Stats
- Champions
- Swinton
- Wooden Spoon
- Bridgend
- Top Tryscorer
- Gary Peacham, Carl Gibson (24)
- Top Pointscorer
- Graham Steadman (287)
- No. Of Teams
- 20
- No. Of Games
- 280
- No. Of Players
- 764
- No. Of Tries
- 1,666
- No. Of Goals
- 1,542
- No. Of F.Goals
- 226
- Total Attendance
- 269,374
- Average Crowd
- 962
- Highest Crowd
- 4,972
- Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
- 4,972
- Lowest Crowd
- 85
- Mean Scoreline
- 25-11
- Median Scoreline
- 22-10
- Highest Scoreline
- 64-18
- Lowest Scoreline
- 5-2
- Highest Team Score
- Dewsbury (72-0)
- Average PPG
- 40.88
Ladder Discrepancy
The Rothmans ladder has slight discrepancies in the points for and against of Carlisle (558/426) and Keighley (484/578).
It has Carlisle having scored 11 more points than their cumulative scorelines suggest, and Keighley 11 too few. Scorers for both games match up with the current scorelines entered.
Fixture Schedule
Due to the increase to 20 teams this season, the fixture schedule had to be modified as teams could no longer play each other twice.
They were divided into two groups, on a geographical basis, with the rankings based on the 1983/84 League placings.
Group 1 (Rank 1-10) - Wakefield, York, Bramley, Southend Inv., Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury, Keighley, Doncaster, Mansfield.
Group 2 (Rank 11-20) - Fulham, Salford, Whitehaven, Blackpool Bor., Swinton, Bridgend, Rochdale, Carlisle, Runcorn, Sheffield.
- Teams within their group played each other home and away
- Teams 1-5 play teams 11-15 home and away
- Teams 6-10 play teams 16-20 home and away.
Ladder
| Home | Away | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | PD | P | W | L | D | F | A | PD | P | W| L | D | F | A | Pts | F/A% | FPG | APG | | |
| 1. | Swinton | 14 | 14 | - | - | 415 | 138 | 277 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 312 | 205 | 107 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 727 | 343 | 49 | 212% | 25.96 | 12.25 |
| 2. | Salford | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 501 | 160 | 341 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 286 | 173 | 113 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 787 | 333 | 43 | 236% | 28.11 | 11.89 |
| 3. | Dewsbury | 14 | 12 | 2 | - | 334 | 120 | 214 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 205 | 200 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 539 | 320 | 43 | 168% | 19.25 | 11.43 |
| 4. | York | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 401 | 202 | 199 | 14 | 10 | 4 | - | 316 | 228 | 88 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 717 | 430 | 43 | 167% | 25.61 | 15.36 |
| 5. | Carlisle | 14 | 10 | 4 | - | 259 | 189 | 70 | 14 | 8 | 6 | - | 288 | 248 | 40 | 28 | 18 | 10 | - | 547 | 437 | 36 | 125% | 19.54 | 15.61 |
| 6. | Whitehaven | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 315 | 192 | 123 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 181 | 193 | -12 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 496 | 385 | 35 | 129% | 17.71 | 13.75 |
| 7. | Batley | 14 | 9 | 5 | - | 266 | 172 | 94 | 14 | 8 | 6 | - | 223 | 230 | -7 | 28 | 17 | 11 | - | 489 | 402 | 34 | 122% | 17.46 | 14.36 |
| 8. | Fulham | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 270 | 257 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | 251 | 269 | -18 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 521 | 526 | 33 | 99% | 18.61 | 18.79 |
| 9. | Mansfield | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | 253 | 232 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | - | 272 | 166 | 106 | 28 | 15 | 13 | - | 525 | 398 | 30 | 132% | 18.75 | 14.21 |
| 10. | Blackpool B. | 14 | 8 | 6 | - | 236 | 211 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | 250 | 223 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 13 | - | 486 | 434 | 30 | 112% | 17.36 | 15.50 |
| 11. | Wakefield T. | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 283 | 168 | 115 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 167 | 291 | -124 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 450 | 459 | 26 | 98% | 16.07 | 16.39 |
| 12. | Rochdale H. | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 267 | 179 | 88 | 14 | 4 | 10 | - | 169 | 287 | -118 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 436 | 466 | 26 | 94% | 15.57 | 16.64 |
| 13. | Huddersfield | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | 296 | 254 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 180 | 222 | -42 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 476 | 476 | 25 | 100% | 17.00 | 17.00 |
| 14. | Keighley | 14 | 8 | 6 | - | 253 | 206 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 10 | - | 242 | 361 | -119 | 28 | 12 | 16 | - | 495 | 567 | 24 | 87% | 17.68 | 20.25 |
| 15. | Runcorn H. | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 286 | 207 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 12 | - | 176 | 331 | -155 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 462 | 538 | 23 | 86% | 16.50 | 19.21 |
| 16. | Bramley | 14 | 6 | 8 | - | 224 | 205 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 215 | 287 | -72 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 439 | 492 | 20 | 89% | 15.68 | 17.57 |
| 17. | Sheffield | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | 223 | 251 | -28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | - | 201 | 331 | -130 | 28 | 8 | 20 | - | 424 | 582 | 16 | 73% | 15.14 | 20.79 |
| 18. | Doncaster | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 190 | 307 | -117 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 163 | 423 | -260 | 28 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 353 | 730 | 14 | 48% | 12.61 | 26.07 |
| 19. | Southend Invicta | 14 | 3 | 11 | - | 175 | 316 | -141 | 14 | 1 | 13 | - | 172 | 374 | -202 | 28 | 4 | 24 | - | 347 | 690 | 8 | 50% | 12.39 | 24.64 |
| 20. | Bridgend | 14 | 1 | 13 | - | 161 | 400 | -239 | 14 | - | 14 | - | 97 | 566 | -469 | 28 | 1 | 27 | - | 258 | 966 | 2 | 27% | 9.21 | 34.50 |
Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)
| Team Name | Position | W | L | D | Pts For | Pts Ag. | Top Tryscorer(s) | Top Pointscorer(s) | Home Venue(s) | Home Crowd Avg | Extra Info | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batley | 7th | 17 | 14 | 0 | 519 | 484 | 24 | - | Gibson | 135 | - | Oulton | Mount Pleasant | 1,015 | |
| Blackpool Borough | 10th | 16 | 16 | 0 | 549 | 503 | 11 | - | Roberts | 129 | - | Turley | Borough Park | 555 | |
| Bramley | 16th | 15 | 20 | 2 | 590 | 646 | 12 | - | Lister | 84 | - | Kilner | McLaren | * 845 | |
| Bridgend | 20th | 1 | 29 | 0 | 268 | 1076 | 4 | - | Davies, Camilleri | 99 | - | Alred | Coychurch Rd | 511 | Wooden Spoon |
| Carlisle | 5th | 18 | 13 | 0 | 565 | 553 | 24 | - | Peacham | 112 | - | Carroll | Brunton Park | 1,001 | |
| Dewsbury | 3rd | 24 | 9 | 1 | 610 | 408 | 10 | - | Mita | 155 | - | Dunford | Crown Flatt | 1,356 | |
| Doncaster | 18th | 6 | 23 | 2 | 363 | 867 | 6 | - | Hutchinson | 80 | - | Noble | Tattersfield | 404 | |
| Fulham | 8th | 16 | 14 | 1 | 557 | 604 | 16 | - | Mills, Davis | 153 | - | Wilkinson | National SC (11), Grosvenor Vale (3), Polytechnic (1) | 1,070 | |
| Huddersfield Barracudas | 13th | 13 | 18 | 1 | 499 | 564 | 10 | - | Thomas | 65 | - | Hirst | Arena 84 | 912 | |
| Keighley | 14th | 13 | 19 | 0 | 538 | 658 | 18 | - | Hawksworth | 109 | - | Rowse | Lawkholme Lane | 869 | |
| Mansfield Marksman | 9th | 15 | 15 | 0 | 543 | 442 | 14 | - | Whiteman | 132 | - | Sanderson | Field Mill | 1,041 | |
| Rochdale Hornets | 12th | 15 | 17 | 2 | 494 | 573 | 11 | - | Wiltshire | 121 | - | Platt | McCain (14), Athletic Ground (4) | 795 | |
| Runcorn Highfield | 15th | 13 | 19 | 1 | 533 | 673 | 14 | - | Garrity | 201 | - | Wood | Canal St | 526 | |
| Salford | 2nd | 24 | 8 | 3 | 892 | 422 | 23 | - | Byrne | 275 | - | Griffiths | The Willows | 2,318 | |
| Sheffield Eagles | 17th | 9 | 22 | 0 | 462 | 692 | 15 | - | McDermott | 68 | - | Hema | Owlerton | 933 | |
| Southend Invicta | 19th | 4 | 26 | 0 | 371 | 760 | 14 | - | Elia | 64 | - | Neel | Roots Hall (14), Odsal (1) | 421 | |
| Swinton | 1st | 25 | 6 | 1 | 765 | 446 | 21 | - | Bate | 242 | - | Jones | Station Road | 1,957 | League Champions |
| Wakefield Trinity | 11th | 14 | 17 | 2 | 493 | 533 | 12 | - | Rotherforth | 64 | - | Sygrove | Belle Vue | 1,675 | |
| Whitehaven | 6th | 17 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 447 | 19 | - | Gribbin | 120 | - | Gribbin | Recreation Gnd | 1,573 | |
| York | 4th | 22 | 9 | 1 | 756 | 517 | 17 | - | Steadman | 287 | - | Steadman | Wigginton Rd | 1,810 | |