1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season
| League | Northern Rugby Football Union | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 25 | |||
| 1913–14 Season | ||||
| Champions |  Salford |
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| League Leaders | File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield | |||
| Top point-scorer(s) | File:Giantscolours.svg Major Holland 268 | |||
| Top try-scorer(s) | File:Giantscolours.svg Albert Rosenfeld 80 | |||
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The 1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the nineteenth season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Salford won the play-off final 5-3 against Huddersfield to record their first Championship.
Huddersfield ended the regular season with the best record and were trying for their third title in a row. During their campaign, Albert Rosenfeld scored the most tries in a league season (80) for Huddersfield .[1]
The Challenge Cup Winners were Hull who beat Wakefield Trinity 6-0.[2]
This season saw Hull pay a then World Record £600 plus £14 per week for Billy Batten, a three-quarter at Hunslet. Jack Harrison set a Hull club record 52 tries during this season.[3]
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Wigan 5–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Bradford Northern 19–3 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
At the end of the season, several of the Northern Rugby Football Union's players were selected to go on the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huddersfield | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 830 | 258 | 58 | 85.29 |
| 2 | Salford | 32 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 320 | 140 | 51 | 79.69 |
| 3 | Wigan | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 676 | 252 | 52 | 76.47 |
| 4 | Hull | 34 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 507 | 264 | 49 | 72.06 |
| 5 | Barrow | 30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 335 | 256 | 40 | 66.66 |
| 6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 34 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 393 | 298 | 42 | 61.76 |
| 7 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 356 | 270 | 40 | 58.83 |
| 8 | Widnes | 32 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 262 | 241 | 35 | 54.69 |
| 9 | Leeds | 34 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 342 | 290 | 37 | 54.42 |
| 10 | Hunslet | 34 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 437 | 397 | 37 | 54.42 |
| 11 | Warrington | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 280 | 332 | 36 | 52.94 |
| 12 | Dewsbury | 36 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 378 | 377 | 38 | 52.78 |
| 13 | Swinton | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 243 | 232 | 31 | 51.66 |
| 14 | Oldham | 34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 403 | 265 | 34 | 50 |
| 15 | Batley | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 253 | 276 | 31 | 48.43 |
| 16 | Broughton Rangers | 32 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 235 | 264 | 28 | 43.75 |
| 17 | Wakefield Trinity | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 257 | 382 | 27 | 39.71 |
| 18 | Halifax | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 359 | 320 | 25 | 39.06 |
| 19 | St Helens | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 376 | 440 | 25 | 39.06 |
| 20 | Leigh | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 165 | 329 | 20 | 33.33 |
| 21 | Runcorn | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 165 | 442 | 20 | 33.33 |
| 22 | Keighley | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 159 | 385 | 19 | 31.64 |
| 23 | Bramley | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 163 | 464 | 14 | 23.33 |
| 24 | Bradford Northern | 34 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 223 | 492 | 15 | 22.06 |
| 25 | York | 34 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 237 | 688 | 12 | 17.65 |
Play-offs
| Semi-finals | Championship Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Huddersfield | 23 | |||||||
| 4 | Hull | 5 | |||||||
| Huddersfield | 3 | ||||||||
| Salford | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Salford | 16 | |||||||
| 3 | Wigan | 5 | |||||||
Challenge Cup
A Hull team featuring Billy Batten and Jim Devereux defeated Wakefield Trinity 6-0. This was Hull's first Challenge Cup win in their fourth Final appearance.[4][5]
Hull FC: 6
Tries: Jack Harrison, Alfred Francis
Wakefield Trinity: 0
Half-time: 0-0
Attendance: 19,000 (at Thrum Hall, Halifax)
Teams:
Hull FC: Rogers, Jack Harrison, Billy Batten, Herb Gilbert, Alfred Francis, Jim Devereux, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, William Holder, Dick Taylor, Percy Oldham, Joe Hammill, Steve Darmody
Wakefield Trinity: Land, Johnson (Benjamin Johnson?), William "Billy" Lynch, Thomas Poynton, Howarth, Jonty Parkin, Milligan, Dixon, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, Beattie (William Beattie?), Herbert Kershaw, Parkin, Burton
Sources
- 1913-14 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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