1932–33 Northern Rugby Football League season

1932–33 Northern Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Number of teams 28
Champions Salford
League Leaders Salford
Top point-scorer(s) Jim Sullivan 307
Top try-scorer(s) Eric Harris 57
< 1931–32 Seasons 1933–34 >

The 1932–33 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 38th season of rugby league football. Salford won their second Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Swinton 15-5 in the play-off final. They had also finished the regular season as league leaders.[1] The Challenge Cup winners were Huddersfield who beat Warrington 21-17 in the final. Salford won the Lancashire League, and Castleford won the Yorkshire League. Warrington beat St.Helens 10–9 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 8–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup. This season, Widnes' Jimmy Hoey became rugby league's first player to play and score in every one of his club's matches in an entire season.[2]

Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Salford38312575116564
2Swinton382621041224754
3York382441057127352
4Wigan382521171741152
5Warrington382601262542652
6Barrow382421250833250
7Hunslet382301552936546
8Castleford382141340332646
9Huddersfield382101750433342
10Leeds382021654442342
11St Helens382021655449442
12Widnes381921744640640
13Broughton Rangers381841628932240
14Oldham381911843846439
15Rochdale Hornets381911849753339
16St Helens Recs381641841941636
17Keighley381631941842835
18Hull381622046746034
19Wakefield Trinity381541937048334
20Halifax381612143439233
21Hull Kingston Rovers381502338349030
22Bradford Northern381422237758730
23Leigh381502336461030
24Dewsbury381402436150328
25Batley381212529345025
26Featherstone Rovers38822830259418
27Wigan Highfield38822824073418
28Bramley38613121976813

Play-off

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Salford 14
4 Wigan 2
Salford 15
Swinton 5
2 Swinton 11
3 York 4

Challenge Cup

Huddersfield beat Warrington 21-17 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 41,784. This was Huddersfield’s third Cup Final win in as many Cup Final appearances. This was also the fifth Cup Final defeat for Warrington.[3]

References

  1. "1932-33 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "Jimmy Hoey". Hall of Fame. rugby.widnes.tv. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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