1896–97 St Helens RLFC season

1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rank

9th

Challenge Cup

Final

1898–99 record

Wins: 15; draws: 4; losses: 13

Points scored

For: 122; against: 160

< 1895–96

List of seasons

1897–98 >

The 1896–97 St Helens R.F.C. season was the club's second in the Northern Rugby Football Union. In a divided county championship league, the club finished 9th out of 14.^[1] The Challenge Cup was also established that year, and it was St Helens, with Batley who contested the first final; St Helens losing 10-3 with Derek Traynor scoring Saints' only points.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Lancashire Senior Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Broughton Rangers	26	19	5	2	201	52	+149	43
2	Oldham	26	20	2	4	243	59	+184	42
3	Tyldesley	26	15	2	9	159	80	+79	32
4	Runcorn	26	13	5	8	134	62	+72	31
5	Stockport	26	14	2	10	157	137	+20	30
6	Swinton	26	12	5	9	125	82	+43	29
7	Warrington	26	11	5	10	100	124	-24	27
8	Leigh	26	11	4	11	105	147	-42	26
9	St. Helens	26	10	4	12	122	160	-38	24
10	Widnes	26	10	3	13	113	164	-51	23
11	Wigan	26	8	7	11	73	118	-45	23
12	Rochdale Hornets	26	8	1	17	121	167	-46	17
13	Salford	26	3	5	18	76	191	-115	11
14	Morecambe	26	3	0	23	52	238	-186	6

Champions

Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault".
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.

References

^ "1896-97 League Tables". Saints heritage Society. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
^ "Challenge Cup Role of Honour". BBC. 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
^ "1897 Challenge Cup Final". BBC. 1897-08-26. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
^ Hoole, Les (8 August 1998). The Rugby League Challenge Cup. Breedon Books Ltd. (ISBN 1-85983-094-3).

v t e St Helens R.F.C.
Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame
Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890–2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012–present)
League	Super League
World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007
Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014
Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008
Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire County Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)
Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan Testimonials
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895) St Helens Ladies

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1896–97 St Helens RLFC season

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Lancashire Senior Championship

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