1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season


The 1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 26th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

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.
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 the 29 January 1921 he had also scored a club record 36 points in a single match against Keighley.
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

TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct
1Hull Kingston Rovers3224174322334976.56
2Hull3627097222675475
3Halifax38270114921845471.05
4Wigan34231104352384769.12
5Swinton34221112892504566.18
6Dewsbury34203113492334363.23
7York30181112802253761.67
8Leeds34201133802094160.29
9Broughton Rangers30163112831643558.33
10Rochdale Hornets34182143113013855.88
11Widnes30152132312523253.33
12Barrow32170153282543453.12
13Warrington34172152952893652.94
14Huddersfield36182163762833852.78
15St Helens Recs30151142992013151.67
16Batley32161153122253351.56
17St. Helens30140162543042846.67
18Oldham34133182672542942.65
19Wakefield Trinity34141192534262942.65
20Leigh32103191733162335.94
21Bramley3090211533711830
22Hunslet3281231902981726.56
23Bradford Northern3261251776561320.31
24Keighley3450291596551014.71
25Salford32222811146369.37

Championship Play-Off

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.