| Year: | 1898–99 |
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| League: | Lancashire Championship |
| League Link: | 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season |
| League Rank: | 9th |
| League Wins: | 10 |
| League Draws: | 4 |
| League Losses: | 12 |
| Points For: | 122 |
| Points Against: | 160 |
| Cup: | Challenge Cup |
| Cup Result: | Final |
| Cup Wins: | 5 |
| Cup Losses: | 1 |
| List: | yes |
| List Link: | List of St Helens RLFC seasons |
The 1896–97 St Helens R.F.C. season was the club's second in the Northern Rugby Football Union. In a divided county championship league, the club finished 9th out of 14.[1] The Challenge Cup was also established that year, and it was St Helens, with Batley who contested the first final; St Helens losing 10-3 with Derek Traynor scoring Saints' only points.[2] [3] [4]
| width=20 abbr="Position" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
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| 1 | Broughton Rangers | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 201 | 52 | +149 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Oldham | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 243 | 59 | +184 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Tyldesley | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 159 | 80 | +79 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Runcorn | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 134 | 62 | +72 | 31 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Stockport | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 157 | 137 | +20 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Swinton | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 125 | 82 | +43 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Warrington | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 100 | 124 | -24 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Leigh | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 105 | 147 | -42 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 9 | St. Helens | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 122 | 160 | -38 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Widnes | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 113 | 164 | -51 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Wigan | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 118 | -45 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Rochdale Hornets | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 121 | 167 | -46 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Salford | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 76 | 191 | -115 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Morecambe | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 52 | 238 | -186 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Champions |
Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault".
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.