1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season
| 1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship |
| Teams | 25 |
| 1919–20 Season | |
| Champions |  Hull F.C. (1st title) |
| League Leaders |  Huddersfield |
| Runners-up | Huddersfield |
| Top point-scorer(s) |  Ben Gronow ( Huddersfield) (332) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |  Stan Moorhouse ( Huddersfield) (39) |
The 1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 25th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
[edit]A full championship competition returned after suspension during the First World War as well as a full Challenge Cup campaign.
Hull F.C. recorded their first Championship when they defeated Huddersfield 3-2 in the play-off final.
Huddersfield had ended the regular season as league leaders and won the Challenge Cup defeating Wigan 21-10.[1]
Widnes won the Lancashire League and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Rochdale Hornets 7–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Leeds 24–5 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huddersfield | 34 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 759 | 215 | 58 | 85.29 |
| 2 | Hull | 34 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 587 | 276 | 51 | 75 |
| 3 | Leeds | 32 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 445 | 208 | 46 | 71.87 |
| 4 | Widnes | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 250 | 115 | 43 | 71.67 |
| 5 | Barrow | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 477 | 202 | 45 | 70.31 |
| 6 | Halifax | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 390 | 168 | 47 | 69.12 |
| 7 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 363 | 203 | 45 | 66.18 |
| 8 | Oldham | 34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 333 | 226 | 43 | 63.23 |
| 9 | Dewsbury | 32 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 299 | 262 | 38 | 59.37 |
| 10 | Warrington | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 236 | 198 | 32 | 53.33 |
| 11 | St Helens Recs | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 329 | 196 | 29 | 51.79 |
| 12 | Batley | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 223 | 319 | 32 | 50 |
| 13 | Wigan | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 281 | 266 | 31 | 48.44 |
| 14 | Leigh | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 175 | 228 | 26 | 46.43 |
| 15 | Salford | 32 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 202 | 269 | 29 | 45.31 |
| 16 | St. Helens | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 278 | 285 | 26 | 43.33 |
| 17 | Swinton | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 201 | 274 | 25 | 41.67 |
| 18 | Wakefield Trinity | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 229 | 494 | 26 | 40.62 |
| 19 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 250 | 325 | 22 | 34.37 |
| 20 | Bramley | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 163 | 372 | 20 | 33.33 |
| 21 | York | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 213 | 422 | 17 | 28.33 |
| 22 | Hunslet | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 167 | 384 | 18 | 26.47 |
| 23 | Broughton Rangers | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 184 | 460 | 16 | 25 |
| 24 | Bradford Northern | 32 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 177 | 479 | 15 | 23.44 |
| 25 | Keighley | 32 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 106 | 471 | 12 | 18.75 |
Championship play-off
[edit]| Semi-finals | Championship final | ||||||||
| 1 | Huddesfield | 7 | |||||||
| 4 | Widnes | 5 | |||||||
| Huddersfield | 2 | ||||||||
| Hull | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Hull | 11 | |||||||
| 3 | Leeds | 0 | |||||||
Challenge Cup
[edit]Huddersfield defeated Wigan 21-10 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Headingley, Leeds in front of a crowd of 14,000.
This was Huddersfield’s third Challenge Cup Final win in their third final appearance. They retained the trophy, having won the Cup in the last season before the suspension due to the First World War.[2]
Sources
[edit]- 1919-20 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
References
[edit]- ^ "1914-15 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.