Champions Hull Start date 1919 Number of teams 25 | Champion Hull F.C. | |
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The 1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 25th season of rugby league football.
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Season summary
A full championship competition returned after suspension during World War I as well as a full Challenge Cup campaign.
Hull recorded their first Championship when they defeated Huddersfield 3-2 in the play-off final.
Huddersfield had ended the regular season as league leaders and won the Challenge Cup defeating Wigan 21-10.
Widnes won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Rochdale Hornets 7–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Leeds 24–5 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
Challenge Cup
Huddersfield defeated Wigan 21-10 in the Challenge Cup final played at Headingley Stadium, Leeds in front of a crowd of 14,000.
This was Huddersfield’s third Challenge Cup Final win in their third final appearance. They retained the trophy, having won the Cup in the last season before the suspension due to World War I.