1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season
| 1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | Champions  Huddersfield (2nd title) | |
| League Leaders | Huddersfield | |
| Runners-up |  Wigan | |
| Top point-scorer(s) |  Johnny Thomas ( Wigan) (198) | |
| Top try-scorer(s) |  Albert Rosenfeld ( Huddersfield) (80) | |
| Resigned from the League | Ebbw Vale | |
The 1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 18th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Huddersfield ended the regular season as league leaders and then defeated Wigan 29-2 in the play-off final to win their second Championship in as many seasons.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Huddersfield who defeated Warrington 9-5.
Ebbw Vale dropped out.
Matches between
Huddersfield's Australian stand-off Albert Rosenfeld broke his own record of 76 tries in a season which he set last year by scoring 80 this season.[2]
.Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huddersfield | 32 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 732 | 217 | 56 | 87.5 |
| 2 | Wigan | 34 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 702 | 249 | 56 | 82.35 |
| 3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 32 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 469 | 273 | 47 | 73.43 |
| 4 | Dewsbury | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 534 | 230 | 47 | 69.11 |
| 5 | Hunslet | 34 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 468 | 252 | 46 | 67.66 |
| 6 | Broughton Rangers | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 303 | 173 | 38 | 63.33 |
| 7 | Salford | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 245 | 182 | 38 | 63.33 |
| 8 | Wakefield Trinity | 33 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 348 | 350 | 42 | 63.33 |
| 9 | Batley | 32 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 379 | 218 | 37 | 57.81 |
| 10 | Leeds | 34 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 497 | 281 | 39 | 57.36 |
| 11 | Oldham | 32 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 341 | 273 | 36 | 56.24 |
| 12 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 327 | 277 | 36 | 52.94 |
| 13 | Hull | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 318 | 328 | 35 | 51.47 |
| 14 | Widnes | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 333 | 319 | 32 | 50 |
| 15 | Swinton | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 248 | 256 | 31 | 48.44 |
| 16 | St. Helens | 32 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 370 | 331 | 29 | 45.31 |
| 17 | Bradford Northern | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 253 | 336 | 30 | 44.12 |
| 18 | Warrington | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 214 | 278 | 28 | 43.75 |
| 19 | Runcorn | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 209 | 347 | 22 | 36.66 |
| 20 | York |
29 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 256 | 465 | 20 | 34.48 |
| 21 | Halifax |
32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 269 | 367 | 22 | 34.38 |
| 22 | Barrow | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 235 | 351 | 20 | 33.33 |
| 23 | Leigh |
30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 153 | 321 | 16 | 26.67 |
| 24 | Keighley | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 143 | 419 | 11 | 19.64 |
| 25 | Bramley |
31 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 172 | 686 | 9 | 14.52 |
| 26 | Coventry | 27 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 157 | 896 | 1 | 1.85 |
Championship play-off
| Semi-finals | Championship final | ||||||||
| 1 | Huddersfield | 30 | |||||||
| 4 | Dewsbury | 3 | |||||||
| Huddersfield | 29 | ||||||||
| Wigan | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Wigan | 16 | |||||||
| 3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 | |||||||
Huddersfield's Douglas Clark scored a hat-trick of tries in his side's victory in the Championship final.[3]
Challenge Cup
Huddersfield defeated Warrington 9-5 at Leeds in front of a crowd of 22,754.
This was Hudderfield’s first Challenge Cup win in their first Final appearance.[4]
Sources
- 1912-13 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
References
- ^ "1912-13 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Corbett, Claude (1933-09-20). "Warm Welcome: League tourists meet veterans". The Courier-Mail. Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ Ledger, John (2005-10-02). "Fartown legend Clark joins RL's Hall of Fame". Yorkshire Post. Europe Intelligence Wire. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.