1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season
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The 1920â21 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 26th season of rugby league football.
| 1920â21 Northern Rugby Football Union season | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship |
| Teams | 25 |
| Champions |  Hull F.C. (2nd title) |
| League Leaders |  Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Runners-up | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Top point-scorer | Jimmy Kennedy ( Hull F.C.) (264) |
| Top try-scorer |  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 6â3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hull F.C. 2â0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 32 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 432 | 233 | 49 | 76.56 |
| 2 | Hull | 36 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 722 | 267 | 54 | 75 |
| 3 | Halifax | 38 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 492 | 184 | 54 | 71.05 |
| 4 | Wigan | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 435 | 238 | 47 | 69.12 |
| 5 | Swinton | 34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 289 | 250 | 45 | 66.18 |
| 6 | Dewsbury | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 349 | 233 | 43 | 63.23 |
| 7 | York | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 280 | 225 | 37 | 61.67 |
| 8 | Leeds | 34 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 380 | 209 | 41 | 60.29 |
| 9 | Broughton Rangers | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 283 | 164 | 35 | 58.33 |
| 10 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 311 | 301 | 38 | 55.88 |
| 11 | Widnes | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 231 | 252 | 32 | 53.33 |
| 12 | Barrow | 32 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 328 | 254 | 34 | 53.12 |
| 13 | Warrington | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 295 | 289 | 36 | 52.94 |
| 14 | Huddersfield | 36 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 376 | 283 | 38 | 52.78 |
| 15 | St Helens Recs | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 299 | 201 | 31 | 51.67 |
| 16 | Batley | 32 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 312 | 225 | 33 | 51.56 |
| 17 | St. Helens | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 254 | 304 | 28 | 46.67 |
| 18 | Oldham | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 267 | 254 | 29 | 42.65 |
| 19 | Wakefield Trinity | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 253 | 426 | 29 | 42.65 |
| 20 | Leigh | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 173 | 316 | 23 | 35.94 |
| 21 | Bramley | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 153 | 371 | 18 | 30 |
| 22 | Hunslet | 32 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 190 | 298 | 17 | 26.56 |
| 23 | Bradford Northern | 32 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 177 | 656 | 13 | 20.31 |
| 24 | Keighley | 34 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 159 | 655 | 10 | 14.71 |
| 25 | Salford | 32 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 111 | 463 | 6 | 9.37 |
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
Leigh defeated Halifax 13-0 in the final played at Broughton in front of a crowd of 25,000. [3]
This was Leighâs first Challenge Cup Final win in their first final appearance.