1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
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The 1940–41 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second season of the English rugby league’s Wartime Emergency League necessitated by the Second World War. After doubts that the season might not start, matches were played in a league organised in a similar way to the previous season with two regional leagues, Yorkshire and Lancashire, with the winners of each league meeting in a two-legged play-off final to determine the overall champions.
1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season | |
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League | Northern Rugby League |
1940–41 Season | |
League Champions | Bradford Northern |
Yorkshire competition | |
Number of teams | 15 |
Champions | Bradford Northern |
Lancashire competition | |
Number of teams | 12 |
Champions | Wigan |
The Challenge Cup competition was re-introduced having been suspended in 1939–40 and the Yorkshire Cup was competed for but the Lancashire Cup competition was suspended.
The number of clubs participating in the league was down on the previous season, especially in Lancashire. The Yorkshire League was won by Bradford Northern who went on to retain their overall League Championship by beating Lancashire league winners Wigan in the play-off final. Leeds won the Challenge Cup while Bradford Northern won the Yorkshire Cup.