1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season
1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season | |
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League | Billy Stone ( Hull F.C.) (41) |
The 1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 26th season of rugby league football.
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.
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]
.Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
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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 Leigh’s first Challenge Cup Final win in their first final appearance.
Sources
References
- ^ "1914-15 Season summary". Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ "Hull F.C. History". Retrieved 23 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.