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1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season#Championship play-off

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| title = 1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season

| league = Championship

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| no_of_teams = 26

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| season_champs = {{leagueicon|wigan|16}} Wigan (2nd title)

| season_champ_name = Champions

| league_leaders = {{leagueicon|oldham|16}} Oldham

| league_leaders_name = League Leaders

| second_place ={{leagueicon|oldham|16}} Oldham

| premiership_win =

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| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer = Reg Farrar ({{leagueicon|oldham|16}} Oldham) (213)

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| top try scorer =Reg Farrar ({{leagueicon|oldham|16}} Oldham) (49)

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| join = {{leagueicon|Featherstone|16}} Featherstone Rovers

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| prevseason_link = 1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season

| prevseason_year = 1920–21

| nextseason_link = 1922–23 Northern Rugby Football League season

| nextseason_year = 1922–23

}}

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.{{cite web

|url = http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=341

|title = 1921-22 Season summary

|access-date = 2009-08-08

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090804034721/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php

|archive-date = 2009-08-04

|url-status = live

}}

In November, winger Harold Buck became rugby league's first £1,000 transfer when he moved from Hunslet to Leeds.{{cite news

| last =Baker

| first =Andrew

| title =100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era

| newspaper = Independent, The

| publisher =independent.co.uk

| date =1995-08-20

| url =https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/100-years-of-rugby-league-from-the-great-divide-to-the-super-era-1597130.html

| access-date =2009-09-25 }}

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.

Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Warrington beat Oldham 7–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Dewsbury 11–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=20 abbr="Position" |

!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

Oldham3629165212015981.94
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|2

Wigan3222194461594570.31
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|3

Hull F.C.38250135383265065.79
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|4

Huddersfield36231126082714765.28
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|5

Leeds38241135832894964.47
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|6

Batley38232133812994863.16
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|7

Rochdale Hornets34202123522254261.76
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|8

Halifax36212134182184461.11
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|9

Leigh34193122952284160.29
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|10

York36211143112314359.72
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|11

Hull Kingston Rovers38210174203564255.26
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|12

St Helens Recs36191164173153954.17
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|13

Dewsbury36191162903393954.17
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|14

Barrow34180163113213652.94
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|15

Warrington36161192854183345.83
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|16

Widnes32133162272402945.31
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|17

Wakefield Trinity36160203353133244.44
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|18

Broughton Rangers32132172842472843.75
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|19

Hunslet36135182154003143.05
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|20

Swinton34140202483122841.18
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|21

Bramley34132192514962841.18
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|22

St. Helens34121212553992536.76
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|23

Salford3494211643122232.35
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|24

Featherstone Rovers36102242804632230.55
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|25

Keighley364131134581912.5
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|26

Bradford Northern34213113474457.35

Championship play-off

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1=Semi-finals

| RD2=Championship final

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Oldham

| RD1-score1=13

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2=Huddersfield

| RD1-score2=5

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Wigan

| RD1-score3=27

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=Hull

| RD1-score4=8

| RD2-team1=Oldham

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-team2=Wigan

| RD2-score2=13

}}

Challenge Cup

{{main|1921-22 Challenge Cup}}

The 1921–22 Challenge Cup was won by Rochdale Hornets who defeated Hull F.C. 10–9 in the 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/Match/Report/146326 |title=Hornets' One And Only Challenge Cup Final Win |publisher=hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk |date=31 December 2013 |access-date=1 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230502/http://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/Match/Report/146326 |archive-date=21 February 2014 }}{{cite web

|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65

|title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour

|access-date=2009-08-07

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65

|archive-date=2009-04-03

|url-status=dead

}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-hull-fc-s-challenge-cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html|title=A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail|date=22 August 2013|access-date=1 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203223748/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-Hull-FC-s-Challenge-Cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html|archive-date=3 February 2014}}

Sources

  • [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=341 1921-22 Rugby Football League season] at wigan.rlfans.com
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website]

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Rugby Football League seasons}}

{{Wigan - 1921–22 Championship Final winners}}

{{Wigan Warriors}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Football League Season, 1921-22}}

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Category:1922 in English rugby league

Category:Northern Rugby Football Union seasons