As the clubs are still playing different number of marches, the league positions and the title would be decided on a percentage basis.
The following clubs had withdrawn from the League, before this 1944–45 season's completion began:- The townsfolk of Leigh, acting on chairman James Hilton's inspiration, cleared some fields on the edge of the town, and built a new stadium, including moving and rebuilding the old grandstand from the original ground.
In 1941–42, Leigh quit the wartime Lancashire league and would not return to the league until 1946–47 when they played as a temporary measure at the Athletic Ground, Holden Road before moving to Kirkhall Lane (which was later officially renamed Hilton Park after James Hilton).
Managed by Eddie Waring, and with the side boosted by the inclusion of a number of big-name guest players, the club won the Wartime Emergency League in 1941–42 and again the following season 1942–43 (though that championship was declared null and void when it was discovered they had played an ineligible player).
Each round including the final was played in two legs on a home and away basis Below are given some of the fixtures and results from this year’s Challenge Cup competition.
With the ending of the hostilities in Europe in May 1945 and the Far East in September 1945, a full league programme commences.