The two divisions were combined into one competition, with Lancaster dropping out to reduce it to 31 teams. Clubs from the same county all played each other, and arranged inter-county matches as and when they could. Because not all clubs played the same number of matches positions were decided on percentages.
1 Leigh 30 23 2 5 - 245 130 48 80.00
2 Hunslet 32 25 0 7 - 370 148 50 78.12
3 Leeds 34 25 2 7 - 377 123 52 76.47
4 Oldham 40 28 2 10 - 446 125 58 72.50
5 Keighley 28 19 1 8 - 255 164 39 69.64
6 Wigan 34 22 1 11 - 441 167 45 66.17
7 Hull Kingston Rovers 36 22 3 11 - 246 218 47 65.27
8 Broughton Rangers 34 21 1 12 - 400 222 43 63.23
9 Halifax 38 20 8 10 - 261 232 48 63.15
10 Runcorn 30 17 3 10 - 264 136 37 61.66
11 Huddersfield 30 17 2 11 - 224 174 36 60.00
12 Bradford 34 19 2 13 - 371 199 40 58.82
13 Swinton 32 17 3 12 - 203 168 37 57.81
14 St Helens 30 16 1 13 - 244 212 33 55.00
15 Warrington 38 19 3 16 - 270 184 41 53.94
16 Wakefield Trinity 32 13 4 15 - 188 262 30 46.87
17 Hull 36 16 1 19 - 304 220 33 45.83
18 Salford 34 14 3 17 - 272 270 31 45.58
19 Pontefract 28 11 1 16 - 211 196 23 41.07
20 Batley 34 11 5 18 - 173 215 27 39.70
21 Widnes 28 10 2 16 - 129 242 22 39.28
22 Dewsbury 36 13 2 21 - 162 252 28 38.88
23 Bramley 26 9 2 15 - 126 246 20 38.46
24 York 34 11 2 21 - 170 249 24 35.29
25 Barrow 32 9 4 19 - 138 324 22 34.37
26 Normanton 24 4 2 18 - 50 280 10 20.83
27 Millom 20 3 2 15 - 77 328 8 20.00
28 Castleford 20 3 2 15 - 45 325 8 20.00
29 Rochdale Hornets 32 3 6 23 - 105 327 12 18.75
30 Morecambe 26 2 4 20 - 99 282 8 15.38
31 Brighouse Rovers 26 3 2 21 - 87 333 8 15.38
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)