RFL Lancashire League

Lancashire League
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1895
Ceased	1970
Number of teams	16
Country	England
Last winners	Wigan (18th title)
Most titles	Wigan (18 titles)

The RFL Lancashire League was an annual competition from 1895 to 1970 for professional rugby league teams in Lancashire. Other teams from Cheshire and Cumbria also competed in the league During the period 1896-1901 the county leagues were played as there was no national league championship during this period. After they were played along side the RFL Championship until 1970. Teams also competed in the Lancashire Cup.

Champions

Season	Winners
1895–96	Runcorn
1896–97^1	Broughton Rangers
1897–98^1	Oldham
1898–99^1	Broughton Rangers
1899–1900^1	Runcorn
1900–01^1	Oldham
1901–02^2	Wigan
1902–07	No competition
1907–08	Oldham
1908–09	Wigan
1909–10	Oldham
1910–11	Wigan
1911–12	Wigan
1912–13	Wigan
1913–14	Wigan
1914–15	Wigan
1915–18	No competition due to World War I
1918–19	Rochdale Hornets
1919–20	Widnes
1920–21	Wigan
1921–22	Oldham
1922–23	Wigan
1923–24	Wigan
1924–25	Swinton
1925–26	Wigan
1926–27	St Helens Recs
1927–28	Swinton
1928–29	Swinton
1929–30	St. Helens
1930–31	Swinton
1931–32	St. Helens
1932–33	Salford
1933–34	Salford
1934–35	Salford
1935–36	Liverpool Stanley
1936–37	Salford
1937–38	Warrington
1938–39	Salford
1939–45	No competition due to World War II
1945–46	Wigan
1946–47	Wigan
1947–48	Warrington
1948–49	Warrington
1949–50	Wigan
1950–51	Warrington
1951–52	Wigan
1952–53	St. Helens
1953–54	Warrington
1954–55	Warrington
1955–56	Warrington
1956–57	Oldham
1957–58	Oldham
1958–59	Wigan
1959–60	St. Helens
1960–61	Swinton
1961–62	Wigan
1962–63^3	Workington Town
1963–64^3	St. Helens
1964–65	St. Helens
1965–66	St. Helens
1966–67	St. Helens
1967–68	Warrington
1968–69	St. Helens
1969–70	Wigan

Winners

	Club	Wins	Years
1	Wigan	18	1901-02, 1908–09, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1969–70
2	St. Helens	9	1929-30, 1931–32, 1952–53, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69
3	Warrington	8	1937-38, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1967-68
4	Oldham	7	1897-98, 1900–01, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1921–22, 1956–57, 1957–58
5	Salford	5	1932-33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1938–39
6	Swinton	5	1924-25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1960–61
7	Broughton Rangers	2	1896-97, 1898–99
8	Runcorn	2	1895-96, 1899-00
9	Rochdale Hornets	1	1918-19
10	Widnes	1	1919-20
11	St Helens Recs	1	1926-27
12	Liverpool Stanley	1	1935-36
13	Workington Town	1	1962-63

Footnotes

1. During the period 1896-1901 the county leagues were titled senior competitions. There was no national league championship during this period.
2. For the 1901-02 season the top teams from each senior competition resigned to form a single league championship. The lower clubs continued to contest separate county leagues for that year only.
3. During the 1962-63 and 1963-64 two division campaigns the county leagues were officially retitled Eastern and Western divisions.