Dewsbury attended the original meeting of 21 clubs, but decided not to play, being replaced by Stockport. Runcorn joined shortly afterwards to take the number to 22.
1 Manningham 42 33 0 9 - 367 158 66
2 Halifax 42 30 5 7 - 312 139 65
3 Runcorn 42 24 8 10 - 314 143 56
4 Oldham 42 27 2 13 - 374 194 56
5 Brighouse Rovers 42 22 9 11 - 247 129 53
6 Tyldesley 42 21 8 13 - 260 164 50
7 Hunslet 42 24 2 16 - 279 207 50
8 Hull 42 23 3 16 - 259 158 49
9 Leigh 42 21 4 17 - 214 269 46
10 Wigan 42 19 7 16 - 245 147 45
11 Bradford 42 18 9 15 - 254 175 45
12 Leeds 42 20 3 19 - 258 247 43
13 Warrington 42 17 5 20 - 198 240 39
14 St Helens 42 15 8 19 - 195 230 36*
15 Liversedge 42 15 4 23 - 261 355 34
16 Widnes 42 14 4 24 - 177 323 32
17 Stockport 42 12 8 22 - 171 315 32
18 Batley 42 12 7 23 - 137 298 31
19 Wakefield Trinity 42 13 4 25 - 156 318 30
20 Huddersfield 42 10 4 28 - 194 274 24
21 Broughton Rangers 42 8 8 26 - 165 244 24
22 Rochdale Hornets 42 4 8 30 - 78 388 16
* St Helens had 2 points deducted for fielding an
ineligible player.
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)