1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 26th season of rugby league football.

1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams25
Champions Hull F.C. (2nd title)
League Leaders Hull Kingston Rovers
Runners-up Hull Kingston Rovers
Top point-scorer(s)Jimmy Kennedy ( Hull F.C.) (264)
Top try-scorer(s)England Billy Stone ( Hull F.C.) (41)

Season summary

Hull F.C. won their second ever Championship in as many seasons when they defeated local rivals Hull Kingston Rovers 16-14 in the Championship play-off.

Hull Kingston Rovers had ended the regular season as league leaders.

Leigh won the Challenge Cup beating Halifax 13-0 in the final.[1]

Jim Kennedy of Hull F.C. set a club record of 14 goals scored in a match against Rochdale Hornets on 7 April 1921. On 29 January 1921 he had also scored a club record 36 points (4 tries and 12 goals) in a single match against Keighley.[2]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Broughton Rangers beat Leigh 6–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hull F.C. 2–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Hull Kingston Rovers3224174322334976.56
2Hull3627097222675475
3Halifax38270114921845471.05
4Wigan34231104352384769.12
5Swinton34221112892504566.18
6Dewsbury34203113492334363.23
7York30181112802253761.67
8Leeds34201133802094160.29
9Broughton Rangers30163112831643558.33
10Rochdale Hornets34182143113013855.88
11Widnes30152132312523253.33
12Barrow32170153282543453.12
13Warrington34172152952893652.94
14Huddersfield36182163762833852.78
15St Helens Recs30151142992013151.67
16Batley32161153122253351.56
17St. Helens30140162543042846.67
18Oldham34133182672542942.65
19Wakefield Trinity34141192534262942.65
20Leigh32103191733162335.94
21Bramley3090211533711830
22Hunslet3281231902981726.56
23Bradford Northern3261251776561320.31
24Keighley3450291596551014.71
25Salford32222811146369.37

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Hull Kingston Rovers 26
4 Wigan 4
Hull Kingston Rovers 14
Hull 16
2 Hull 27
3 Halifax 10

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1920-21 Challenge Cup

Leigh defeated Halifax 13-0 in the final played at Broughton in front of a crowd of 25,000. [3]

This was Leigh’s first Challenge Cup Final win in their first final appearance.

Sources

References
  1. "1914-15 Season summary". Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  2. "Hull F.C. History". Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  3. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
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