 (Widnes had finished bottom of the Lancashire Senior Competition and lost the first play-off match to St. Helens who had finished second bottom).Morecambe returned for the start of the 1901–02 and finished in 11th place out of 13 clubs.At the end of the 1901–02 season, the County Leagues elected 18 teams to join the new Division 2 (7 from Lancashire and 10 from Yorkshire and new member South Shields) with the existing second competition scrapped.