1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first ever season of semi-professional rugby football, which formed the foundation of the modern-day sport of rugby league. Twenty-two Northern English teams from both sides of the Pennines broke away from the Rugby Football Union to create and compete in their own competition.

1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Duration42 Rounds,
September 1895 to April 1896
Teams22
1895–96 season
Champions Manningham (1st title)
Runners-up Halifax
Top point-scorer(s) Cooper ( Bradford)
George Lorimer ( Manningham) (106)106
Top try-scorer(s) Jack Hurst ( Oldham) (28)

The inaugural Championship ran from September 1895 until April 1896. The Northern Union's first season would prove so popular that the following season saw the addition of several more clubs, and the tournament was split into two separate county competitions.

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