Cumbria Rugby League

Cumbria Rugby League is a series of summer rugby league competitions for amateur teams in Cumbria.

The main competition in Cumbria is the Iggesund Cumberland ARL, which has existed since 1899. Along with the Cumberland ARL, Cumbria Rugby League also runs the Barrow and District Leagues (open age and youth) along with the West Cumbria Youth League. The leagues are jointly administered with the British Amateur Rugby League Association.

Cumbria Rugby League itself was formed during the Rugby Football League's 2012 restructuring of amateur rugby league in Great Britain.

History

The Cumberland League has been in existence, in one form or another, since 1899. Millom, in 1897, was the first club in the county to defect from rugby union to Northern Union, they were followed a year later by Workington, Maryport, Whitehaven, Seaton, Brookland Rovers and Wath Brow. The first three named joined with Lancaster and the Furness clubs Barrow, Dalton and Askam to form the North Western League in 1898/99. The first champions were Millom who finished just ahead of Barrow.

On 10 May 1899 the Cumberland clubs met at the Grapes Hotel in Workington and agreed to form a Cumberland Senior League for the following season. They voted W.E. Mason (Whitehaven) to chair the new competition and R. Nixon (Maryport) was elected Hon. Secretary.

The participants in that first season, 1899/1900, were Brookland Rovers, Maryport, Seaton, Whitehaven, Whitehaven Rec and Workington.

In 2024, suggestions were made that the league could return to winter due to a number of fixtures cancellations caused by clubs being unable to field teams in the summer months.

Iggesund Cumberland ARL

Premier Division

Season League Leaders Champions Score Runners up1899/1900Maryport1900/01Maryport1901/02SeatonSeaton5-3Whitehaven Rec1902/03MaryportMaryport18-0Seaton1903/04MaryportNot played1904/05PartonParton0-0 5-2Brookland Rovers1905/06Whitehaven Rec1906/07MillomWorkington25-3Millom1907/08WorkingtonWorkingtonWOWhitehaven Rec1908/09WorkingtonWorkington6-5Egremont1909/10Broughton MoorBroughton Moor8-0Brookland Rovers1910/11Broughton MoorBrookland Rovers2-0Broughton Moor1911/12SeatonSeaton10-5Brookland Rovers1912/13SeatonSeaton29-0Fothergill United1913/14SeatonSeaton23-3Broughton Moor1914/15colspan=4 rowspan=51915/161916/171917/181918/191919/20Brookland RoversBrookland Rovers7-5Broughton Moor1920/21Dearham Wanderers14-4Seaton1921/22Broughton MoorBroughton Moor7-5Wath Brow Hornets1922/23Brookland RoversBrookland Rovers2-0Aspatria Hornets1923/24Glasson Rangers5-3Flimby & Fothergill Utd1924/25Brookland Rovers3-0Flimby & Fothergill Utd1925/26HensinghamHensinghamvs.Dearham/Brookland1926/27Dearham WanderersDearham Wanderers11-0Brookland Rovers1927/28Dearham WanderersDearham Wanderers20-0Whitehaven Rec1928/29Whitehaven RecGlasson Rangers2-0Whitehaven Rec1929/30Great CliftonGlasson Rangers12-5Great Clifton1930/31Great CliftonEgremont Rangers5-2Great Clifton1931/32Glasson RangersGlasson Rangers2-0Flimby1932/33FlimbyFlimby4-0Great Clifton1933/34Dearham WanderersDearham Wanderers5-2Kells1934/35KellsFlimby6-0Kells1935/36Glasson RangersGlasson Rangers11-3Maryport1936/37Netherton6-0Broughton1937/38Glasson Rangers21-0Maryport1938/39Glasson RangersGlasson Rangers1939/40colspan=4 rowspan=61940/411941/421942/431943/441944/451945/461946/471947/481948/491949/501950/511951/521952/531953/541954/551955/561956/571957/581958/591959/601960/611961/621962/631963/641964/651965/661966/671967/681968/691969/701970/711971/721972/731973/74Seaton Rangers1974/75MaryportMaryport1975/76Wath Brow Hornets1976/77Wath Brow Hornets1977/781978/79LowcaEllenborough Rangers14-0Lowca1979/80Lowca1980/811981/82KellsGlasson Rangers1982/83Kells12-8Lowca1983/84Great Clifton LionsEgremont Rangersdef.Great Clifton Lions1984/85Egremont Rangers1985/861986/871987/881988/89Hensingham1989/90Kells1990/91Ellenborough Rangers1991/92Ellenborough Rangers1992/93Ellenborough Rangers1993/94Hensingham Season Champions Score Runners up1994/95Ellenborough Rangersdef.Hensingham1995/96Wath Brow Hornets1996/97Ellenborough Rangersdef.Westfield1997/98Ellenborough Rangers22-6Wath Brow Hornets1998/99Ellenborough Rangers28-12Wath Brow Hornets1999/2000Hensingham29-16Wath Brow Hornets2000/01Wath Brow Hornets28-18Ellenborough Rangers2001/02Wath Brow Hornets2002/03Hensingham2003/04Seaton Rangersdef.Hensingham2004/05Kells52-10Egremont Rangers2005/06Seaton Rangersdef.2006/072007/082008/092009/102010/11201220132014201520162017201820192020colspan=4 rowspan=220212022Distington24-22Ellenborough2023Wath Brow Hornets A11-10Distington2024Wath Brow Hornets A34-8Maryport2025Seaton Rangers48-6Maryport

Division One

YearLeague LeadersPlay Off FinalWinnerResultRunner-up

Cumbria Men's League In 2013, a short lived "Cumbria Men's League" was created for the higher performing teams of the Cumberland ARL competition. Winners are:

2013: Walney Central 2014: Walney Central 2015: Walney Central 2016: Distington ARLFC 2017: Hensingham ARLFC

The competition ceased following the 2017 season.

Cumbria Rugby League

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