1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season
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The 1919â20 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 25th season of rugby league football.
| 1919â20 Northern Rugby Football Union season | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship |
| Teams | 25 |
| 1919â20 Season | |
| Champions |  Hull F.C. (1st title) |
| League Leaders |  Huddersfield |
| Runners-up | Huddersfield |
| Top point-scorer |  Ben Gronow ( Huddersfield) (332) |
| Top try-scorer |  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 7â0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Leeds 24â5 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huddersfield | 34 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 759 | 215 | 58 | 85.29 |
| 2 | Hull | 34 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 587 | 276 | 51 | 75 |
| 3 | Leeds | 32 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 445 | 208 | 46 | 71.87 |
| 4 | Widnes | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 250 | 115 | 43 | 71.67 |
| 5 | Barrow | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 477 | 202 | 45 | 70.31 |
| 6 | Halifax | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 390 | 168 | 47 | 69.12 |
| 7 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 363 | 203 | 45 | 66.18 |
| 8 | Oldham | 34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 333 | 226 | 43 | 63.23 |
| 9 | Dewsbury | 32 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 299 | 262 | 38 | 59.37 |
| 10 | Warrington | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 236 | 198 | 32 | 53.33 |
| 11 | St Helens Recs | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 329 | 196 | 29 | 51.79 |
| 12 | Batley | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 223 | 319 | 32 | 50 |
| 13 | Wigan | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 281 | 266 | 31 | 48.44 |
| 14 | Leigh | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 175 | 228 | 26 | 46.43 |
| 15 | Salford | 32 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 202 | 269 | 29 | 45.31 |
| 16 | St. Helens | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 278 | 285 | 26 | 43.33 |
| 17 | Swinton | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 201 | 274 | 25 | 41.67 |
| 18 | Wakefield Trinity | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 229 | 494 | 26 | 40.62 |
| 19 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 250 | 325 | 22 | 34.37 |
| 20 | Bramley | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 163 | 372 | 20 | 33.33 |
| 21 | York | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 213 | 422 | 17 | 28.33 |
| 22 | Hunslet | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 167 | 384 | 18 | 26.47 |
| 23 | Broughton Rangers | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 184 | 460 | 16 | 25 |
| 24 | Bradford Northern | 32 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 177 | 479 | 15 | 23.44 |
| 25 | Keighley | 32 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 106 | 471 | 12 | 18.75 |
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
Huddersfield defeated Wigan 21-10 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Headingley, Leeds in front of a crowd of 14,000.
This was Huddersfieldâs 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]