[1] Keighley and Huddersfield were demoted from the top division and replaced by Wakefield Trinity (champions) and St. Helens.

The second promotion place had to be decided by a play-off as Points Difference had not yet been introduced as a tie breaker.

It was played at Central Park, Wigan, having originally been scheduled for New Year's Day in Oldham.

England lost 3-9 in a twelve sided match, with the opposition made up of ten Welshmen and two Scots.

[2] Championship play-off: Bradford vs Salford 5-0 Promotion play-off: St. Helens vs Holbeck 7-0 Halifax beat Warrington 8-3 in the final at Salford's The Willows before a paying crowd of 17,041, plus 1,000 additional guests, to become the second team to record back-to-back Cup wins.