As the clubs were playing different number of marches, the league positions were decided on a win percentage basis.
[1] This was a reduction of two from the previous year as Bramley and Castleford had already notified the RFL of their intentions not to take part in the season.
[2] However before the season started, Hunslet's football committee announced their withdrawal due to the amount of travel required.
[9] After the game Dewsbury submitted a protest to the Rugby Football League and Bradford Northern were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.
[11] The second leg was played the following Saturday, 22 May 1943 and Dewbury won again this time 22–13 at Thrum Hall, Halifax in front of a crowd of 9,700.
[12] Dewsbury won 33–16 on aggregate but at a meeting of the RFL committee in July the championship was declared null and void.