1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 25th season of rugby league football.

1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams25
1919–20 Season
Champions Hull F.C. (1st title)
League Leaders Huddersfield
Runners-up Huddersfield
Top point-scorer(s)Wales Ben Gronow ( Huddersfield) (332)
Top try-scorer(s)England Stan Moorhouse ( Huddersfield) (39)

Season summary

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
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
Main article: 1919-20 Challenge Cup

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

References
  1. "1914-15 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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