Championship 1981/82

Stats

Premiers
Leigh 
Wooden Spoon
Whitehaven 
Top Tryscorer
David Hobbs (19)
Top Pointscorer
John Woods (261)
No. Of Teams
16
No. Of Games
240
No. Of Players
513
No. Of Tries
1,354
No. Of Goals
1,486
No. Of F.Goals
132
Total Attendance
1,261,624
Average Crowd
5,257
Highest Crowd
18,260
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
18,260
Lowest Crowd
1,570
Mean Scoreline
20-10
Median Scoreline
18-9
Highest Scoreline
42-24
Lowest Scoreline
2-0
Highest Team Score
Leigh (56-6)
Average PPG

In January, it was announced that the league season would be extended by 10 days on account of poor weather resulting in several postponements.

Ladder

 HomeAwayOverallStats
TeamPWLDFAPD PWLDFAPD PWLDFAPtsPDFPGAPGAtt%Def%
1. Leigh1514-133916017915105-2331835030245157234349+22919.0711.43
2. Hull FC15141-3181102081595129316313030236161127347+33820.379.10
3. Widnes15132-3451511941510412061664030236155131747+23418.3710.57
4. Hull Kingston Rovers1513113171521651596-2481678130227156531945+24618.8310.63
5. Bradford Northern1510412161506615105-2091822730209142533241+9314.1711.07
6. Leeds1511312731681051569-241250-9301712151441835+9617.1313.93
7. St Helens15114-2801879315681185228-43301712146541535+5015.5013.83
8. Warrington15123-23018149152112173287-114301414240346830-6513.4315.60
9. Barrow1596-2101882215411-198257-59301317-40844526-3713.6014.83
10. Featherstone Rovers158612712353615411-211258-47301217148249325-1116.0716.43
11. Wigan1596-2301706015312-194265-71301218-42443524-1114.1314.50
12. Castleford1569-27424232154101212263-51301019148650521-1916.2016.83
13. Fulham1569-219257-38153111146282-13630920136553919-17412.1717.97
14. Wakefield Trinity1587-213230-17151131128296-16830920134152619-18511.3717.53
15. York154101195342-14715-141135431-29630424233077310-44311.0025.77
16. Whitehaven152103109204-9515-15-115361-2463022532245657-3417.4718.83

 

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name Position W L D Pts For Pts Ag. Coach(es) Captain(s) Top Tryscorer(s) Top Pointscorer(s) Home Venue(s) Home Crowd Avg Extra Info
Barrow 9th 17 20 1 506 537 Foster - 14 - Moore 142 -Ball Craven Park
Bradford Northern 5th 26 13 2 559 429 Fox - 12 - Hanley 106 -Hanley Odsal
Castleford 12th 18 21 1 689 615 Reilly - 10 - Hyde, Beardmore 114 -Hyde Wheldon Road Yorkshire Cup
Featherstone Rovers 10th 13 20 1 538 558 Farrar - 19 - Hobbs 229 -Quinn Post Office Road
Fulham 13th 11 23 1 434 612 Bowden - 13 - Crossley 180 -Diamond Craven Cottage
Hull FC 2nd 35 8 2 885 428 Bunting - 13 - Day 160 -Crooks Boulevard Challenge Cup, John Player Trophy
Hull Kingston Rovers 4th 31 11 1 808 459 Millward - 17 - Hartley 245 -Fairbairn Craven Park
Leeds 6th 23 16 1 657 536 Dewhurst - 13 - Dick 217 -Dick Headingley
Leigh 1st 31 8 2 776 449 Murphy - 14 - Woods 261 -Woods Hilton Park League Champions, Lancashire Cup
St Helens 7th 19 16 2 575 528 Coslett - 9 - Bayliss 111 -Glynn Knowsley
Wakefield Trinity 14th 12 23 1 429 617 Ashurst - 10 - Lyons 97 -Lyons Belle Vue
Warrington 8th 16 18 3 477 576 Benyon, Ashcroft - 8 - Ford 196 -Hesford Wilderspool
Whitehaven 16th 2 28 3 244 638 Kitchin, Walker - 5 - Thomson 49 -Pearson Recreation Gnd Wooden Spoon
Widnes 3rd 35 9 3 853 477 Laughton - 14 - Basnett 121 -Myler Naughton Premiership Trophy
Wigan 11th 14 21 0 481 507 Bamford - 11 - Gill 148 -Whitfield Central Park
York 15th 5 27 2 397 892 Kirkbride - 11 - Pryce 109 -Gibson Wigginton Rd