3]

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Championship

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Source: [4]
Notes:
  1. Carlisle City resigned from the league in November and folded. Their record (Pld 10, W 1, L 9, PF 59, PA 166, PCT 10.00) was expunged.
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Championship play-off

Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Huddersfield 13
4 Salford 5
Huddersfield 2
Leeds 0
2 Hull Kingston Rovers 4
3 Leeds 7

Final

11 May 1929
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Thrum Hall, Halifax
Attendance: 25,604
Referee: F. Fairhurst (Wigan)
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County leagues

Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League.

Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in the first final to be played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 41,000.[6]

This was Wigan’s second Challenge Cup Final win in their fourth Cup Final appearance.[7][8]

County cups

Wigan beat Widnes 5–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 5–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

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