The 1901–02 season was St Helens' seventh as members of the Northern Rugby Football Union, and the 28th in their history. This season, the two county leagues, Yorkshire and Lancashire, were merged to form the Northern Rugby League. As St Helens failed to make the qualification criteria due to last season's disappointing finish, they competed in the Lancashire Senior Championship, in which they finished third, and a new-found concurrent South West Lancashire mini-league, in which they finished bottom. In the Challenge Cup, St Helens were beaten in the first round by Hull Kingston Rovers.
Lancashire Senior Championship
TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Wigan24210328866422Widnes24200425467403St Helens241617208114334Barrow241518218192315Hull Kingston Rovers2414462747930*6Stockport24133815110627*7Millom2411211209124248Rochdale Hornets241121116398249Birkenhead2483131271781910Lancaster2481151441521711Morecambe2451181031811112Altrincham242121204283*13Radcliffe242121585343*
Hull Kingston Rovers, Stockport, Altrincham and Radcliffe each had 2 points deducted for a breach of the professional rules.
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