1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season#Challenge Cup
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| title = 1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season
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| top_scorer = Jimmy Kennedy ({{leagueicon|hull|16}} Hull F.C.) (264)
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| prevseason_link = 1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season
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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.
Leigh won the Challenge Cup beating Halifax 13-0 in the final.{{cite web
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hullfc.com/hullfc/contents/?page_id=20 |title=Hull F.C. History |access-date=23 October 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Broughton Rangers beat Leigh 6–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hull F.C. 2–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
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!width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr=”Win Percentage” |Pct | |||||||||
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|1 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 32 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 432 | 233 | 49 | 76.56 |
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|2 | Hull | 36 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 722 | 267 | 54 | 75 |
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|3 | Halifax | 38 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 492 | 184 | 54 | 71.05 |
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|4 | Wigan | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 435 | 238 | 47 | 69.12 |
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|5 | Swinton | 34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 289 | 250 | 45 | 66.18 |
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|6 | Dewsbury | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 349 | 233 | 43 | 63.23 |
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|7 | York | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 280 | 225 | 37 | 61.67 |
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|8 | Leeds | 34 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 380 | 209 | 41 | 60.29 |
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|9 | Broughton Rangers | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 283 | 164 | 35 | 58.33 |
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|10 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 311 | 301 | 38 | 55.88 |
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|11 | Widnes | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 231 | 252 | 32 | 53.33 |
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|12 | Barrow | 32 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 328 | 254 | 34 | 53.12 |
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|13 | Warrington | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 295 | 289 | 36 | 52.94 |
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|14 | Huddersfield | 36 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 376 | 283 | 38 | 52.78 |
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|15 | St Helens Recs | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 299 | 201 | 31 | 51.67 |
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|16 | Batley | 32 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 312 | 225 | 33 | 51.56 |
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|17 | St. Helens | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 254 | 304 | 28 | 46.67 |
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|18 | Oldham | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 267 | 254 | 29 | 42.65 |
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|19 | Wakefield Trinity | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 253 | 426 | 29 | 42.65 |
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|20 | Leigh | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 173 | 316 | 23 | 35.94 |
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|21 | Bramley | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 153 | 371 | 18 | 30 |
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|22 | Hunslet | 32 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 190 | 298 | 17 | 26.56 |
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|23 | Bradford Northern | 32 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 177 | 656 | 13 | 20.31 |
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|24 | Keighley | 34 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 159 | 655 | 10 | 14.71 |
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|25 | Salford | 32 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 111 | 463 | 6 | 9.37 |
Championship play-off
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1=Semi-finals
| RD2=Championship final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Hull Kingston Rovers
| RD1-score1=26
| RD1-seed2=4
| RD1-team2=Wigan
| RD1-score2=4
| RD1-seed3=2
| RD1-team3=Hull
| RD1-score3=27
| RD1-seed4=3
| RD1-team4=Halifax
| RD1-score4=10
| RD2-team1=Hull Kingston Rovers
| RD2-score1=14
| RD2-team2=Hull
| RD2-score2=16
}}
Challenge Cup
{{main|1920-21 Challenge Cup}}
Leigh defeated Halifax 13-0 in the final played at Broughton in front of a crowd of 25,000.
This was Leigh’s first Challenge Cup Final win in their first final appearance.
Sources
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=340 1920-21 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com]
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Rugby Football League seasons}}
{{Hull Football Club}}
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