Liverpool C joined, but Brighouse Rovers, Castleford, Millom, Morecambe, and Normanton, reducing the competition to 27 teams. Pontefract resigned after 8 matches and their record was struck out. They had won 3 and lost 5, scoring 63 and conceeding 154.
1 Halifax 34 27 2 5 - 649 229 56 82.35
2 Oldham 34 26 1 7 - 457 227 53 77.94
3 Runcorn 30 23 0 7 - 546 216 46 76.66
4 Keighley 24 17 1 6 - 431 231 35 72.91
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5 Wigan 34 23 1 10 - 656 278 47 69.11
6 Leeds 30 19 2 9 - 424 301 40 66.66
7 Hunslet 32 21 0 11 - 520 354 42 65.62
8 Warrington 34 21 1 12 - 554 304 43 63.23
9 Broughton Rangers 30 17 1 12 - 496 235 35 58.33
10 Salford 32 18 0 14 - 462 349 36 56.25
11 Barrow 26 13 1 12 - 333 356 27 51.92
12 Widnes 20 9 1 10 - 221 320 19 47.50
13 Hull Kingston Rovers 32 15 0 17 - 390 366 30 46.87
14 Dewsbury 28 12 1 15 - 393 377 25 44.64
15 Leigh 28 12 1 15 - 318 311 25 44.64
16 Wakefield Trinity 28 12 1 15 - 348 409 25 44.64
17 Swinton 32 14 0 18 - 308 380 28 43.75
18 Bradford 30 12 2 16 - 387 367 26 43.33
19 Huddersfield 32 13 0 19 - 469 477 26 40.62
20 Rochdale Hornets 26 9 1 16 - 292 312 19 36.53
21 Batley 24 8 1 15 - 228 326 17 35.41
22 St Helens 26 9 0 17 - 374 353 18 34.61
23 Hull 32 11 0 21 - 337 515 22 34.37
24 York 24 5 0 19 - 217 514 10 20.83
25 Bramley 20 1 0 19 - 85 466 2 5.00
26 Liverpool C 30 0 0 30 - 76 1398 0 0.00
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Championship Play-Off
Semifinals:
Halifax 9 beat Keighley 4.
Oldham 11 beat Runcorn 3.
Final:
Halifax 18 beat Oldham 3.