1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season

1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season
League Northern Rugby Football Union
Number of teams 25
1919–20 Season
Champions Hull
League Leaders Huddersfield
Top point-scorer(s) Ben Gronow 332
Top try-scorer(s) Stan Moorhouse 39
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The 1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 25th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

A full championship competition returned after suspension during World War I as well as a full Challenge Cup campaign.

Hull 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 Cup.

Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Huddersfield3429057592155885.29
2Hull3425185872765175
3Leeds3223094452084671.87
4Widnes3021182501154371.67
5Barrow3222194772024570.31
6Halifax34231103901684769.12
7Rochdale Hornets34221113632034566.18
8Oldham34211123332264363.23
9Dewsbury32182122992623859.37
10Warrington30152132361983253.33
11St Helens Recs28133123291962951.79
12Batley32152152233193250
13Wigan32151162812663148.44
14Leigh28122141752282646.43
15Salford32141172022692945.31
16St Helens30122162782852643.33
17Swinton30121172012742541.67
18Wakefield Trinity32114172294942640.62
19Hull Kingston Rovers32102202503252234.37
20Bramley3084181633722033.33
21York3081212134221728.33
22Hunslet3490251673841826.47
23Broughton Rangers3272231844601625
24Bradford Northern3271241774791523.44
25Keighley3260261064711218.75

Championship Play-Off

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Huddesfield 7
4 Widnes 5
Huddersfield 2
Hull 3
2 Hull 11
3 Leeds 0

Challenge Cup

Huddersfield defeated Wigan 21-10 in the Challenge Cup final played at Headingley Stadium, 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 World War I. [2]

Sources

References

  1. "1914-15 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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