The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire.
The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482 This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers.
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.
[1][2][3][4] Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points 1 * Bramley were now playing their home matches at a new venue, McLaren Field 2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000.
The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.