1899–1900 St Helens RLFC season

1899–1900 St Helens RLFC season
1899–1900 St Helens RLFC season
1898-99 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rank	4th
Challenge Cup	First round
1899-1900 record	Wins: 16; draws: 3; losses: 8
Points scored	For: 207; against: 119

The 1899-1900 St Helens RLFC season was the club's fifth in the Northern Rugby Football Union, the 26th in their history. In their highest ever finish in a rugby league competition, and their most successful season, the club finished fourth in the Lancashire Senior Championship.^[1] In the Challenge Cup, St Helens were beaten in the first round by rivals Warrington.^[2] However, they did manage some silverware in the season, by beating league winners Runcorn 6-0 in the South Lancashire Cup final.^[3]

Lancashire Senior Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Runcorn	26	22	2	2	232	33	46
2	Oldham	26	21	1	4	340	75	43
3	Swinton	26	19	1	6	210	108	39
4	St Helens	26	16	3	7	207	119	35
5	Widnes	26	12	4	10	174	146	28
6	Warrington	26	12	1	13	174	128	25
7	Broughton Rangers	26	13	1	12	132	138	25*
8	Salford	26	12	0	14	196	176	24
9	Stockport	26	10	2	14	126	136	22
10	Leigh	26	8	5	13	119	211	21
11	Rochdale Hornets	26	9	1	16	90	181	17*
12	Millom	26	7	1	18	112	234	15
13	Wigan	26	7	1	18	73	230	15
14	Tyldesley	26	2	1	23	66	336	5

References

^ "1899-1900 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.
^ "St Helens 6-0 Runcorn". Saints Heritage Society. 1900-04-30. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

[1899-1900_League_Tables-1] "1899-1900 League Tables". Saints heritage Society. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-05.

[Challenge_Cup_Role_of_Honour-2] "Challenge Cup Role of Honour". BBC. 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

[St_Helens_6-0_Runcorn-3] "St Helens 6-0 Runcorn". Saints Heritage Society. 1900-04-30. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

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League	Super League
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Championships (17)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022
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