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1985/86 Championship

See also

1985/86 Second Division

Stats

Champions: Halifax
Wooden Spoon: Dewsbury
Top Tryscorer: Ellery Hanley (22)
Top Pointscorer: David Stephenson (228)

No. Of Teams: 16
No. Of Games: 240
No. Of Players: 547
No. Of Tries: 1,434
No. Of Goals: 1,298
No. Of F.Goals: 80

Total Attendance: 1,096,294
Average Crowd: 4,568
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 21,813
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 886

Mean Scoreline: 24-11
Median Scoreline: 22-12
Highest Scoreline: 62-12
Lowest Scoreline: 8-0
Highest Team Score: Wigan (62-0)
Average PPG: 46.48

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.	Halifax	15	8	2	5	222	170	52	15	11	3	1	277	195	82	30	19	5	6	499	365	44	137%	16.63	12.17
2.	Wigan	15	11	2	2	465	126	339	15	9	5	1	311	174	137	30	20	7	3	776	300	43	259%	25.87	10.00
3.	St Helens	15	11	3	1	405	222	183	15	9	5	1	324	281	43	30	20	8	2	729	503	42	145%	24.30	16.77
4.	Warrington	15	12	3	-	410	180	230	15	8	6	1	255	213	42	30	20	9	1	665	393	41	169%	22.17	13.10
5.	Widnes	15	11	3	1	266	191	75	15	8	5	2	254	263	-9	30	19	8	3	520	454	41	115%	17.33	15.13
6.	Leeds	15	8	7	-	296	254	42	15	7	5	3	258	264	-6	30	15	12	3	554	518	33	107%	18.47	17.27
7.	Hull KR	15	9	6	-	264	223	41	15	7	7	1	243	277	-34	30	16	13	1	507	500	33	101%	16.90	16.67
8.	Hull	15	10	4	1	350	216	134	15	5	9	1	266	292	-26	30	15	13	2	616	508	32	121%	20.53	16.93
9.	Oldham	15	6	8	1	283	289	-6	15	7	5	3	241	260	-19	30	13	13	4	524	549	30	95%	17.47	18.30
10.	Salford	15	11	4	-	295	232	63	15	3	12	-	213	329	-116	30	14	16	-	508	561	28	91%	16.93	18.70
11.	Castleford	15	10	4	1	358	248	110	15	2	13	-	193	337	-144	30	12	17	1	551	585	25	94%	18.37	19.50
12.	Bradford N.	15	7	7	1	260	206	54	15	4	11	-	187	267	-80	30	11	18	1	447	473	23	95%	14.90	15.77
13.	Featherstone R.	15	6	7	2	258	238	20	15	3	11	1	161	378	-217	30	9	18	3	419	616	21	68%	13.97	20.53
14.	York	15	6	9	-	225	278	-53	15	3	12	-	188	314	-126	30	9	21	-	413	592	18	70%	13.77	19.73
15.	Swinton	15	7	8	-	194	251	-57	15	1	14	-	177	397	-220	30	8	22	-	371	648	16	57%	12.37	21.60
16.	Dewsbury	15	3	12	-	188	349	-161	15	2	13	-	125	498	-373	30	5	25	-	313	847	10	37%	10.43	28.23

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
Bradford Northern	12th	16	21	2	611	592	Barry SEABOURNE	11	-	Phil FORD	208	-	John WOODS	Odsal	3,881
Castleford	11th	22	19	1	872	686	Malcolm REILLY	12	-	David PLANGE	108	-	Robert BEARDMORE	Wheldon Road	3,528	Challenge Cup
Dewsbury	16th	6	28	0	354	969	Jack ADDY	7	-	John MOORE	76	-	Chris VASEY	Crown Flatt	1,937	Wooden Spoon
Featherstone Rovers	13th	10	21	3	480	688	Allan AGAR George PIENIAZEK	14	-	Paul LYMAN	109	-	Steve QUINN	Post Office Road	2,288
Halifax	1st	22	9	6	619	509	Chris ANDERSON	11	-	Paul DIXON	78	-	Steve SMITH	Thrum	4,858	League Champions
Hull	8th	18	18	2	788	684	Arthur BUNTING Ken FOULKES	13	-	Dane O'HARA	105	-	Lee CROOKS	Boulevard	5,874
Hull Kingston Rovers	7th	28	17	2	801	707	Roger MILLWARD	12	-	David LAWS	124	-	John DORAHY	Craven Park	5,630	Yorkshire Cup
Leeds	6th	22	17	5	856	678	Peter FOX	13	-	Tony CURRIE	126	-	David CREASSER	Headingley	7,337
Oldham	9th	17	16	4	671	640	Frank MYLER	17	-	Mal GRAHAM	106	-	David HOBBS	Watersheddings	4,340
St Helens	3rd	26	13	2	1034	738	Billy BENYON Alex MURPHY	16	-	Roy HAGGERTY	122	-	Ross CONLON	Knowsley	5,869
Salford	10th	16	19	0	586	657	Kevin ASHCROFT	10	-	Darren BLOOR	81	-	John PENDLEBURY	The Willows	2,596
Swinton	15th	8	25	0	393	740	Jim CRELLIN	9	-	Derek BATE	84	-	Paul TOPPING	Station Road	2,156
Warrington	4th	30	12	1	981	555	Reg BOWDEN Tony BARROW	13	-	Rick THACKRAY Phil BLAKE	134	-	Paul BISHOP	Wilderspool	3,743	Premiership Trophy
Widnes	5th	25	13	4	716	624	Eric HUGHES Doug LAUGHTON	12	-	John BASNETT	72	-	Mick BURKE	Naughton	4,293
Wigan	2nd	33	9	3	1170	469	Colin CLARKE Alan McINNES	22	-	Ellery HANLEY	228	-	David STEPHENSON	Central Park	13,094	John Player Special Trophy, Lancashire Cup
York	14th	12	24	0	504	708	Phil LOWE	10	-	Matt CARTER	101	-	Graham STEADMAN	Clarence St (18), Wigginton Rd (2)	2,964