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,

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scored the most tries in a league season (80) for Huddersfield . The Challenge Cup Winners were

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who beat Wakefield Trinity 6-0. This season saw

pay a then World Record £600 plus £14 per week for Billy Batten, a three-quarter at Hunslet. Jack Harrison set a

club record 52 tries during this season. 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

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. At the end of the season, several of the Northern Rugby Football Union's players were selected to go on the

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Championship

Championship Play-Off

Challenge Cup

A Hull team featuring Billy Batten and

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defeated Wakefield Trinity 6-0. This was Hull's first Challenge Cup win in their fourth Final appearance. Hull: 6 Tries: Jack Harrison, Alfred Francis Wakefield Trinity: 0 Half-time: 0-0 Attendance: 19,000 (at Thrum Hall, Halifax) Teams: Hull: Rogers, Jack Harrison, Billy Batten,

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, Alfred Francis,

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, William Holder, Dick Taylor, Percy Oldham, Joe Hammill,

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Wakefield Trinity: Leonard Land, Benjamin Johnson, William "Billy" Lynch, Thomas "Tommy" Poynton, Bruce Howarth,

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/ Millican, Albert Dixon, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, William Beattie,

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, Ernest Parkin, Arthur Burton

Sources

1913-14 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Football League Season, 1913-14 1913 in English rugby league 1914 in English rugby league Northern Rugby Football Union seasons