Eleven clubs across the county competed in the first season with the first matches played on 7th September 1895. Kettering Church Institute beat Rushden 3rds 3-1 and Wellingborough Reserves beat Wellingborough Midland Cottages 4-1.
Wellingborough Reserves became the first champions of the league and for its second season the competition expanded into the divisions with the word ‘Junior’ dropped from the title as some clubs of a higher standard joined.
