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A further re-organisation of the league took place in 1902 when 18 teams from the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Senior Competitions were elected to a new Northern Rugby League Division 2 - the Lancashire and Yorkshire Senior Competitions being abolished. Heckmondwike were not one of the teams elected to
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The club played semi-professional rugby league for a total of 4 seasons and spent each of the seasons in the
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the club did very little better, finishing 15th out of 16 clubs, despite the signing of the former
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club some time before 1895. They converted from the
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276:Diff
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