1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season

The 1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 27th season of rugby league football.

1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season
LeagueChampionship
Teams26
Champions Wigan (2nd title)
League Leaders Oldham
Runners-up Oldham
Top point-scorer(s)Reg Farrar ( Oldham) (213)
Top try-scorer(s)Reg Farrar ( Oldham) (49)
Joined League Featherstone Rovers

Season summary

Featherstone Rovers joined the competition this season.[1]

In November, winger Harold Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 transfer when he moved from Hunslet to Leeds.[2]

Oldham had ended the regular season as the league leaders.

Wigan won their second ever Championship this season when they defeated Oldham 13–2 in the play-off final.

The 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain also took place during the season, with many of the clubs playing games against the visiting Australasian team.

Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Warrington beat Oldham 7–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Dewsbury 11–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts Pct
1Oldham3629165212015981.94
2Wigan3222194461594570.31
3Hull F.C.38250135383265065.79
4Huddersfield36231126082714765.28
5Leeds38241135832894964.47
6Batley38232133812994863.16
7Rochdale Hornets34202123522254261.76
8Halifax36212134182184461.11
9Leigh34193122952284160.29
10York36211143112314359.72
11Hull Kingston Rovers38210174203564255.26
12St Helens Recs36191164173153954.17
13Dewsbury36191162903393954.17
14Barrow34180163113213652.94
15Warrington36161192854183345.83
16Widnes32133162272402945.31
17Wakefield Trinity36160203353133244.44
18Broughton Rangers32132172842472843.75
19Hunslet36135182154003143.05
20Swinton34140202483122841.18
21Bramley34132192514962841.18
22St. Helens34121212553992536.76
23Salford3494211643122232.35
24Featherstone Rovers36102242804632230.55
25Keighley364131134581912.5
26Bradford Northern34213113474457.35

Championship play-off
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Oldham 13
4 Huddersfield 5
Oldham 2
Wigan 13
2 Wigan 27
3 Hull 8

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1921-22 Challenge Cup

The final saw Rochdale Hornets's 10–9 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1921–22 Challenge Cup Final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 6 May 1922, in front of a crowd of 32,596. This was Rochdale's first Challenge Cup Final win in their first, and as of 2017 their only, Challenge Cup Final appearance.[3][4][5]

Rochdale Hornets: 10

Rochdale Hornets Tries: Tommy Fitton 2

Rochdale Hornets Goals: Dicky Paddon 2

Hull: 9

Hull Tries: Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Bob Taylor

Half-time: 6-7

Attendance: 34,827 (at Headingley, Leeds)

Rochdale Hornets: Frank Prescott, Tommy Fitton, Fred Wild, Teddy McLoughlin, Joe Corsi, J. Eaton, J. Keynon, Thomas Harris, Jack Bennett, Dickie Paddon, Tommy Woods, Dai Edwards, Louis Corsi

Hull: J. Holdsworth, Billy Stone (c), Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Emlyn Gwynne, Eddie Caswell, W. J. Charles, Jack Beasty, George Oliver, J. E. Wyburn, Edgar Morgan, Bob Taylor, H. Garratt

Sources

References
  1. "1921-22 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  3. "Hornets' One And Only Challenge Cup Final Win". hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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