1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season
1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season | ||
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League | Champions Wigan (2nd title) | |
League Leaders | Oldham | |
Runners-up | Oldham | |
Top point-scorer(s) | Reg Farrar ( Oldham) (213) | |
Top try-scorer(s) | Reg Farrar ( Oldham) (49) | |
Joined League | Featherstone Rovers | |
The 1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 27th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Featherstone Rovers joined the competition this season.[1]
In November, winger Harold Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 transfer when he moved from Hunslet to Leeds.[2]
Oldham had ended the regular season as the league leaders.
Wigan won their second ever Championship this season when they defeated Oldham 13–2 in the play-off final.
The 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain also took place during the season, with many of the clubs playing games against the visiting Australasian team.
.Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
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1 | Oldham | 36 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 521 | 201 | 59 | 81.94 |
2 | Wigan | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 446 | 159 | 45 | 70.31 |
3 | Hull F.C. | 38 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 538 | 326 | 50 | 65.79 |
4 | Huddersfield | 36 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 608 | 271 | 47 | 65.28 |
5 | Leeds | 38 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 583 | 289 | 49 | 64.47 |
6 | Batley | 38 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 381 | 299 | 48 | 63.16 |
7 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 352 | 225 | 42 | 61.76 |
8 | Halifax |
36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 418 | 218 | 44 | 61.11 |
9 | Leigh |
34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 295 | 228 | 41 | 60.29 |
10 | York |
36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 311 | 231 | 43 | 59.72 |
11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 38 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 420 | 356 | 42 | 55.26 |
12 | St Helens Recs |
36 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 417 | 315 | 39 | 54.17 |
13 | Dewsbury | 36 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 290 | 339 | 39 | 54.17 |
14 | Barrow | 34 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 311 | 321 | 36 | 52.94 |
15 | Warrington | 36 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 285 | 418 | 33 | 45.83 |
16 | Widnes | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 227 | 240 | 29 | 45.31 |
17 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 335 | 313 | 32 | 44.44 |
18 | Broughton Rangers | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 284 | 247 | 28 | 43.75 |
19 | Hunslet | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 215 | 400 | 31 | 43.05 |
20 | Swinton | 34 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 248 | 312 | 28 | 41.18 |
21 | Bramley |
34 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 251 | 496 | 28 | 41.18 |
22 | St. Helens | 34 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 255 | 399 | 25 | 36.76 |
23 | Salford | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 164 | 312 | 22 | 32.35 |
24 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 280 | 463 | 22 | 30.55 |
25 | Keighley | 36 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 134 | 581 | 9 | 12.5 |
26 | Bradford Northern | 34 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 134 | 744 | 5 | 7.35 |
Championship play-off
Semi-finals | Championship final | ||||||||
1 | Oldham | 13 | |||||||
4 | Huddersfield | 5 | |||||||
Oldham | 2 | ||||||||
Wigan | 13 | ||||||||
2 | Wigan | 27 | |||||||
3 | Hull | 8 |
Challenge Cup
The final saw Rochdale Hornets's 10–9 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1921–22 Challenge Cup Final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 6 May 1922, in front of a crowd of 32,596. This was Rochdale's first Challenge Cup Final win in their first, and as of 2017 their only, Challenge Cup Final appearance.[3][4][5]
Rochdale Hornets: 10
Rochdale Hornets Tries: Tommy Fitton 2
Rochdale Hornets Goals: Dicky Paddon 2
Hull: 9
Hull Tries: Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Bob Taylor
Half-time: 6-7
Attendance: 34,827 (at Headingley, Leeds)
Rochdale Hornets:
Hull:
Sources
- 1921-22 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
References
- ^ "1921-22 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "Hornets' One And Only Challenge Cup Final Win". hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.