1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season

League

Northern Rugby Football Union

Number of teams

1913–14 Season

Champions

Salford

League Leaders

Huddersfield

Top point-scorer(s)

Major Holland 268

Top try-scorer(s)

Albert Rosenfeld 80

< 1912–13	Seasons	1914–15 >

The 1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 19th 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: Leonard Land, Benjamin Johnson, William "Billy" Lynch, Thomas Poynton, Bruce Howarth, Jonty Parkin, William Milligan/Millican, Albert Dixon, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, William Beattie, Herbert Kershaw, Ernest Parkin, Arthur Burton

Sources

References

↑ "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ "1913-14 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ "Hull F.C. History". Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
↑ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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Founded in 1873 Based in Salford, England

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Home grounds	New Barnes The Willows AJ Bell Stadium

Hall of Fame	Gus Risman Martin Offiah

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Championships (6)	1913–14 1932–33 1936–37 1938–39 1973–74 1975–76

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