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1981/82 Championship

See also

1981/82 Second Division

Stats

Champions: Leigh
Wooden Spoon: Whitehaven
Top Tryscorer: David Hobbs (19)
Top Pointscorer: John Woods (261)

No. Of Teams: 16
No. Of Games: 241
No. Of Players: 513
No. Of Tries: 1,355
No. Of Goals: 1,489
No. Of F.Goals: 133

Total Attendance: 1,264,765
Average Crowd: 5,248
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 18,260
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
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: 34.96

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

		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.	Leigh	15	14	-	1	339	160	179	15	10	5	-	233	183	50	30	24	5	1	572	343	49	167%	19.07	11.43
2.	Hull	15	14	1	-	318	110	208	15	9	5	1	293	163	130	30	23	6	1	611	273	47	224%	20.37	9.10
3.	Widnes	15	13	2	-	345	151	194	15	10	4	1	206	166	40	30	23	6	1	551	317	47	174%	18.37	10.57
4.	Hull KR	15	13	1	1	317	152	165	15	9	6	-	248	167	81	30	22	7	1	565	319	45	177%	18.83	10.63
5.	Bradford N.	15	10	4	1	216	150	66	15	10	5	-	209	182	27	30	20	9	1	425	332	41	128%	14.17	11.07
6.	Leeds	15	11	3	1	273	168	105	15	6	9	-	241	250	-9	30	17	12	1	514	418	35	123%	17.13	13.93
7.	St Helens	15	11	4	-	280	187	93	15	6	8	1	185	228	-43	30	17	12	1	465	415	35	112%	15.50	13.83
8.	Warrington	15	12	3	-	230	181	49	15	2	11	2	173	287	-114	30	14	14	2	403	468	30	86%	13.43	15.60
9.	Barrow	15	9	6	-	210	188	22	15	4	11	-	198	257	-59	30	13	17	-	408	445	26	92%	13.60	14.83
10.	Featherstone R.	15	8	6	1	271	235	36	15	4	11	-	211	258	-47	30	12	17	1	482	493	25	98%	16.07	16.43
11.	Wigan	15	9	6	-	230	170	60	15	3	12	-	194	265	-71	30	12	18	-	424	435	24	97%	14.13	14.50
12.	Castleford	15	6	9	-	274	242	32	15	4	10	1	212	263	-51	30	10	19	1	486	505	21	96%	16.20	16.83
13.	Fulham	15	6	9	-	219	257	-38	15	3	11	1	146	282	-136	30	9	20	1	365	539	19	68%	12.17	17.97
14.	Wakefield T.	15	8	7	-	213	230	-17	15	1	13	1	128	296	-168	30	9	20	1	341	526	19	65%	11.37	17.53
15.	York	15	4	10	1	195	342	-147	15	-	14	1	135	431	-296	30	4	24	2	330	773	10	43%	11.00	25.77
16.	Whitehaven	15	2	10	3	109	204	-95	15	-	15	-	115	361	-246	30	2	25	3	224	565	7	40%	7.47	18.83

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	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	4,751
Bradford Northern	5th	26	13	2	559	429	Fox	12	-	Hanley	106	-	Hanley	Odsal	5,895
Castleford	12th	18	21	1	689	615	Reilly	10	-	Hyde, Beardmore	114	-	Hyde	Wheldon Road	4,247	Yorkshire Cup
Featherstone Rovers	10th	13	20	1	538	558	Farrar	19	-	Hobbs	229	-	Quinn	Post Office Road	2,806
Fulham	13th	11	23	1	434	612	Bowden	13	-	Crossley	180	-	Diamond	Craven Cottage	4,494
Hull	2nd	35	8	2	885	428	Bunting	13	-	Day	160	-	Crooks	Boulevard	13,402	Challenge Cup, John Player Trophy
Hull Kingston Rovers	4th	31	11	1	808	459	Millward	17	-	Hartley	247	-	Fairbairn	Craven Park	8,906
Leeds	6th	23	16	1	657	536	Dewhurst	13	-	Dick	217	-	Dick	Headingley	5,668
Leigh	1st	31	8	2	776	449	Murphy	14	-	Woods	261	-	Woods	Hilton Park	6,361	League Champions, Lancashire Cup
St Helens	7th	19	16	2	575	528	Coslett	9	-	Bayliss	111	-	Glynn	Knowsley	5,011
Wakefield Trinity	14th	12	23	1	429	617	Ashurst	10	-	Lyons	97	-	Lyons	Belle Vue	4,219
Warrington	8th	16	18	3	477	576	Benyon, Ashcroft	8	-	Ford	196	-	Hesford	Wilderspool	3,763
Whitehaven	16th	2	28	3	244	638	Kitchin, Walker	5	-	Thomson	49	-	Pearson	Recreation Gnd	2,808	Wooden Spoon
Widnes	3rd	35	9	3	853	477	Laughton	14	-	Basnett	121	-	Myler	Naughton	5,982	Premiership Trophy
Wigan	11th	14	21	0	481	507	Bamford	11	-	Gill	148	-	Whitfield	Central Park	6,273
York	15th	5	27	2	397	892	Kirkbride	11	-	Pryce	109	-	Gibson	Wigginton Rd	3,824