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1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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title1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season
leagueChampionship
no_of_teams25
season1919–20 Season
season_champsHull F.C. (1st title)
season_champ_nameChampions
league_leadersHuddersfield
league_leaders_nameLeague Leaders
second_placeHuddersfield
top_scorerWAL Ben Gronow ( Huddersfield) (332)
top try scorerENG Stan Moorhouse ( Huddersfield) (39)
season3
season_champs3
season_champ_name3
prevseason_link1918–19 Northern Rugby Football Union season
prevseason_year1918–19
nextseason_link1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season
nextseason_year1920–21

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 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.

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

TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct
1Huddersfield34290575921558
2Hull34251858727651
3Leeds32230944520846
4Widnes30211825011543
5Barrow32221947720245
6Halifax342311039016847
7Rochdale Hornets342211136320345
8Oldham342111233322643
9Dewsbury321821229926238
10Warrington301521323619832
11St Helens Recs281331232919629
12Batley321521522331932
13Wigan321511628126631
14Leigh281221417522826
15Salford321411720226929
16St. Helens301221627828526
17Swinton301211720127425
18Wakefield Trinity321141722949426
19Hull Kingston Rovers321022025032522
20Bramley30841816337220
21York30812121342217
22Hunslet34902516738418
23Broughton Rangers32722318446016
24Bradford Northern32712417747915
25Keighley32602610647112

Championship play-off

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Huddesfield | RD1-score1=7 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Widnes | RD1-score2=5

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Hull | RD1-score3=11 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Leeds | RD1-score4=0

| RD2-team1=Huddersfield | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-team2=Hull | RD2-score2=3

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.

Sources

References

References

  1. "1914-15 Season summary".
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
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