1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 18th season of rugby league football.

1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams26
1912–13 Season
Champions Huddersfield (2nd title)
League Leaders Huddersfield
Runners-up Wigan
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Johnny Thomas ( Wigan) (198)
Top try-scorer(s)Australia Albert Rosenfeld ( Huddersfield) (80)
Resigned from the LeagueEbbw Vale

Season summary

Huddersfield ended the regular season as league leaders and then defeated Wigan 29-2 in the play-off final to win their second Championship in as many seasons.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Huddersfield who defeated Warrington 9-5.

Ebbw Vale dropped out.

Matches between Wakefield Trinity and Coventry, and Bramley and York were cancelled.[1]

Huddersfield's Australian stand-off Albert Rosenfeld broke his own record of 76 tries in a season which he set last year by scoring 80 this season.[2]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Rochdale Hornets 21–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Batley beat Hull F.C. to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Huddersfield3228047322175687.5
2Wigan3428067022495682.35
3Hull Kingston Rovers3223184692734773.43
4Dewsbury34231105342304769.11
5Hunslet34222104682524667.66
6Broughton Rangers3017493031733863.33
7Salford30190112451823863.33
8Wakefield Trinity33202113483504263.33
9Batley32181133792183757.81
10Leeds34191144972813957.36
11Oldham32172133412733656.24
12Rochdale Hornets34172153272773652.94
13Hull34163153183283551.47
14Widnes32152153333193250
15Swinton32151162482563148.44
16St. Helens32141173703312945.31
17Bradford Northern34142182533363044.12
18Warrington32132172142782843.75
19Runcorn30110192093472236.66
20York29100192564652034.48
21Halifax32102202693672234.38
22Barrow3092192353512033.33
23Leigh3080221533211626.67
24Keighley2843211434191119.64
25Bramley314126172686914.52
26Coventry27012615789611.85

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Huddersfield 30
4 Dewsbury 3
Huddersfield 29
Wigan 2
2 Wigan 16
3 Hull Kingston Rovers 3

Huddersfield's Douglas Clark scored a hat-trick of tries in his side's victory in the Championship final.[3]

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1912-13 Challenge Cup

Huddersfield defeated Warrington 9-5 at Leeds in front of a crowd of 22,754.

This was Hudderfield’s first Challenge Cup win in their first Final appearance.[4]

Sources

References
  1. "1912-13 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. Corbett, Claude (1933-09-20). "Warm Welcome: League tourists meet veterans". The Courier-Mail. Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  3. Ledger, John (2005-10-02). "Fartown legend Clark joins RL's Hall of Fame". Yorkshire Post. Europe Intelligence Wire. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  4. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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