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The 1939–40 Northern Rugby Football League season was the first season of the rugby league’s Wartime Emergency League necessitated by the Second World War. In this first Wartime season the clubs each played the same number of fixtures (with just a few exceptions), unlike the following seasons when the clubs played literally as and when they could, with more and more clubs withdrawing. ==Events leading up to World War Two== Prior to the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, most clubs had played three fixtures (on Saturday 26th, Thursday 31 August and Saturday 2 September). During the following week, the Northern Rugby League decided, after publicity from the Government, to suspend the championship. They almost immediately inaugurated two regional (Lancashire and Yorkshire), Wartime Emergency Leagues, with the winner of each league meeting in a play-off final to decide the overall winner. These competitions started (for most clubs) on 7 October 1939. The Wartime Emergency Leagues did not count as an official league championship. The Challenge Cup was suspended for season 1939–40. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1939–40 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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