1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season
Introduction The '''1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season''' was the 18th season of rugby league football.
Season summary Huddersfield ended the regular season as league leaders and then defeated Wigan 29-2 in the play-off final to win their second Championship in as many seasons.The Challenge Cup Winners were Huddersfield who defeated Warrington 9-5.Ebbw Vale dropped out.Matches between Wakefield Trinity and Coventry, and Bramley and York were cancelled.Huddersfield's Australian  Albert Rosenfeld broke his own record of 76 tries in a season which he set last year by scoring 80 this season.Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Rochdale Hornets 21–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Batley beat Hull F.C. to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1'''Huddersfield'''3228047322175687.52Wigan3428067022495682.353Hull Kingston Rovers3223184692734773.434Dewsbury34231105342304769.115Hunslet34222104682524667.666Broughton Rangers3017493031733863.337Salford30190112451823863.338Wakefield Trinity33202113483504263.339Batley32181133792183757.8110Leeds34191144972813957.3611Oldham32172133412733656.2412Rochdale Hornets34172153272773652.9413Hull34163153183283551.4714Widnes3215215333319325015Swinton32151162482563148.4416St. Helens32141173703312945.3117Bradford Northern34142182533363044.1218Warrington32132172142782843.7519Runcorn30110192093472236.6620York29100192564652034.4821Halifax32102202693672234.3822Barrow3092192353512033.3323Leigh3080221533211626.6724Keighley2843211434191119.6425Bramley314126172686914.5226Coventry27012615789611.85
Championship play-off Huddersfield's Douglas Clark scored a hat-trick of tries in his side's victory in the Championship final.
Challenge Cup Huddersfield defeated Warrington 9-5 at Leeds in front of a crowd of 22,754.This was Hudderfield’s first Challenge Cup win in their first Final appearance.
Sources * 1912-13 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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